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On July 24, 2013, in a controversial ruling in the Sun Capital case, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the First Circuit endorsed the view of the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (PBGC) t...
Yesterday ISS released its policy survey addressing matters that may cause the proxy advisory firm to change how it makes voting recommendations for the upcoming proxy season. The survey ...
SEC Chair White testified yesterday before the Senate Banking Committee in a hearing that C-Span dubbed “Financial Market Collapse Prevention, Part 1.” Her written testimony lacks t...
On July 27, 2013 , new legislation was promulgated in France aimed at the ring-fencing and regulation of certain banking activities. In particular, the reform:
addresses the separation o...
On July 12, 2013, the CFTC adopted long-anticipated final cross-border guidance that provides guidelines for the application of the CFTC’s swap regulatory regime to cross-border swap ac...
The Council of Institutional Investors in June petitioned the NYSE and Nasdaq to require majority voting for the election of directors in uncontested elections. CII also wants the exchang...
On July 10, 2013, the SEC adopted amendments to the Regulation D and Rule 144A private-placement safe harbors, which will eliminate the prohibition on widespread advertising and other for...
With the recent court decision upholding the SEC conflict minerals rule, a recent survey PwC published summarizing responses from more than 900 individuals this past spring becomes more r...
On July 23, Judge Robert L. Wilkins of the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia rejected a lawsuit brought by the National Association of Manufacturers, the Chamber of Commerc...
We alerted companies to the fact that yesterday, the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia rejected a suit to invalidate the SEC’s conflict mineral rule. The 63-page opinion ...