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The SEC staff has issued Staff Legal Bulletin No. 14E which revises its historical positions on the exclusion under Rule 14a-8(i)(7) of shareholder proposals related to risk evaluation an...
The Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) and the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (“CFTC”) (collectively, the “Commissions”) released a joint report on October 16, 2...
Yesterday at the New York Stock Exchange, NYSE Euronext and Davis Polk co-hosted a seminar for listed companies entitled “Preparing for the 2010 Proxy Season: Spotlight on Risk.” The...
Discussion drafts of three bills: the Investor Protection Act of 2009, the Private Fund Investment Advisers Registration Act of 2009 and the Federal Insurance Office Act of 2009 were rele...
A discussion draft of legislation to regulate the over-the-counter (“OTC”) derivatives markets (the “Draft Bill”) was released on October 2, 2009 by House Financial Services Commi...
In response to an outcry of criticism voiced by the public, Congress and regulators, on September 18, 2009, the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) proposed to ban the use ...
At a meeting of the Board of Directors of the FDIC on August 26, 2009, the FDIC adopted a Final Statement of Policy on Qualifications for Failed Bank Acquisitions. The final policy statem...
On August 28, 2009, the staff (the “Staff”) of the Division of Trading and Markets of the Securities and Exchange Commission released updates to its Regulation SHO FAQs, providing gui...
On August 11, 2009, the Obama Administration released the “Over-the-Counter Derivatives Markets Act of 2009” (the “Proposed Bill”), sweeping legislation that for the first time wo...
On July 27, 2009, the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) adopted final Rule 204 of Regulation SHO (“Rule 204” or the “final rule”) under the Securities Exchange Act of...