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In a move that took some by surprise, SEC Chairman Jay Clayton on Tuesday rejected requests from the SROs to delay the implementation of the Consolidated Audit Trail (“CAT”), despite ...
Our navigator serves as a guide to the tax bill just passed by the House. It reflects the official print of the bill reported to the floor on November 10, 2017, and passed on November 16....
At a PLI conference, the Division of Corporation Finance Director Bill Hinman spoke about the new Staff Legal Bulletin (SLB) on shareholder proposals, which we previously discussed here. ...
In a speech yesterday, Chairman Clayton expressed interest in examining the proxy process, including investor participation, as one of the Commission’s key long-term agenda items. He s...
The proposed tax reform bill, known as the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act, in its current form would significantly upend compensation practices, not only for senior executives, but also for broad-...
Over the past week, Republican lawmakers in the House of Representatives have proposed sweeping tax reform legislation, including a series of amendments to the initially proposed bill. As...
The Leveraged Lending Guidelines are in an uncomfortable state of limbo. After the GAO ruling that the Guidelines are a “rule” under the Congressional Review Act, they are no longer ...
On October 26, 2017, the Division of Investment Management and the Division of Trading and Markets of the SEC issued three related no-action letters to address certain issues raised by cr...
Background
On November 5, 2017 the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists (“ICIJ”) released the “Paradise Papers,” a collection of 13.4 million files that appear to...
Bills Would Expand Testing the Waters, Codify Confidential Submission of Draft Registration Statements and Modify Accredited Investor Definition
On November 1, the House passed two bills...