Practice Mobile Menu Trigger Overview Experience Team Insights Subscribe to insights November 23, 2010 Client Update Delaware Supreme Court Invalidates Airgas Bylaw Amendment In a practical ruling that explicitly acknowledges the relevance of “[p]ractice and understanding in the real world,” ... November 22, 2010 Client Update New ISS Policy Update: Tougher Standards for 2011 On Friday, November 19, ISS Corporate Governance Services released its U.S. Corporate Governance Policy Updates on voting ... November 17, 2010 Client Update Davis Polk Submits Two Comment Letters to the SEC on Key Executive Compensation and Corporate Governance Rulemaking Yesterday we submitted two comment letters to the SEC on key executive compensation and corporate governance rulemaking th... November 16, 2010 Articles & Books Comments on Proposed Rules Relating to Shareholder Approval of Executive Compensation and Golden Parachute Compensation (the “Proposal”) We are submitting this letter in response to the solicitation by the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Commission... November 16, 2010 Articles & Books Comments on Subtitle E of Title IX–Accountability and Executive Compensation under the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act We are submitting this letter in response to the solicitation by the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Commission... November 4, 2010 Client Update SEC Proposes Whistleblower Rules Yesterday the SEC announced and issued proposed rules that would implement the whistleblower provisions of the Dodd-Frank ... October 21, 2010 Client Update Reg FD Enforcement Update: the Perils of Implied Messages The SEC today announced settled Reg FD charges against Office Depot and its CEO and former CFO related to “signals” th... October 20, 2010 Client Update SEC Proposes Say-on-Pay Rules for Companies and Proxy Vote Reporting Rules for Investment Managers On October 18, 2010, the SEC proposed rules to implement the provisions of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer ... October 11, 2010 Client Update Delaware Court Permits Stockholders to Shorten Term of Airgas Staggered Board The Delaware Chancery Court has upheld the validity of a bylaw amendment adopted by the stockholders of Airgas, Inc. at it... October 8, 2010 Client Update Top-Up Options – Looking Better and Better As the percentage of tender offers in friendly transactions has risen in recent years, so too has use of so-called “top-... Load More
November 23, 2010 Client Update Delaware Supreme Court Invalidates Airgas Bylaw Amendment In a practical ruling that explicitly acknowledges the relevance of “[p]ractice and understanding in the real world,” ...
November 22, 2010 Client Update New ISS Policy Update: Tougher Standards for 2011 On Friday, November 19, ISS Corporate Governance Services released its U.S. Corporate Governance Policy Updates on voting ...
November 17, 2010 Client Update Davis Polk Submits Two Comment Letters to the SEC on Key Executive Compensation and Corporate Governance Rulemaking Yesterday we submitted two comment letters to the SEC on key executive compensation and corporate governance rulemaking th...
November 16, 2010 Articles & Books Comments on Proposed Rules Relating to Shareholder Approval of Executive Compensation and Golden Parachute Compensation (the “Proposal”) We are submitting this letter in response to the solicitation by the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Commission...
November 16, 2010 Articles & Books Comments on Subtitle E of Title IX–Accountability and Executive Compensation under the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act We are submitting this letter in response to the solicitation by the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Commission...
November 4, 2010 Client Update SEC Proposes Whistleblower Rules Yesterday the SEC announced and issued proposed rules that would implement the whistleblower provisions of the Dodd-Frank ...
October 21, 2010 Client Update Reg FD Enforcement Update: the Perils of Implied Messages The SEC today announced settled Reg FD charges against Office Depot and its CEO and former CFO related to “signals” th...
October 20, 2010 Client Update SEC Proposes Say-on-Pay Rules for Companies and Proxy Vote Reporting Rules for Investment Managers On October 18, 2010, the SEC proposed rules to implement the provisions of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer ...
October 11, 2010 Client Update Delaware Court Permits Stockholders to Shorten Term of Airgas Staggered Board The Delaware Chancery Court has upheld the validity of a bylaw amendment adopted by the stockholders of Airgas, Inc. at it...
October 8, 2010 Client Update Top-Up Options – Looking Better and Better As the percentage of tender offers in friendly transactions has risen in recent years, so too has use of so-called “top-...