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ISS released the results of its policy survey. The responses, from 105 individual institutional investors and 255 members of the corporate issuer community (including advisers), may infor...
The UK’s Financial Conduct Authority (“FCA”) has issued a new consultation paper (CP 14/21) on sponsor competence. The consultation paper provides feedback and final rule changes in...
Two key publications have recently been issued which are relevant to UK listed companies in terms of their corporate governance policies on remuneration and risk management.
The first is ...
The most interesting element of the SEC’s latest whistleblower award, the largest so far at $30 million, may be the lengthy footnote that explains why the Commission believes an award p...
The Treasury Department and the IRS yesterday released Notice 2014-52 (the “Notice”), which describes regulations that the government intends to issue to target the tax benefits of co...
The U.S. banking agencies have issued a final rule to implement the Basel III liquidity coverage ratio (LCR) in the United States. The LCR requires large banking organizations to maintain...
The SEC Dodd-Frank Investor Advisory Committee, established pursuant to Dodd-Frank, has provided notice that it will hold a public meeting on Thursday, October 9, 2014, from 10:00 a.m. un...
A Chinese intermediate court found GSK’s China subsidiary guilty of commercial bribery and fined the company a record RMB 3 billion (USD 490 million). Five of GSK China’s top managers...
Shareholders were asked to vote on almost 1,200 equity plan proposals in the first half of 2014, according to the ISS U.S. Proxy Season Review Report, with an average approval rate of 89%...