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The SEC’s official position last Friday, which we discussed here, reinforced the Staff’s earlier guidance, and boiled down to a requirement to comply with the conflict minerals rules ...
On May 2, 2014, the Delaware Court of Chancery denied a preliminary injunction motion by activist stockholder Third Point LLC to enjoin Sotheby’s annual meeting based on claims that the...
There remains some confusion about who exactly is getting information about vote tallies before an annual meeting, since the controversy in May 2013 surrounding the independent chair prop...
Today the SEC issued a stay of the conflict minerals rule – but the stay extends only to “the effective date for compliance with those portions of Rule 13p-1 and Form SD that would re...
In the past month, one rulemaking requirement was finalized and no rulemaking requirements were proposed.
As of May 1, 2014, a total of 280 Dodd-Frank rulemaking requirement deadlines ha...
We recently discussed early 2014 proxy season governance trends. With respect to shareholder proposals, the total number filed in 2014 is expected to exceed the prior year’s total, acco...
Continuing a flurry of recent enforcement activity under the U.S. Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (“FCPA”), the U.S. Department of Justice (“DOJ”) has brought criminal charges again...
SEC Rules and Regulations
SEC Grants No-Action Relief to Permit Fund to Implement Sub-advisory Arrangement Prior to Shareholder Approval
Industry Update
IM Director Discusses Rece...
In one fell swoop, Nabors Industries recently announced a number of significant governance changes that adopt the resolutions of several of the most common shareholder proposals, includin...
The SEC staff has responded to the D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals’ April 14 decision, which found a key feature of the conflict minerals rule in violation of constitutional free-speech g...