Practice Mobile Menu Trigger Overview Experience Team Insights Subscribe to insights February 16, 2011 Client Update Delaware Court Declines to Pull Airgas Poison Pill In a much-anticipated decision issued last night in Air Products v. Airgas, Chancellor Chandler declined to compel the boa... February 15, 2011 Client Update Delaware Court Enjoins Merger Vote and Deal Protections in Del Monte Buyout On the eve of the shareholder vote to approve the $5.3 billion leveraged buyout of Del Monte Foods, Vice Chancellor Travis... January 27, 2011 Client Update SEC Adopts Final Say-on-Pay and Golden Parachute Rules On January 25, 2011, in a 3-2 vote, the SEC adopted final rules implementing the provisions of the Dodd-Frank Act that req... January 20, 2011 Client Update Considerations for 2010 Form 10-Ks and 2011 Proxy Statements Although the past year has not seen a wholesale revision in the rules applicable to Form 10-Ks and proxy statements, there... January 3, 2011 Articles & Books New ISS Policy Updates: Tougher Standards for 2011 On November 19, ISS Corporate Governance Services released its US Corporate Governance Policy Updates on voting recommenda... 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... Load More
February 16, 2011 Client Update Delaware Court Declines to Pull Airgas Poison Pill In a much-anticipated decision issued last night in Air Products v. Airgas, Chancellor Chandler declined to compel the boa...
February 15, 2011 Client Update Delaware Court Enjoins Merger Vote and Deal Protections in Del Monte Buyout On the eve of the shareholder vote to approve the $5.3 billion leveraged buyout of Del Monte Foods, Vice Chancellor Travis...
January 27, 2011 Client Update SEC Adopts Final Say-on-Pay and Golden Parachute Rules On January 25, 2011, in a 3-2 vote, the SEC adopted final rules implementing the provisions of the Dodd-Frank Act that req...
January 20, 2011 Client Update Considerations for 2010 Form 10-Ks and 2011 Proxy Statements Although the past year has not seen a wholesale revision in the rules applicable to Form 10-Ks and proxy statements, there...
January 3, 2011 Articles & Books New ISS Policy Updates: Tougher Standards for 2011 On November 19, ISS Corporate Governance Services released its US Corporate Governance Policy Updates on voting recommenda...
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...