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Those following the latest developments on proxy access may be interested in Jim McRitchie’s recent blog post, where he posted the language of a new version of proxy access that he is s...
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BEA Releases New Benchmark Survey for Financial Services Providers, Including Managers of Hedge, Private Equity and Other Private Funds and Separate Accounts
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Constitutional attacks against the Securities Exchange Commission’s (the “SEC”) use of administrative proceedings have grown in strength as securities respondents across the country...
The importance of the retail shareholder vote came out in force this past season, as 85% of retail shares were cast against proxy access shareholder proposals at over 80 companies. At the...
The U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (“FinCEN”) recently published a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (the “Proposed Rule”)1 that would extend...
The SEC’s recent concept release on possible revisions to audit committee disclosure has ignited debate about whether additional information, and the type of information, that would be ...
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit issued a significant opinion last week, reversing a lower court decision and extending the whistleblower anti-retaliation provisions of th...
Yesterday, Deputy Attorney General Sally Quillian Yates gave a speech concerning the Department of Justice’s guidance memorandum issued on September 9, 2015 that further underscores DOJ...
Oxfam America scored a recent victory when the U.S. District Court in the District of Massachusetts decided that the SEC must file with the Court an expedited schedule for promulgating a ...
The past year has seen the issue of financial sector pay continue to generate headlines. With the EU having put in place a complex web of overlapping law, regulation and guidance during 2...