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May 31, 2013 SEC Issues Guidance on Conflict Minerals
Client Newsflash
Client Publications
May 3, 2013 Compensation Committee and Adviser Implementation Begins July 1: What to Do Now
Client Newsflash
Client Publications
April 4, 2013 SEC Explains How to Use Social Media for Regulation FD Compliance
Client Memorandum
Client Publications
November 20, 2012 ISS Issues Final 2013 Voting Policy Updates
Client Memorandum
Client Publications
October 26, 2012 Implementing the SEC’s Final Conflict Mineral Rules: Guidelines and Commonly Asked Questions
Client Memorandum
Client Publications
October 18, 2012 ISS Proposes 2013 Voting Policy Updates
Client Memorandum
Client Publications
October 18, 2012 SEC Legal Bulletin on Shareholder Proposals
Client Newsflash
Client Publications
October 1, 2012 Securities Offerings During Blackout Periods and Following a Quarter-End: What You Need to Know
Client Memorandum
Client Publications
September 4, 2012 SEC Issues Proposal to Eliminate General Solicitation Ban as Mandated by the JOBS Act
Client Newsflash
Client Publications
August 24, 2012 SEC Staff Issues FAQs on JOBS Act Research Provisions
Client Newsflash
Client Publications
August 22, 2012 SEC Adopts Final Conflict Minerals Rules with Notable Changes
Client Newsflash
Client Publications
August 22, 2012 SEC Adopts Final Rules Implementing Dodd-Frank Disclosure Requirements for Resource Extraction Issuers
Client Newsflash
Client Publications
June 21, 2012 SEC Finalizes Independence Rules for Compensation Committees and Advisers
Client Memorandum
Client Publications
May 24, 2012 Mid-Season Update on the 2012 Proxy Season
Client Memorandum
Client Publications
May 7, 2012 SEC Staff Updates Guidance on JOBS Act
Client Memorandum
Client Publications
April 10, 2012 JOBS Act Implementation Chart
Client Memorandum
Client Publications
March 30, 2012 U.S. Supreme Court Holds that the Statute of Limitations for Section 16(b) Short-Swing Liability Claims Is Not Tolled
Client Newsflash
Client Publications
March 27, 2012 Congress Passes the JOBS Act
Client Newsflash
Client Publications
March 26, 2012 The JOBS Act: Implications for Capital Markets Professionals, Pre-IPO Companies and Private Offerings
Client Memorandum
Client Publications
March 22, 2012 U.S. Senate Passes Amended Version of the Jumpstart Our Business Startups Act
Client Newsflash
Client Publications
March 9, 2012 Quicker to Market? U.S. House of Representatives Passes the Jumpstart Our Business Startups Act
Client Memorandum
Client Publications
February 1, 2012 Corporate Governance Practices for IPOs in the United States
Director Notes
Lawyer Publications, Publications
January 1, 2012 Corporate Governance Practices for Initial Public Offerings in the United States
The Conference Board, January 2012
Publications
December 13, 2011 Say-on-Pay Year Two: a Planning Primer
Client Memorandum
Client Publications
December 8, 2011 SEC Staff to Limit Non-Public Initial Review Process for Non-U.S. Issuers
Client Newsflash
Client Publications
November 29, 2011 New ISS Policies Overhaul Say-on-Pay Analysis
Client Memorandum
Client Publications
October 31, 2011 Governance Practices for IPO Companies: A Davis Polk Survey
Client Memorandum
Client Publications
October 20, 2011 Cybersecurity: SEC Provides Guidance on Disclosure Considerations
Client Memorandum
Client Publications
October 19, 2011 SEC Staff Rejects Introducing Broker as Appropriate Evidence of Ownership for Shareholder Proposals and Provides Other Technical Guidance
Client Memorandum
Client Publications
September 21, 2011 SEC Clears the Way for “Private Ordering” for Proxy Access; Related Rules also Effective
Client Memorandum
Client Publications
July 26, 2011 SEC’s Final Rules Modify Form S-3 and F-3 Transaction Eligibility Criteria for Debt Issuances
Client Newsflash
Client Publications
July 22, 2011 D.C. Circuit Vacates SEC Proxy Access Rule
Client Newsflash
Client Publications
May 25, 2011 SEC Adopts Final Whistleblower Rules
Client Newsflash
Client Publications
May 18, 2011 SEC Proposal Would Replace Regulation M Exemption for Investment Grade Securities
Client Memorandum
Client Publications
April 1, 2011 SEC Proposes Independence Rules for Compensation Committees and Advisers
Client Memorandum
Client Publications
March 31, 2011 Federal Agencies Finalize Proposed Interagency Rule on Incentive-Based Compensation for Financial Institutions
Client Newsflash
Client Publications
February 9, 2011 Certain Investment Grade Debt Issuers Would No Longer Qualify to Use Shelf Registration Statements Under SEC's Proposed Amendments
Client Newsflash
Client Publications
January 18, 2011 SEC Proposes Rules Implementing Dodd-Frank Disclosure Requirements for Resource Extraction Issuers
