Practice Mobile Menu Trigger Overview Experience Team Insights Subscribe to insights December 2, 2009 Client Update NYSE Corporate Governance Rule Changes to Take Effect January 1, 2010 The SEC has approved, in their entirety, the changes to the NYSE’s corporate governance rules proposed by the NYSE last ... December 2, 2009 Client Update United States Supreme Court to Hear Case Concerning the Extraterritorial Application of U.S. Securities Laws—Morrison v. National Australia Bank In recent years, securities fraud lawsuits in the United States have increasingly been brought against nonU.S. companies. ... November 16, 2009 Client Update Abuse of Non-GAAP Measures: SEC Brings First Regulation G Enforcement Action Last Thursday, the SEC announced settled charges against SafeNet, Inc. and certain of its former officers and employees in... October 29, 2009 Client Update Competing Over-the-Counter Derivatives Bills Progress Through the House Two competing bills to reform the over-the-counter (“OTC”) derivatives markets are awaiting action by the House of Rep... October 28, 2009 Client Update SEC Revises Position on Exclusion of Shareholder Proposals Related to Risk and CEO Succession The SEC staff has issued Staff Legal Bulletin No. 14E which revises its historical positions on the exclusion under Rule 1... October 15, 2009 Client Update Governance Practices for IPO Companies: A Davis Polk Survey - October 2009 The U.S. IPO market, which has been in the doldrums since 2007, has recently been showing signs of life. We have recently ... October 1, 2009 Client Update Rule 12g3-2(b): The Foreign Private Issuer Exemption Rule 12g3-2(b) under the US Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended exempts a foreign private issuer from having to re... August 17, 2009 Client Update Obama Administration Proposes Sweeping Legislation to Regulate Over-The-Counter Derivatives On August 11, 2009, the Obama Administration released the “Over-the-Counter Derivatives Markets Act of 2009” (the “P... July 29, 2009 Client Update SEC Charges Perry Capital with Disclosure Violations in Connection with Alleged Vote Buying Five years ago, it was reported that hedge fund Perry Capital had purchased shares of Mylan Laboratories allegedly to infl... July 20, 2009 Client Update SEC v. Cuban: A New Decision Casts Doubt on a Key SEC Position on Insider Trading On Friday, a federal district court in the Northern District of Texas dismissed the SEC’s insider trading case against D... Load More
December 2, 2009 Client Update NYSE Corporate Governance Rule Changes to Take Effect January 1, 2010 The SEC has approved, in their entirety, the changes to the NYSE’s corporate governance rules proposed by the NYSE last ...
December 2, 2009 Client Update United States Supreme Court to Hear Case Concerning the Extraterritorial Application of U.S. Securities Laws—Morrison v. National Australia Bank In recent years, securities fraud lawsuits in the United States have increasingly been brought against nonU.S. companies. ...
November 16, 2009 Client Update Abuse of Non-GAAP Measures: SEC Brings First Regulation G Enforcement Action Last Thursday, the SEC announced settled charges against SafeNet, Inc. and certain of its former officers and employees in...
October 29, 2009 Client Update Competing Over-the-Counter Derivatives Bills Progress Through the House Two competing bills to reform the over-the-counter (“OTC”) derivatives markets are awaiting action by the House of Rep...
October 28, 2009 Client Update SEC Revises Position on Exclusion of Shareholder Proposals Related to Risk and CEO Succession The SEC staff has issued Staff Legal Bulletin No. 14E which revises its historical positions on the exclusion under Rule 1...
October 15, 2009 Client Update Governance Practices for IPO Companies: A Davis Polk Survey - October 2009 The U.S. IPO market, which has been in the doldrums since 2007, has recently been showing signs of life. We have recently ...
October 1, 2009 Client Update Rule 12g3-2(b): The Foreign Private Issuer Exemption Rule 12g3-2(b) under the US Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended exempts a foreign private issuer from having to re...
August 17, 2009 Client Update Obama Administration Proposes Sweeping Legislation to Regulate Over-The-Counter Derivatives On August 11, 2009, the Obama Administration released the “Over-the-Counter Derivatives Markets Act of 2009” (the “P...
July 29, 2009 Client Update SEC Charges Perry Capital with Disclosure Violations in Connection with Alleged Vote Buying Five years ago, it was reported that hedge fund Perry Capital had purchased shares of Mylan Laboratories allegedly to infl...
July 20, 2009 Client Update SEC v. Cuban: A New Decision Casts Doubt on a Key SEC Position on Insider Trading On Friday, a federal district court in the Northern District of Texas dismissed the SEC’s insider trading case against D...