The US Treasury Department’s Financial Stability Plan (the “Plan”), as announced by Treasury Secretary Geithner on February 10, 2009, and as further elaborated in his congressional ...

In late January, members of Congress introduced two bills that could greatly affect private funds and their managers. Senators Chuck Grassley (R-IA) and Carl Levin (D-MI) proposed “The ...

Reflecting the political flash point that executive compensation has become, the Senate stimulus bill, which is expected to pass on Tuesday, includes a raft of new executive compensation ...

In a decision issued on February 3, 2009, the Third Circuit considered an issue of first impression: when will a creditor be considered a non-statutory insider for purposes of extending t...

On February 4, 2009, the U.S. Department of Treasury (“Treasury”) announced guidelines (the “Guidelines”) for executive compensation paid by financial institutions that receive go...

On February 2, 2009 the Securities and Exchange Commission published the text of its new rules for credit rating agencies registered as nationally recognized statistical rating organizati...

The US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has issued final rules requiring certain foreign private issuers to provide financial statements in XBRL format. The rules, which were anno...

The SEC has issued final rules requiring companies to provide financial statements in XBRL format. The rules, which were announced in late December, are largely as expected but do contain...

Executive compensation continues to dominate headlines and remains at the forefront of key governance issues. While most U.S. companies are now in their third year of implementing the SEC...

This survey provides an overview of the various measures and programs for the financial sector which have been adopted or announced, or are currently being discussed, by the governments o...