Practice Mobile Menu Trigger Overview Experience Team Insights Subscribe to insights May 21, 2014 Client Update SEC Commissioners Emphasize Focus on Individuals, Including Lawyers, in Enforcement Cases, and Brings an Auditor Independence Action Against an Audit Partner According to a recent speech by Chair White, one of the key decision points in nearly every enforcement action is who will... May 19, 2014 Client Update Exxon Mobil and Royal Dutch Shell Encourage the SEC to Adopt Resource Extraction Disclosure Rules While the battle over the SEC’s conflict minerals reporting rules have been the subject of much attention, less focus ha... May 15, 2014 Client Update Appeals Court Rejects Bid to Stay Conflict Mineral Rules Yesterday, without explanation, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia denied the National Association of ... May 15, 2014 Client Update Pershing Square’s Unusual Precatory Proxy Resolution in Its Fight for Allergan As noted in several press reports, Pershing Square’s recent SEC filing of a preliminary proxy statement related to Aller... May 14, 2014 Client Update Environmental Activist Petitions the SEC Staff Alleging Material Omissions in an Issuer's Registration Statement The Chesapeake Climate Action Network (CCAN) has taken the novel approach of filing a letter with the SEC Directors at the... May 13, 2014 Client Update European Commission Seeks Guarantees of Proxy Advisory Firms’ Work A coalition of proxy advisory firms, including ISS and Glass Lewis, is disputing the requirements in the proposed EU revis... May 12, 2014 Client Update Commissioner Stein Supports Universal Proxy Ballots and Questions SEC Staff’s 14a-8 Decisions In a recent speech to the Council of Institutional Investors, SEC Commissioner Kara Stein expressed her support for CII’... May 7, 2014 Client Update Study Finds Most Clawback Policies Follow Similar Patterns and Warns of Possible Accounting Consequences as Policies Innovate and Evolve The most common trigger for clawback of compensation is the occurrence of a restatement of financial results, according to... May 6, 2014 Client Update The Second Circuit Issues Decision of First Impression With Respect to Morrison and Extraterritoriality Earlier today, the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit issued the following decision in the City of Pon... May 6, 2014 Client Update Update on Current Status of Conflict Mineral Rules and Compliance Advice The SEC’s official position last Friday, which we discussed here, reinforced the Staff’s earlier guidance, and boiled ... Load More
May 21, 2014 Client Update SEC Commissioners Emphasize Focus on Individuals, Including Lawyers, in Enforcement Cases, and Brings an Auditor Independence Action Against an Audit Partner According to a recent speech by Chair White, one of the key decision points in nearly every enforcement action is who will...
May 19, 2014 Client Update Exxon Mobil and Royal Dutch Shell Encourage the SEC to Adopt Resource Extraction Disclosure Rules While the battle over the SEC’s conflict minerals reporting rules have been the subject of much attention, less focus ha...
May 15, 2014 Client Update Appeals Court Rejects Bid to Stay Conflict Mineral Rules Yesterday, without explanation, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia denied the National Association of ...
May 15, 2014 Client Update Pershing Square’s Unusual Precatory Proxy Resolution in Its Fight for Allergan As noted in several press reports, Pershing Square’s recent SEC filing of a preliminary proxy statement related to Aller...
May 14, 2014 Client Update Environmental Activist Petitions the SEC Staff Alleging Material Omissions in an Issuer's Registration Statement The Chesapeake Climate Action Network (CCAN) has taken the novel approach of filing a letter with the SEC Directors at the...
May 13, 2014 Client Update European Commission Seeks Guarantees of Proxy Advisory Firms’ Work A coalition of proxy advisory firms, including ISS and Glass Lewis, is disputing the requirements in the proposed EU revis...
May 12, 2014 Client Update Commissioner Stein Supports Universal Proxy Ballots and Questions SEC Staff’s 14a-8 Decisions In a recent speech to the Council of Institutional Investors, SEC Commissioner Kara Stein expressed her support for CII’...
May 7, 2014 Client Update Study Finds Most Clawback Policies Follow Similar Patterns and Warns of Possible Accounting Consequences as Policies Innovate and Evolve The most common trigger for clawback of compensation is the occurrence of a restatement of financial results, according to...
May 6, 2014 Client Update The Second Circuit Issues Decision of First Impression With Respect to Morrison and Extraterritoriality Earlier today, the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit issued the following decision in the City of Pon...
May 6, 2014 Client Update Update on Current Status of Conflict Mineral Rules and Compliance Advice The SEC’s official position last Friday, which we discussed here, reinforced the Staff’s earlier guidance, and boiled ...