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SEC Issues Proposal to Eliminate General Solicitation Ban
SEC Staff Responds to a Question About Preserving Client Anonymity on Item 7.B. of Form ADV
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We just discussed the NYSE’s proposed standards applicable to compensation committee members and their advisers, which closely follow the SEC final rules. Nasdaq has posted its proposed...
The NYSE has posted its proposed filing with the SEC to implement the SEC rules for compensation committees and advisers. We are preparing a client memorandum to describe the standards in...
Less attention is paid to shareholder proposals during the summer months, which is when Norges Bank Investment Management (NBIM) submitted a series of proposals seeking independent chairm...
Richard Truesdell, Co-Head of Davis Polk’s Global Capital Markets Group, shares his views on the impact of the JOBS Act.
Watch Richard’s interview with Ning Chiu, Counsel in the Capit...
On September 10, 2012, in response to market uncertainty, the CFTC issued FAQs clarifying the timing of swap dealer registration. The guidance confirms that entities will not be deemed to...
The recently enacted Iran Threat Reduction and Syria Human Rights Act of 2012 (the “Act”) strengthens existing sanctions on Iran, especially those aimed at third-country nationals eng...
In July we discussed the prospect of two proxy access shareholder proposals coming up for vote this summer, first at Forest Labs and then Medtronic. Both were generated by the form develo...
On August 10, 2012, President Obama signed into law the Iran Threat Reduction and Syria Human Rights Act of 2012 (Public Law 112-158 — the “Act”). The Act strengthens existing sanct...
Since our last blog post on say-on-pay litigation in January 2012, there have been several dismissals of say-on-pay lawsuits on procedural grounds – principally the failure of plaintiff...