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Nasdaq is proposing to change the requirements in Listing Rule 5635(d) for shareholder approval when a company issues common stock (or securities convertible into or exercisable for commo...
The SEC has announced an open meeting this Wednesday at 10:00 EST with the first agenda item listed as whether to approve the issuance of an interpretive release to provide guidance to as...
Davis Polk has submitted a comment letter on the Federal Reserve’s proposed supervisory guidance on board governance (which we summarized in a previous blog post). Consistent with our ...
On February 9, 2018, the Hong Kong Securities and Futures Commission (“SFC”) published an alert to investors in cryptocurrency trading and initial coin offerings (“ICOs”), warning...
Along with its four pillars for governance which score companies on a one to ten scale, ISS has launched Environmental & Social (E&S) QualityScore to measure corporate disclosure on envir...
Responding to a 2016 request by the SEC (in consultation with the Treasury Department), FINRA recently reviewed the extent to which various FINRA rules apply to U.S. Treasury securities. ...
On December 22, 2017, President Trump signed the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (TCJA), which generally went into effect for tax years beginning on or after January 1, 2018. The TCJA provisions a...
On January 31, 2018, the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit issued an opinion in Mineworker’ Pension Scheme v. First Solar Inc., No. 15-17282 (9th Cir. Jan. 31, 2018)....
On February 2, the SEC approved the New York Stock Exchange’s proposal to facilitate “direct listings” by companies that do not intend to sell shares in an initial public offering. ...