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The litigation against Facebook for their director compensation raised a question of first impression: whether a disinterested controlling stockholder can ratify a transaction approved b...
The UK Takeover Panel has recently confirmed a number of amendments to the UK Takeover Code in three Response Statements to its public consultations earlier this year.
On 23 October 2015,...
In case you are wondering – no, this is not about making the closing more festive, or planning for a champagne celebration after the closing.
As companies think about the timing of the ...
SEC Rules and Regulations
SEC Proposes Rule Reforms to Enhance Liquidity Risk Management for Mutual Funds and ETFs
SEC Removes References to Credit Ratings in Money Market Fund Rule and ...
ISS has issued its voting policies for public comment, which are due by 6:00 p.m. EST on November 9. The comments will be published (unless otherwise requested). ISS will consider the com...
Over three years ago, MOFCOM conditioned its clearance of two hard disk drive transactions on unprecedented hold separate remedies which precluded realization of many of the synergies and...
A company that receives a shareholder proposal asking that proxy access rights be given to shareholders owning 3% of outstanding shares for three years, to nominate up to 25% of the board...
The WSJ reported that the U.S. Chamber of Commerce will not be challenging the SEC pay ratio disclosure rules in court. Our memo on the final rules is here.
According to the article, the ...
More than half of the directors in PwC’s 2015 Annual Corporate Director’s Survey believe proxy access is appropriate for shareholders owning at least 5% of a company’s shares for at...
In recent years, there has been an increasing amount of attention paid to climate change, both in the media and on the part of “green groups” such as Sierra Club, and regulators in th...