Practice Mobile Menu Trigger Overview Experience Team Insights Subscribe to insights May 31, 2013 Client Update Delaware Court Applies Business Judgment Rule to Going-Private Merger with Controlling Stockholder In a recent, landmark Delaware decision in In re MFW Shareholders Litigation, C.A. No. 6566-CS (Del. Ch. May 29, 2013), Ch... May 31, 2013 Client Update SEC Issues Guidance on Conflict Minerals On May 30 the staff of the Securities and Exchange Commission issued interpretive guidance on the SEC’s new conflict min... May 30, 2013 Client Update Proposed PCAOB Standards Require Auditors to Examine Executive Compensation Arrangements The recent PCAOB reproposed auditing standards on related parties and significant unusual transactions also include a modi... May 29, 2013 Client Update Groupon Shareholders Allege Improper Bundling of Incentive Plan Proposal Seeking injunctive relief, shareholders of Groupon complained that the company improperly aggregated separate and distinct... May 24, 2013 Client Update President Nominates 2 New SEC Commissioners President Obama has named Kara Stein, Democrat, and Michael Piwowar, Republican as nominees for SEC Commissioners. Both a... May 21, 2013 Client Update CII Asks SEC to Require Broadridge to Provide Vote Tallies to Proponents The Council of Institutional Investors is urging the SEC to take action in response to news reports that Broadridge will d... May 20, 2013 Client Update Chairman White Speaks on Political Spending and Cybersecurity Disclosure According to several news outlets, Chairman White declared during her testimony before the House Financial Services Commit... May 20, 2013 Client Update Three Social Proposals Win Majority Support at One Company The events at CF Industries’ annual meeting last week set several records for shareholder proposals. All four shareholde... May 15, 2013 Client Update Considerations for Rule 10b5-1 Plans When we wrote that Rule 10b5-1 plans were back in the news in our January memo, it turns out that this continues to be acc... May 13, 2013 Client Update Occidentals Interesting Majority Vote Provision and Recent Governance Changes The resignation of Occidentals chairman at the companys annual meeting, which has been widely reported, was subject to... Load More
May 31, 2013 Client Update Delaware Court Applies Business Judgment Rule to Going-Private Merger with Controlling Stockholder In a recent, landmark Delaware decision in In re MFW Shareholders Litigation, C.A. No. 6566-CS (Del. Ch. May 29, 2013), Ch...
May 31, 2013 Client Update SEC Issues Guidance on Conflict Minerals On May 30 the staff of the Securities and Exchange Commission issued interpretive guidance on the SEC’s new conflict min...
May 30, 2013 Client Update Proposed PCAOB Standards Require Auditors to Examine Executive Compensation Arrangements The recent PCAOB reproposed auditing standards on related parties and significant unusual transactions also include a modi...
May 29, 2013 Client Update Groupon Shareholders Allege Improper Bundling of Incentive Plan Proposal Seeking injunctive relief, shareholders of Groupon complained that the company improperly aggregated separate and distinct...
May 24, 2013 Client Update President Nominates 2 New SEC Commissioners President Obama has named Kara Stein, Democrat, and Michael Piwowar, Republican as nominees for SEC Commissioners. Both a...
May 21, 2013 Client Update CII Asks SEC to Require Broadridge to Provide Vote Tallies to Proponents The Council of Institutional Investors is urging the SEC to take action in response to news reports that Broadridge will d...
May 20, 2013 Client Update Chairman White Speaks on Political Spending and Cybersecurity Disclosure According to several news outlets, Chairman White declared during her testimony before the House Financial Services Commit...
May 20, 2013 Client Update Three Social Proposals Win Majority Support at One Company The events at CF Industries’ annual meeting last week set several records for shareholder proposals. All four shareholde...
May 15, 2013 Client Update Considerations for Rule 10b5-1 Plans When we wrote that Rule 10b5-1 plans were back in the news in our January memo, it turns out that this continues to be acc...
May 13, 2013 Client Update Occidentals Interesting Majority Vote Provision and Recent Governance Changes The resignation of Occidentals chairman at the companys annual meeting, which has been widely reported, was subject to...