Practice Mobile Menu Trigger Overview Experience Team Insights Subscribe to insights April 23, 2015 Client Update SEC to Consider Pay for Performance Rulemaking Next Wednesday The SEC has announced an open meeting on Wednesday, April 29, 2015, at 10:00 am to consider whether to propose amendments ... April 22, 2015 Client Update Solicitation Filings in Support of Proxy Access by CalPERS and New York City Pension Funds Companies with proxy access shareholder proposals on their annual meeting ballots are confronting a notice of exempt solic... April 21, 2015 Client Update Davis Polk Comment Letter to the SEC on the Hedging Disclosure Rule Proposal Davis Polk has submitted a comment letter on the SEC proposal for companies to disclose their equity hedging policies. We... April 17, 2015 Client Update Spotlight on Pro Rata Vesting, Rather than Accelerated Vesting, of Awards in Change in Control Events According to Amalgamated Bank, the Trustee to the LongView Funds, five companies have agreed to adopt new measures to limi... April 15, 2015 Client Update Appeals Court Rules That Wal-Mart Can Exclude a Shareholder Proposal About Its Products As has been reported, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit has decided that Wal-Mart does not have to include i... April 13, 2015 Client Update Chamber of Commerce Seeks SEC Guidance on Confidentiality Agreements after the KBR Action In a letter to SEC Chair White, the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, through the Center for Capital Markets Competitiveness (CCMC... April 8, 2015 Client Update SEC Staff Allows Shareholder Proposal to Be Excluded Due to False and Misleading Supporting Statement The SEC staff has determined that a shareholder proposal can be excluded under Rule 14a-8(i)(3) because the supporting sta... April 6, 2015 Client Update Surveys Find Limited Pay-for-Performance Disclosure and Wide Use of Stock Ownership Guidelines A Towers Watson survey found that only about 27% of Fortune 500 companies provided some type of pay-for-performance discus... April 3, 2015 Client Update IRS Releases Final Regulations Under Section 162(m): Some Relief for Newly Public Companies On March 31, 2015, the Internal Revenue Service published final regulations under Section 162(m) of the Internal Revenue C... April 1, 2015 Client Update SEC Charges Company and Former Executive with Improper Perks Disclosure The SEC charged that the former CEO of Polycom used corporate funds to pay for about $190,000 of personal perks for severa... Load More
April 23, 2015 Client Update SEC to Consider Pay for Performance Rulemaking Next Wednesday The SEC has announced an open meeting on Wednesday, April 29, 2015, at 10:00 am to consider whether to propose amendments ...
April 22, 2015 Client Update Solicitation Filings in Support of Proxy Access by CalPERS and New York City Pension Funds Companies with proxy access shareholder proposals on their annual meeting ballots are confronting a notice of exempt solic...
April 21, 2015 Client Update Davis Polk Comment Letter to the SEC on the Hedging Disclosure Rule Proposal Davis Polk has submitted a comment letter on the SEC proposal for companies to disclose their equity hedging policies. We...
April 17, 2015 Client Update Spotlight on Pro Rata Vesting, Rather than Accelerated Vesting, of Awards in Change in Control Events According to Amalgamated Bank, the Trustee to the LongView Funds, five companies have agreed to adopt new measures to limi...
April 15, 2015 Client Update Appeals Court Rules That Wal-Mart Can Exclude a Shareholder Proposal About Its Products As has been reported, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit has decided that Wal-Mart does not have to include i...
April 13, 2015 Client Update Chamber of Commerce Seeks SEC Guidance on Confidentiality Agreements after the KBR Action In a letter to SEC Chair White, the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, through the Center for Capital Markets Competitiveness (CCMC...
April 8, 2015 Client Update SEC Staff Allows Shareholder Proposal to Be Excluded Due to False and Misleading Supporting Statement The SEC staff has determined that a shareholder proposal can be excluded under Rule 14a-8(i)(3) because the supporting sta...
April 6, 2015 Client Update Surveys Find Limited Pay-for-Performance Disclosure and Wide Use of Stock Ownership Guidelines A Towers Watson survey found that only about 27% of Fortune 500 companies provided some type of pay-for-performance discus...
April 3, 2015 Client Update IRS Releases Final Regulations Under Section 162(m): Some Relief for Newly Public Companies On March 31, 2015, the Internal Revenue Service published final regulations under Section 162(m) of the Internal Revenue C...
April 1, 2015 Client Update SEC Charges Company and Former Executive with Improper Perks Disclosure The SEC charged that the former CEO of Polycom used corporate funds to pay for about $190,000 of personal perks for severa...