Practice Mobile Menu Trigger Overview Experience Team Insights Subscribe to insights May 15, 2012 Client Update U.K. Proposes Binding 'Say on Pay' and a Limitation on Executive Severance Arrangements The U.K.’s implementation of “say on pay’ in 2002 is widely considered the harbinger of mandatory “say on pay” i... May 10, 2012 Client Update Interested Shareholders File Soliciting Materials on Annual Meeting Ballot Items An increasing number of shareholders are filing solicitation materials advocating for a particular position on a voting ma... May 7, 2012 Client Update Delaware Court Temporarily Blocks Martin Marietta’s Hostile Bid to Acquire Rival Vulcan In a much-anticipated opinion, Chancellor Leo E. Strine, Jr. of the Delaware Court of Chancery has enjoined Martin Mariett... May 7, 2012 Client Update Seeking a Waiver from the SEC for Failure to File 8-K Announcing the Frequency Vote In 2011, companies included in their proxy ballots a choice for shareholders to advise on whether they preferred to cast a... May 2, 2012 Client Update The Use of Additional Soliciting Materials for Say-on-Pay Votes In year two of say-on-pay, we find that companies continue to file additional materials to solicit for favorable votes. Th... April 25, 2012 Client Update Annual Meetings Face Protests from the "99 Percent" The Occupy Wall Street Movement has turned its focus on annual meetings, which one media outlet is calling “a rare publi... April 16, 2012 Client Update Glass Lewis Makes an Attempt at Transparency, and Studies Try to Evaluate Proxy Advisory Services' Influence Glass Lewis released a brief overview that it calls a “Primer for Issuers.” Glass Lewis reiterates that it does not en... April 5, 2012 Client Update JOBS Act Becomes Law: Reduced Compensation Disclosure for Many IPO Companies and Exchange Act Relief for Private Companies with Significant Equity Compensation Today President Obama signed the Jumpstart Our Business Startups Act (the “JOBS Act”), which was passed by the House o... March 30, 2012 Client Update U.S. Supreme Court Holds that the Statute of Limitations for Section 16(b) Short-Swing Liability Claims Is Not Tolled On March 26, 2012, in Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC v. Simmonds, the U.S. Supreme Court held 8 0 that not filing a Se... March 29, 2012 Client Update NYSE Webcast Panel Reflects on the 2012 Proxy Season On Tuesday, I was fortunate to co-moderate a NYSE-sponsored webcast with Judy McLevey at the NYSE, as we discussed the lea... Load More
May 15, 2012 Client Update U.K. Proposes Binding 'Say on Pay' and a Limitation on Executive Severance Arrangements The U.K.’s implementation of “say on pay’ in 2002 is widely considered the harbinger of mandatory “say on pay” i...
May 10, 2012 Client Update Interested Shareholders File Soliciting Materials on Annual Meeting Ballot Items An increasing number of shareholders are filing solicitation materials advocating for a particular position on a voting ma...
May 7, 2012 Client Update Delaware Court Temporarily Blocks Martin Marietta’s Hostile Bid to Acquire Rival Vulcan In a much-anticipated opinion, Chancellor Leo E. Strine, Jr. of the Delaware Court of Chancery has enjoined Martin Mariett...
May 7, 2012 Client Update Seeking a Waiver from the SEC for Failure to File 8-K Announcing the Frequency Vote In 2011, companies included in their proxy ballots a choice for shareholders to advise on whether they preferred to cast a...
May 2, 2012 Client Update The Use of Additional Soliciting Materials for Say-on-Pay Votes In year two of say-on-pay, we find that companies continue to file additional materials to solicit for favorable votes. Th...
April 25, 2012 Client Update Annual Meetings Face Protests from the "99 Percent" The Occupy Wall Street Movement has turned its focus on annual meetings, which one media outlet is calling “a rare publi...
April 16, 2012 Client Update Glass Lewis Makes an Attempt at Transparency, and Studies Try to Evaluate Proxy Advisory Services' Influence Glass Lewis released a brief overview that it calls a “Primer for Issuers.” Glass Lewis reiterates that it does not en...
April 5, 2012 Client Update JOBS Act Becomes Law: Reduced Compensation Disclosure for Many IPO Companies and Exchange Act Relief for Private Companies with Significant Equity Compensation Today President Obama signed the Jumpstart Our Business Startups Act (the “JOBS Act”), which was passed by the House o...
March 30, 2012 Client Update U.S. Supreme Court Holds that the Statute of Limitations for Section 16(b) Short-Swing Liability Claims Is Not Tolled On March 26, 2012, in Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC v. Simmonds, the U.S. Supreme Court held 8 0 that not filing a Se...
March 29, 2012 Client Update NYSE Webcast Panel Reflects on the 2012 Proxy Season On Tuesday, I was fortunate to co-moderate a NYSE-sponsored webcast with Judy McLevey at the NYSE, as we discussed the lea...