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Two companies are challenging shareholder proposals submitted by an individual or entity on behalf of the actual shareholder, under different grounds, in two no-action letters to the SEC ...
For the first time, almost half of newly elected directors are retired, according to the 2013 Spencer Stuart Board Index released this month that focuses on directors at S&P 500 companies...
Say-on-pay is our focus in the second of our series on looking at the past season, through reviewing the ISS post-season report. The vote continues to be routine for most companies, as al...
On November 5, 2013, the UK Financial Conduct Authority (the “FCA”) published near final rules and a further round of consultation on enhancing the effectiveness of the UK Listing Reg...
The Federal Trade Commission (“FTC”) has finalized amendments to the Hart-Scott-Rodino (“HSR”) Premerger Notification Rules (the “Rules”) aimed at clarifying – and effective...
The Corporate Integrity Agreement between Johnson & Johnson and the Department of Health and Human Services, the purpose of which is to promote compliance with federal health care program...
The SEC’s recent denial of a request for a whistleblower award reinforces its earlier decision in a separate proceeding this past July that claims made for tips submitted before the ena...
Regulators have recently clarified two important aspects of the prospectus regime that applies across the European Economic Area pursuant to the Prospectus Directive (Directive 2003/71/EC...
The SEC today announced that its staff will host a public roundtable on December 5 to discuss the use of proxy advisory firm services by institutional investors and investment advisers. T...
The PCAOB wants audit committees to take note of a recent audit practice alert that it issued in light of a significant number of audit deficiencies observed in the past three years relat...