At an open meeting yesterday, the Commission voted to propose broad rules directing the national exchanges and associations to establish listing standards requiring companies to develop a...

The PCAOB is asking for public comment on whether to require audit firms to file a new form to make public the name of the engagement partner and information about other participants in t...

This spring, the Office of the Chief Counsel of the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) released three Chief Counsel Advice (CCA) memoranda regarding a variety of compensatory tax issues. Spec...

We previously discussed two elements of Chair White’s keynote speech on proxy matters at the National Conference of the Society of Corporate Secretaries and Governance Professionals her...

It comes as no surprise that Chair White addressed proxy matters in her keynote remarks at the Society of Corporate Secretaries and Governance Professionals’ National Conference, which ...

First appellate court decision applying FTC v. Actavis (S.Ct. 2013). Court finds rule of reason analysis should be applied where non-cash consideration - including agreement not to launch...

The SEC has announced that it will hold an open meeting on Wednesday, July 1, 2015, at 10:00 a.m. to consider whether to propose rules under Section 954 of the Dodd-Frank Act. Section 954...

According to a filing by Nabors, four directors received less than a majority of the shares voted (or withheld) and tendered their resignations, in accordance with the company’s majorit...

The week of June 15, 2015 saw two of the first publicly announced enforcement actions brought by the SEC and CFTC to enforce security-based swap and swap regulatory requirements under Tit...

SEC Rules and Regulations BE-10 Report Filing Deadline for New Filers Extended to June 30, 2015 SEC Grants No-Action Relief from Section 12(d)(3) of the Investment Company Act, Allowing ...