Practice Mobile Menu Trigger Overview Experience Team Insights Subscribe to insights April 29, 2011 Client Update SEC Comments Due on Comp. Committee and Adviser Independence Today is the deadline for comments in response to the SEC’s proposed rules directing the national securities exchanges t... April 28, 2011 Client Update Legislation to Repeal Disclosure of Pay Ratio, and Expected Reactions There continue to be multiple areas of legislative activity to repeal or amend certain provisions of Dodd-Frank, including... April 28, 2011 Client Update The Magic Number So Far is Nine We’re up to nine failed say-on-pay votes so far for the year. We’ll provide a client communication shortly on the late... April 28, 2011 Client Update Barney Frank Says Regulators Can Take their Time to Implement Dodd-Frank Perhaps the onset of warmer weather has made us aware of the approach of July 21st, an auspicious date representing the on... April 27, 2011 Client Update Floor Resolutions at Annual Meeting Notwithstanding the proliferation of advance notice bylaws, floor resolutions at annual meetings are fairly unusual. In Ja... April 27, 2011 Articles & Books The Final Round For Gift Plans? The era of the non-consensual “gift plan” may be over. The Third U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals dealt a blow to the pra... April 26, 2011 Client Update Credible Living Wills: The First Generation We are pleased to announce the publication of a Davis Polk and McKinsey & Co. co-authored whitepaper, Credible Living Will... April 26, 2011 Client Update Independent Chair Proposal Wins at Moody's Perhaps as another fallout of the financial crisis, Moody’s shareholders approved an independent chair proposal with 56%... April 25, 2011 Client Update Dodd-Frank Act May Require New SEC Registration for Non-U.S. Advisers The Dodd-Frank Act may require many currently unregistered non-U.S. investment advisers to register with the SEC as invest... April 25, 2011 Client Update Worth Moving to Texas For? Last year a Texas judge allowed Apache Corp. to exclude a shareholder proposal from John Chevedden on the basis that his b... Load More
April 29, 2011 Client Update SEC Comments Due on Comp. Committee and Adviser Independence Today is the deadline for comments in response to the SEC’s proposed rules directing the national securities exchanges t...
April 28, 2011 Client Update Legislation to Repeal Disclosure of Pay Ratio, and Expected Reactions There continue to be multiple areas of legislative activity to repeal or amend certain provisions of Dodd-Frank, including...
April 28, 2011 Client Update The Magic Number So Far is Nine We’re up to nine failed say-on-pay votes so far for the year. We’ll provide a client communication shortly on the late...
April 28, 2011 Client Update Barney Frank Says Regulators Can Take their Time to Implement Dodd-Frank Perhaps the onset of warmer weather has made us aware of the approach of July 21st, an auspicious date representing the on...
April 27, 2011 Client Update Floor Resolutions at Annual Meeting Notwithstanding the proliferation of advance notice bylaws, floor resolutions at annual meetings are fairly unusual. In Ja...
April 27, 2011 Articles & Books The Final Round For Gift Plans? The era of the non-consensual “gift plan” may be over. The Third U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals dealt a blow to the pra...
April 26, 2011 Client Update Credible Living Wills: The First Generation We are pleased to announce the publication of a Davis Polk and McKinsey & Co. co-authored whitepaper, Credible Living Will...
April 26, 2011 Client Update Independent Chair Proposal Wins at Moody's Perhaps as another fallout of the financial crisis, Moody’s shareholders approved an independent chair proposal with 56%...
April 25, 2011 Client Update Dodd-Frank Act May Require New SEC Registration for Non-U.S. Advisers The Dodd-Frank Act may require many currently unregistered non-U.S. investment advisers to register with the SEC as invest...
April 25, 2011 Client Update Worth Moving to Texas For? Last year a Texas judge allowed Apache Corp. to exclude a shareholder proposal from John Chevedden on the basis that his b...