Practice Mobile Menu Trigger Overview Experience Team Insights Subscribe to insights January 8, 2014 Client Update SEC Reports Record Enforcement Actions and Other Activities in Its Past Year Recognizing the particular interest in the performance of its enforcement division, the Commission issued a press release ... January 2, 2014 Client Update SEC Staff Continues to Deny Rule 14a-8 Exclusion Requests Based on Misleading Supporting Statements Companies are frequently frustrated when the supporting statement of a shareholder proposal contains stale data, irrelevan... December 31, 2013 Client Update SEC Staff Report of Disclosure Requirements Contains Few Specific Recommendations The SEC staff recently issued a report, as mandated under the JOBS Act, on its review of the disclosure provisions under R... December 30, 2013 Client Update Auditor Rotation Becomes Mandatory in the EU A preliminary agreement reached between the European Parliament and EU Member States will require audit firms to rotate ev... December 30, 2013 Client Update SEC Staff Rejects Apple’s Attempts to Exclude Shareholder Proposal Submitted by “Proxy” The SEC Staff has denied Apple’s request to exclude a shareholder proposal on the basis that Rule 14a-8 does not permit ... December 16, 2013 Client Update Comments Suggest Modifications, Not Just Outright Bans, on the Inclusion of Non-U.S. Employees for Pay Ratio Rules Many comment letters on the proposed SEC pay ratio rules recommend that the Commission exclude non-U.S. employees from the... December 13, 2013 Client Update Commissioner Gallagher Promotes Changes to SEC Disclosure Commissioner Gallagher recently echoed Chair White’s comments regarding the possibility of modifying public company disc... December 12, 2013 Client Update SEC Approves Nasdaq’s Rule Change Amending Compensation Committee Independence The SEC has approved the amendment to Nasdaq’s compensation committee independence requirements, as proposed, which we p... December 11, 2013 Client Update PCAOB Proposals Would Significantly Impact Public Company Audits Today the public comment period ended for two proposals by the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board that we believe c... December 9, 2013 Client Update SEC Rulemaking Agenda Focuses on Statutory Requirements, Removes Political Spending The SEC’s elimination of political contributions from its rulemaking agenda for 2014 has sparked an outcry, including st... Load More
January 8, 2014 Client Update SEC Reports Record Enforcement Actions and Other Activities in Its Past Year Recognizing the particular interest in the performance of its enforcement division, the Commission issued a press release ...
January 2, 2014 Client Update SEC Staff Continues to Deny Rule 14a-8 Exclusion Requests Based on Misleading Supporting Statements Companies are frequently frustrated when the supporting statement of a shareholder proposal contains stale data, irrelevan...
December 31, 2013 Client Update SEC Staff Report of Disclosure Requirements Contains Few Specific Recommendations The SEC staff recently issued a report, as mandated under the JOBS Act, on its review of the disclosure provisions under R...
December 30, 2013 Client Update Auditor Rotation Becomes Mandatory in the EU A preliminary agreement reached between the European Parliament and EU Member States will require audit firms to rotate ev...
December 30, 2013 Client Update SEC Staff Rejects Apple’s Attempts to Exclude Shareholder Proposal Submitted by “Proxy” The SEC Staff has denied Apple’s request to exclude a shareholder proposal on the basis that Rule 14a-8 does not permit ...
December 16, 2013 Client Update Comments Suggest Modifications, Not Just Outright Bans, on the Inclusion of Non-U.S. Employees for Pay Ratio Rules Many comment letters on the proposed SEC pay ratio rules recommend that the Commission exclude non-U.S. employees from the...
December 13, 2013 Client Update Commissioner Gallagher Promotes Changes to SEC Disclosure Commissioner Gallagher recently echoed Chair White’s comments regarding the possibility of modifying public company disc...
December 12, 2013 Client Update SEC Approves Nasdaq’s Rule Change Amending Compensation Committee Independence The SEC has approved the amendment to Nasdaq’s compensation committee independence requirements, as proposed, which we p...
December 11, 2013 Client Update PCAOB Proposals Would Significantly Impact Public Company Audits Today the public comment period ended for two proposals by the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board that we believe c...
December 9, 2013 Client Update SEC Rulemaking Agenda Focuses on Statutory Requirements, Removes Political Spending The SEC’s elimination of political contributions from its rulemaking agenda for 2014 has sparked an outcry, including st...