Practice Mobile Menu Trigger Overview Experience Team Insights Subscribe to insights June 12, 2013 Client Update Bucking the Trend of S&P 500 Companies Governance surveys indicate that the S&P 500 companies have largely dismantled their takeover defenses and have establishe... June 10, 2013 Client Update Tenth Circuit Ruling May Broaden Reach of SOX Anti-Retaliation Whistleblower Provisions The Administrative Review Board of the Department of Labor concluded that Lockheed Martin had violated Section 806 of the ... June 6, 2013 Client Update House Hearing Focuses on Role of Proxy Advisory Firms The controversy surrounding proxy advisory firms has reached Congress, as the House Capital Markets and Government Sponsor... June 5, 2013 Client Update Commissioner Gallagher Says SEC Rules Led to the Rise of Proxy Advisory Firms Commissioner Gallagher recently lamented that the SEC has played a “significant role” in the rising influence of proxy... June 3, 2013 Client Update Novel Clawback Proposal to Watch While we wait for the SEC to act on the Dodd-Frank mandate on recoupment of executive compensation, Walmart will be facing... 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... Load More
June 12, 2013 Client Update Bucking the Trend of S&P 500 Companies Governance surveys indicate that the S&P 500 companies have largely dismantled their takeover defenses and have establishe...
June 10, 2013 Client Update Tenth Circuit Ruling May Broaden Reach of SOX Anti-Retaliation Whistleblower Provisions The Administrative Review Board of the Department of Labor concluded that Lockheed Martin had violated Section 806 of the ...
June 6, 2013 Client Update House Hearing Focuses on Role of Proxy Advisory Firms The controversy surrounding proxy advisory firms has reached Congress, as the House Capital Markets and Government Sponsor...
June 5, 2013 Client Update Commissioner Gallagher Says SEC Rules Led to the Rise of Proxy Advisory Firms Commissioner Gallagher recently lamented that the SEC has played a “significant role” in the rising influence of proxy...
June 3, 2013 Client Update Novel Clawback Proposal to Watch While we wait for the SEC to act on the Dodd-Frank mandate on recoupment of executive compensation, Walmart will be facing...
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...