Practice Mobile Menu Trigger Overview Experience Team Insights Subscribe to insights July 8, 2011 Client Update The FTC Issues Amendments to HSR Rules and Notification Form On July 7, 2011, the FTC published on its website a notice of final rulemaking, setting forth substantial revisions and am... July 7, 2011 Client Update Spotlight on Shareholder Proposals: Majority Voting Proposals to elect directors by a majority vote fared well this season, averaging 56.6% at 31 companies as of early June. ... July 1, 2011 Client Update Dodd-Frank Progress Report - July 2011 Davis Polk is pleased to present the fourth Davis Polk Dodd-Frank Progress Report. This month, rules meeting 14 Dodd-Frank... June 29, 2011 Client Update Seventh Circuit Delivers a Major Win for Secured Creditors; Holds that Secured Creditors Cannot be Denied Right to Credit Bid in a Sale Under a Plan On June 28, 2011, in a much anticipated decision, a panel of the United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit, i... June 29, 2011 Client Update SEC Issues Final Rules Implementing Dodd-Frank Amendments to the Investment Advisers Act of 1940 On June 22, 2011, the SEC issued final rules and rule amendments to implement provisions of Title IV of the Dodd-Frank Wal... June 29, 2011 Client Update Seventh Circuit Delivers a Major Win for Secured Creditors; Holds that Secured Creditors Cannot be Denied Right to Credit Bid in a Sale Under a Plan On June 28, 2011, in a much anticipated decision, a panel of the United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit, i... June 27, 2011 Client Update Spotlight on Shareholder Proposals: Declassification - June 2011 This is the first of a series of posts to discuss key shareholder proposals during proxy season 2011. While ISS reports... June 27, 2011 Client Update Stern v. Marshall – Supreme Court Limits the Power of Bankruptcy Courts to Hear Certain State Law Claims Brought by Debtors Against Creditors Late last week, the United States Supreme Court affirmed a 2010 ruling of the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals and held that... June 24, 2011 Client Update Perceived Pay-for-Performance Disconnect Brings Say-on-Pay Shareholder Derivative Suits Some shareholders are using lawsuits as a new tactic to fight what they perceive as an escalation in executive compensatio... June 23, 2011 Client Update Federal Banking Agencies Implement Collins Amendment by Establishing Risk-Based Capital Floor Pursuant to the Collins Amendment of the Dodd-Frank Act, the Federal Reserve Board, FDIC and OCC have adopted a final rule... Load More
July 8, 2011 Client Update The FTC Issues Amendments to HSR Rules and Notification Form On July 7, 2011, the FTC published on its website a notice of final rulemaking, setting forth substantial revisions and am...
July 7, 2011 Client Update Spotlight on Shareholder Proposals: Majority Voting Proposals to elect directors by a majority vote fared well this season, averaging 56.6% at 31 companies as of early June. ...
July 1, 2011 Client Update Dodd-Frank Progress Report - July 2011 Davis Polk is pleased to present the fourth Davis Polk Dodd-Frank Progress Report. This month, rules meeting 14 Dodd-Frank...
June 29, 2011 Client Update Seventh Circuit Delivers a Major Win for Secured Creditors; Holds that Secured Creditors Cannot be Denied Right to Credit Bid in a Sale Under a Plan On June 28, 2011, in a much anticipated decision, a panel of the United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit, i...
June 29, 2011 Client Update SEC Issues Final Rules Implementing Dodd-Frank Amendments to the Investment Advisers Act of 1940 On June 22, 2011, the SEC issued final rules and rule amendments to implement provisions of Title IV of the Dodd-Frank Wal...
June 29, 2011 Client Update Seventh Circuit Delivers a Major Win for Secured Creditors; Holds that Secured Creditors Cannot be Denied Right to Credit Bid in a Sale Under a Plan On June 28, 2011, in a much anticipated decision, a panel of the United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit, i...
June 27, 2011 Client Update Spotlight on Shareholder Proposals: Declassification - June 2011 This is the first of a series of posts to discuss key shareholder proposals during proxy season 2011. While ISS reports...
June 27, 2011 Client Update Stern v. Marshall – Supreme Court Limits the Power of Bankruptcy Courts to Hear Certain State Law Claims Brought by Debtors Against Creditors Late last week, the United States Supreme Court affirmed a 2010 ruling of the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals and held that...
June 24, 2011 Client Update Perceived Pay-for-Performance Disconnect Brings Say-on-Pay Shareholder Derivative Suits Some shareholders are using lawsuits as a new tactic to fight what they perceive as an escalation in executive compensatio...
June 23, 2011 Client Update Federal Banking Agencies Implement Collins Amendment by Establishing Risk-Based Capital Floor Pursuant to the Collins Amendment of the Dodd-Frank Act, the Federal Reserve Board, FDIC and OCC have adopted a final rule...