In case you are wondering – no, this is not about making the closing more festive, or planning for a champagne celebration after the closing. As companies think about the timing of the ...

SEC Rules and Regulations SEC Proposes Rule Reforms to Enhance Liquidity Risk Management for Mutual Funds and ETFs SEC Removes References to Credit Ratings in Money Market Fund Rule and ...

ISS has issued its voting policies for public comment, which are due by 6:00 p.m. EST on November 9. The comments will be published (unless otherwise requested). ISS will consider the com...

Over three years ago, MOFCOM conditioned its clearance of two hard disk drive transactions on unprecedented hold separate remedies which precluded realization of many of the synergies and...

A company that receives a shareholder proposal asking that proxy access rights be given to shareholders owning 3% of outstanding shares for three years, to nominate up to 25% of the board...

The WSJ reported that the U.S. Chamber of Commerce will not be challenging the SEC pay ratio disclosure rules in court. Our memo on the final rules is here. According to the article, the ...

More than half of the directors in PwC’s 2015 Annual Corporate Director’s Survey believe proxy access is appropriate for shareholders owning at least 5% of a company’s shares for at...

In recent years, there has been an increasing amount of attention paid to climate change, both in the media and on the part of “green groups” such as Sierra Club, and regulators in th...

With the backdrop of the focus on next year’s presidential election and frequent reports regarding political spending, the Center for Political Accountability has published the 2015 CPA...

EY reports that in the next five years, almost 20% of directors at S&P 1500 companies may be poised to leave their boards. The estimate is calculated based on the number of directors who ...