Client Memorandum
Client Publications
January 18, 2011 SEC Proposes Rules to Implement Dodd-Frank Mine Safety Disclosure Requirements
Client Memorandum
Client Publications
January 18, 2011 SEC Proposes Rules to Implement Dodd-Frank Requirements for Conflict Minerals Originating in the Democratic Republic of Congo
Client Memorandum
Client Publications
November 17, 2010 Davis Polk Submits Two Comment Letters to the SEC on Key Executive Compensation and Corporate Governance Rulemaking
Client Newsflash
Client Publications
November 16, 2010 Comments on Proposed Rules Relating to Shareholder Approval of Executive Compensation and Golden Parachute Compensation (the “Proposal”)
Comment Letter to the SEC
November 16, 2010 Comments on Subtitle E of Title IX–Accountability and Executive Compensation under the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act
Comment Letter to the SEC
November 4, 2010 SEC Proposes Whistleblower Rules
Client Newsflash
Client Publications
October 4, 2010 SEC Stays Proxy Access Pending Court Review
Client Newsflash
Client Publications
September 23, 2010 Preparing for the 2011 Proxy Season: Action Plans and Open Issues
Client Memorandum
Client Publications
September 20, 2010 SEC Shines a Spotlight on Short-Term Borrowings: Issues Guidance and Proposes New Disclosure Requirements
Client Memorandum
Client Publications
September 16, 2010 Proxy Access Rules Effective November 15, 2010
Client Newsflash
Client Publications
September 7, 2010 Proxy Access Year One: What to Expect and What to Do Now
General Counsel Update
Client Publications
July 21, 2010 Guidance on Use of Credit Ratings in Securities Offerings Following Dodd-Frank
Client Newsflash
Client Publications
July 9, 2010 Davis Polk Regulatory Implementation Slides
Client Memorandum
Client Publications
July 9, 2010 Summary of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act, Passed by the House of Representatives on June 30, 2010
Client Memorandum
Client Publications
June 28, 2010 U.S. Supreme Court Limits Extraterritorial Application of U.S. Securities Laws—Morrison v. National Australia Bank
Client Newsflash
Client Publications
June 2, 2010 Financial Reform Side-by-Side Comparison Chart – Key Senate and House Bill Issues
Client Memorandum
Client Publications
June 2, 2010 Side-by-Side Comparison Chart – Key Senate and House Bill Issues
Client Memorandum
Client Publications
May 22, 2010 Summary of the Restoring American Financial Stability Act, Passed by the Senate on May 20, 2010
Client Memorandum
Client Publications
April 29, 2010 Investor Views Getting Attention: Proposal Permitting Pre-Filing Communications by Underwriters Stalled
Client Newsflash
Client Publications
March 19, 2010 Modifications to Global Research Settlement Pave Way for Chaperoned Research and Investment Banking Participation in Joint Due Diligence Sessions
Client Newsflash
Client Publications
March 17, 2010 Summary of the March 15, 2010 Draft of the Restoring American Financial Stability Act, Introduced by Senator Christopher Dodd (D-CT)
Client Memorandum
Client Publications
March 16, 2010 Corporate Governance and Executive Compensation in the New Dodd Bill: Implications for All US Public Companies
Client Memorandum
Client Publications
January 28, 2010 SEC Removes Roadblocks to Use of Non-GAAP Measures in Filings
Client Memorandum
Client Publications
January 7, 2010 The SEC’s New Corporate Governance and Compensation Disclosure Requirements
Client Memorandum
Client Publications
December 22, 2009 SEC Proposes New Rule to Allow Pre-Filing Offerings by Underwriters, Potentially Paving the Way for More Pre-Marketed Transactions
Client Newsflash
Client Publications
December 16, 2009 SEC Adopts Additional Compensation and Corporate Governance Disclosure for 2010 Proxy Season
Client Memorandum
Client Publications
October 15, 2009 Governance Practices for IPO Companies: A Davis Polk Survey
Client Memorandum
Client Publications
June 18, 2009 SEC Publishes Proxy Access Proposal
Client Memorandum
Client Publications
May 29, 2009 FINRA May Not Clear Some Shelfs on an Expedited Basis
Client Newsflash
Client Publications
May 27, 2009 Senator Schumer Proposes Key Governance Changes for U.S. Public Companies
Client Newsflash
Client Publications
April 14, 2009 The Debate Over Federal Insurance Regulation
Client Memorandum
Client Publications
January 9, 2009 New SEC Relief for Some Companies That May Lose WKSI Status
Client Newsflash
Client Publications
December 2, 2008 Eighth Circuit Holds Failure to File Exchange Act Reports Not a Breach of Indenture Reporting Covenant or Trust Indenture Act
Client Newsflash
Client Publications
September 24, 2008 New York and SEC Move to Regulate Credit Default Swaps
Client Newsflash
Client Publications