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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. ...
BlackRock updated its proxy voting guidelines, and some of the key highlights since its last update include:
Two women on boards. In its discussion of the importance of boards comprising...
The question we are being asked most often is whether PHH v. CFPB is headed to the Supreme Court. The D.C. Circuit’s en banc decision that the current structure of the CFPB—an agency ...
The Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (TCJA) significantly changes Section 162(m) of the Internal Revenue Code, effective for tax years beginning after December 31, 2017. While supplemental regulator...
Last year saw a high level of enforcement activity under China’s Anti-Monopoly Law (“AML”), which will mark its tenth anniversary in 2018. As discussed in our review, the year was n...