Practice Mobile Menu Trigger Overview Experience Team Insights Subscribe to insights May 27, 2009 Client Update Senator Schumer Proposes Key Governance Changes for U.S. Public Companies Senator Charles Schumer recently introduced a bill, The Shareholder Bill of Rights Act of 2009, which if adopted would imp... May 20, 2009 Client Update SEC Proposes Rule to Allow 1% Shareholders (or a Group of Shareholders holding 1%) to Nominate Directors at Large Companies In response to a public outcry over compensation and other practices and a call for accountability in the current financia... May 1, 2009 Articles & Books Disclosure and Approval of Related Person Transactions: Examining the Revised Regulations In August 2006, the SEC published its final release to completely overhaul the rules and regulations for executive compens... April 21, 2009 Client Update General Counsel Update - April 2009 It’s proxy time, and business reporters are riding their favorite seasonal hobby horse: executive compensation. This yea... April 7, 2009 Client Update Current Congressional Efforts to Restrict Compensation of TARP Participants On March 14, 2009, news media reported that American International Group, which had received more than $170 billion in gov... March 27, 2009 Client Update Delaware Supreme Court Reverses Lyondell; Supports Board Discretion in Sale Process In a much anticipated decision on Wednesday, the Delaware Supreme Court reversed the Chancery Court in Lyondell v. Ryan, r... February 26, 2009 Client Update "Say on Pay" Now a Reality for TARP Participants Media and public attention surrounding the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009, enacted on February 17, 2009 an... January 28, 2009 Client Update Considerations for Drafting the 2009 Proxy Statement Executive compensation continues to dominate headlines and remains at the forefront of key governance issues. While most U... December 19, 2008 Client Update Disclosure Considerations for Your 2008 Form 10-K Many companies are beginning preparations for their 2008 Form 10-K. While there are no new Form 10-K requirements this yea... December 9, 2008 Client Update The 2009 Proxy Season: RiskMetrics Group’s Voting Policy Updates and an Examination of Upcoming Trends RiskMetrics Group (“RMG”), the influential proxy advisory firm formerly known as ISS Governance Services, recently rel... Load More
May 27, 2009 Client Update Senator Schumer Proposes Key Governance Changes for U.S. Public Companies Senator Charles Schumer recently introduced a bill, The Shareholder Bill of Rights Act of 2009, which if adopted would imp...
May 20, 2009 Client Update SEC Proposes Rule to Allow 1% Shareholders (or a Group of Shareholders holding 1%) to Nominate Directors at Large Companies In response to a public outcry over compensation and other practices and a call for accountability in the current financia...
May 1, 2009 Articles & Books Disclosure and Approval of Related Person Transactions: Examining the Revised Regulations In August 2006, the SEC published its final release to completely overhaul the rules and regulations for executive compens...
April 21, 2009 Client Update General Counsel Update - April 2009 It’s proxy time, and business reporters are riding their favorite seasonal hobby horse: executive compensation. This yea...
April 7, 2009 Client Update Current Congressional Efforts to Restrict Compensation of TARP Participants On March 14, 2009, news media reported that American International Group, which had received more than $170 billion in gov...
March 27, 2009 Client Update Delaware Supreme Court Reverses Lyondell; Supports Board Discretion in Sale Process In a much anticipated decision on Wednesday, the Delaware Supreme Court reversed the Chancery Court in Lyondell v. Ryan, r...
February 26, 2009 Client Update "Say on Pay" Now a Reality for TARP Participants Media and public attention surrounding the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009, enacted on February 17, 2009 an...
January 28, 2009 Client Update Considerations for Drafting the 2009 Proxy Statement Executive compensation continues to dominate headlines and remains at the forefront of key governance issues. While most U...
December 19, 2008 Client Update Disclosure Considerations for Your 2008 Form 10-K Many companies are beginning preparations for their 2008 Form 10-K. While there are no new Form 10-K requirements this yea...
December 9, 2008 Client Update The 2009 Proxy Season: RiskMetrics Group’s Voting Policy Updates and an Examination of Upcoming Trends RiskMetrics Group (“RMG”), the influential proxy advisory firm formerly known as ISS Governance Services, recently rel...