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The Senate Judiciary Committee removed legislation from its agenda that would have made it more difficult for patent assertion entities (“PAEs”) to pursue infringement claims, likely ...
The recent announcement that ISS has recommended against the election of the board of directors of Target because of the perceived failure to provide appropriate management of cyber-risk ...
On June 10, the PCAOB adopted Auditing Standard No. 18, which covers three key areas of increased risks for material misstatements: related party transactions, significant unusual transac...
Fifty-one shareholder resolutions asking that company boards be led by independent chair made it the most prevalent shareholder proposal topic in 2014, according to ISS. Four such proposa...
Sarbanes-Oxley Act, Dodd-Frank and the Consumer Financial Protection Act impose overlapping anti-retaliation provisions that generally prohibit retaliation against corporate “whistleblo...
The involuntary chapter 11 bankruptcy filing of American Bancorporation (“American”), commenced by a group of distressed debt investors holding American’s trust-preferred securities...
Facing a lawsuit alleging that shares were improperly awarded because of the failure to count abstentions in determining whether an equity plan received shareholder approval, Cheniere Ene...
This special memorandum summarizes the major topics and information discussed by China’s three antitrust agencies during the “Antitrust in Asia: China” conference, co-sponsored by t...
Greenpeace International, WWF International and the Center for International Environmental Law sent letters to executives and directors of 32 major oil, gas and energy companies, warning ...
The United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit issued its long-awaited decision today on the appeal from Judge Jed S. Rakoff’s rejection in 2011 of the consent settlement in ...