Today the SEC adopted amendments to its private offering safe harbors as mandated by the JOBS Act of 2012. These amendments to Rule 506 and Rule 144A under the Securities Act of 1933 will...

The SEC has announced an open meeting for this Wednesday to discuss three items: (a) whether to adopt amendments to eliminate the prohibition against general solicitation and general adve...

The U.S. Basel III final rule is the most complete overhaul of U.S. bank capital standards in over two decades. It comprehensively revises the regulatory capital framework for the entire ...

The U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia has granted plaintiff American Petroleum Institute and others a motion for summary judgment and thrown out the SEC rules requiring oil...

In this Report: In the past month, no rulemaking requirements were due, no new rules were proposed to meet rulemaking requirements and one rulemaking requirement was finalized. As of ...

ISS’ policy change that it may withhold against boards for significant pledging and any hedging by boards and executive officers caused a stir at the beginning of the season. In additio...

The Delaware Court of Chancery upheld the facial validity of exclusive forum-selection bylaw provisions in a recent decision.  As we explain in our memo, the opinion is notable for both i...

Delaware Chancery Court Judge Leo Strine ruled earlier this month that the lawsuit against Simon Property Group regarding the CEO’s compensation can proceed. The suit, brought by the Lo...

Yesterday, Chancellor Leo E. Strine, Jr. of the Delaware Court of Chancery upheld the statutory and contractual validity of bylaws separately adopted by the boards of directors of Chevron...

On June 20, 2013, the Supreme Court decided a case regarding waivers of class arbitration that could have potentially wide-ranging implications in antitrust and other cases. See American ...