Practice Mobile Menu Trigger Overview Experience Team Insights Subscribe to insights October 24, 2014 Client Update ISS Announces Upcoming Launch of Governance QuickScore 3.0 Companies may want to mark their calendars now for the period beginning 9 a.m. EST on November 3 through 8 p.m. EST on Nov... October 23, 2014 Client Update The Latest on Fee-Shifting Bylaws 24 companies have adopted fee-shifting bylaws since May, according to Professor John Coffee in his testimony before the SE... October 21, 2014 Client Update Delaware District Court Affirms Bankruptcy Court Ruling that Private Equity Fund Is Not Liable for WARN Act Liability of Its Portfolio Company On September 29, 2014, in Czyzewski v. Sun Capital Partners, Inc.(In re Jevic Holding Corp.), the United States District C... October 21, 2014 Client Update 2014 Hedge Fund Proposal Activity Examined by The Conference Board According to Proxy Voting Analytics by The Conference Board, hedge funds submitted 39 shareholder proposals, an increase f... October 20, 2014 Articles & Books CoCos: Coming of Age? CoCos are capital instruments (Tier 2) or perpetual instruments (AT1) which, upon the occurrence of a trigger event, conve... October 20, 2014 Client Update Investment Management Regulatory Update - October 2014 Industry Update IM Director Discusses Changing Regulatory Landscape for Hedge Fund Managers CFTC Grants No-Action Reli... October 17, 2014 Client Update Audit Committee Reporting Increased in 2014 Proxy Statements For companies considering a review of the audit committee disclosure in proxy statements, the recent review by EY’s Cent... October 15, 2014 Client Update Icahn Enterprises Notifies Public of Social Media Use as SEC Examines Possible Use of Universal Proxy Ballots Last Wednesday, an 8-K from Icahn Enterprises L.P. reported that its chairman, Carl Icahn, intends to use Tumblr, Facebook... October 15, 2014 Client Update CFTC Re-Proposes Uncleared Swap Margin Rules On September 17, 2014, the CFTC re-proposed rules for uncleared swap margin requirements. The CFTC’s re-proposal is larg... October 15, 2014 Client Update ISS Publishes Draft 2015 Voting Policies for Comment, Focuses on Independent Chair Shareholder Proposal and Equity Plans ISS has published its draft 2015 voting policies for public comment, which are due on October 29. The final release is exp... Load More
October 24, 2014 Client Update ISS Announces Upcoming Launch of Governance QuickScore 3.0 Companies may want to mark their calendars now for the period beginning 9 a.m. EST on November 3 through 8 p.m. EST on Nov...
October 23, 2014 Client Update The Latest on Fee-Shifting Bylaws 24 companies have adopted fee-shifting bylaws since May, according to Professor John Coffee in his testimony before the SE...
October 21, 2014 Client Update Delaware District Court Affirms Bankruptcy Court Ruling that Private Equity Fund Is Not Liable for WARN Act Liability of Its Portfolio Company On September 29, 2014, in Czyzewski v. Sun Capital Partners, Inc.(In re Jevic Holding Corp.), the United States District C...
October 21, 2014 Client Update 2014 Hedge Fund Proposal Activity Examined by The Conference Board According to Proxy Voting Analytics by The Conference Board, hedge funds submitted 39 shareholder proposals, an increase f...
October 20, 2014 Articles & Books CoCos: Coming of Age? CoCos are capital instruments (Tier 2) or perpetual instruments (AT1) which, upon the occurrence of a trigger event, conve...
October 20, 2014 Client Update Investment Management Regulatory Update - October 2014 Industry Update IM Director Discusses Changing Regulatory Landscape for Hedge Fund Managers CFTC Grants No-Action Reli...
October 17, 2014 Client Update Audit Committee Reporting Increased in 2014 Proxy Statements For companies considering a review of the audit committee disclosure in proxy statements, the recent review by EY’s Cent...
October 15, 2014 Client Update Icahn Enterprises Notifies Public of Social Media Use as SEC Examines Possible Use of Universal Proxy Ballots Last Wednesday, an 8-K from Icahn Enterprises L.P. reported that its chairman, Carl Icahn, intends to use Tumblr, Facebook...
October 15, 2014 Client Update CFTC Re-Proposes Uncleared Swap Margin Rules On September 17, 2014, the CFTC re-proposed rules for uncleared swap margin requirements. The CFTC’s re-proposal is larg...
October 15, 2014 Client Update ISS Publishes Draft 2015 Voting Policies for Comment, Focuses on Independent Chair Shareholder Proposal and Equity Plans ISS has published its draft 2015 voting policies for public comment, which are due on October 29. The final release is exp...