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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 ...
The WSJ is reporting that the SEC staff may issue guidance as early as this week to cause proxy advisory firms to disclose more information about potential conflicts of interests. Accordi...
In the past month, one rulemaking requirement was finalized and one rulemaking requirement was proposed.
As of June 2, 2014, a total of 280 Dodd-Frank rulemaking requirement deadlines ha...