Practice Mobile Menu Trigger Overview Experience Team Insights Subscribe to insights February 20, 2013 Client Update Delaware Court of Chancery Declines to Dismiss Claims Against U.S. Independent Directors for Failure to Monitor China-Based Company In a bench ruling issued on February 6 in In re Puda Coal, Inc. Stockholders Litig., the Delaware Court of Chancery declin... January 22, 2013 Client Update SEC Approves the NYSE and Nasdaq Listing Standards on Compensation Committees and Advisers On January 11, 2013, the SEC approved the NYSE and Nasdaq listing standards, as amended, to implement the SEC’s requirem... January 17, 2013 Client Update Recent Developments in Executive Compensation Litigation In the current environment and in the wake of Dodd-Frank mandated rules requiring shareholder advisory votes on executive ... January 15, 2013 Client Update Certain Severance Benefits Are Not Subject to FICA Payroll Taxation: Sixth Circuit Denies Petition for En Banc Rehearing of Its Holding in Quality Stores On January 4, 2013, the Sixth Circuit denied the U.S. government’s petition for en banc review of its September 2012 dec... November 20, 2012 Client Update ISS Issues Final 2013 Voting Policy Updates On November 16, 2012, Institutional Shareholder Services issued its final updates to its proxy voting guidelines for the 2... October 18, 2012 Client Update ISS Proposes 2013 Voting Policy Updates On Tuesday, October 16, Institutional Shareholder Services (ISS) proposed updates to its proxy voting guidelines for the 2... October 2, 2012 Client Update NYSE and Nasdaq Propose Listing Standards on Compensation Committees and Advisers On September 25, 2012, both the NYSE and Nasdaq proposed listing standards to implement the SEC’s requirements regarding... July 10, 2012 Client Update Basel Committee and IOSCO Release Consultation Paper on Uncleared Derivatives Margin; CFTC Reopens Comment Period on Uncleared Swap Margin Proposal On July 6, the Basel Committee on Banking Supervision and the International Organization of Securities Commissions release... June 25, 2012 Client Update U.K. Announces Proposals Intended to Curb Executive Compensation On June 20, 2012, the U.K. Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills Vince Cable announced a package of propo... June 21, 2012 Client Update SEC Finalizes Independence Rules for Compensation Committees and Advisers Yesterday, the SEC finalized rules implementing the Dodd-Frank Act’s requirements regarding the independence of compensa... Load More
February 20, 2013 Client Update Delaware Court of Chancery Declines to Dismiss Claims Against U.S. Independent Directors for Failure to Monitor China-Based Company In a bench ruling issued on February 6 in In re Puda Coal, Inc. Stockholders Litig., the Delaware Court of Chancery declin...
January 22, 2013 Client Update SEC Approves the NYSE and Nasdaq Listing Standards on Compensation Committees and Advisers On January 11, 2013, the SEC approved the NYSE and Nasdaq listing standards, as amended, to implement the SEC’s requirem...
January 17, 2013 Client Update Recent Developments in Executive Compensation Litigation In the current environment and in the wake of Dodd-Frank mandated rules requiring shareholder advisory votes on executive ...
January 15, 2013 Client Update Certain Severance Benefits Are Not Subject to FICA Payroll Taxation: Sixth Circuit Denies Petition for En Banc Rehearing of Its Holding in Quality Stores On January 4, 2013, the Sixth Circuit denied the U.S. government’s petition for en banc review of its September 2012 dec...
November 20, 2012 Client Update ISS Issues Final 2013 Voting Policy Updates On November 16, 2012, Institutional Shareholder Services issued its final updates to its proxy voting guidelines for the 2...
October 18, 2012 Client Update ISS Proposes 2013 Voting Policy Updates On Tuesday, October 16, Institutional Shareholder Services (ISS) proposed updates to its proxy voting guidelines for the 2...
October 2, 2012 Client Update NYSE and Nasdaq Propose Listing Standards on Compensation Committees and Advisers On September 25, 2012, both the NYSE and Nasdaq proposed listing standards to implement the SEC’s requirements regarding...
July 10, 2012 Client Update Basel Committee and IOSCO Release Consultation Paper on Uncleared Derivatives Margin; CFTC Reopens Comment Period on Uncleared Swap Margin Proposal On July 6, the Basel Committee on Banking Supervision and the International Organization of Securities Commissions release...
June 25, 2012 Client Update U.K. Announces Proposals Intended to Curb Executive Compensation On June 20, 2012, the U.K. Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills Vince Cable announced a package of propo...
June 21, 2012 Client Update SEC Finalizes Independence Rules for Compensation Committees and Advisers Yesterday, the SEC finalized rules implementing the Dodd-Frank Act’s requirements regarding the independence of compensa...