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In a Chapter 15 case presenting interesting considerations for cross border lenders and borrowers, the Bankruptcy Court for the Northern District of Texas declined to implement in the Uni...
On June 6, 2012, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (“CFPB”) announced and issued three final rules relating to its procedures and practices for enforcing federal consumer finan...
The OCC has issued an interim final rule to implement Section 610 of the Dodd-Frank Act, which expands the statutory definition of “loans and extensions of credit” for purposes of the...
Yesterday marked an active day on the corporate governance front. First, the U.K. Government announced a far reaching package of reform to strengthen the hand of shareholders to challen...
Yesterday, the SEC finalized rules implementing the Dodd-Frank Act’s requirements regarding the independence of compensation committees and their advisers. For the most part, the SEC ma...
On June 8, 2012, the Division of Investment Management of the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) issued responses (the “Responses”) to two questions regarding reportin...
Brazil recently launched its revamped antitrust regime, which now requires, for the first time in Brazil, that parties to a merger or acquisition — including minority acquisitions — o...
Being an election year, its no surprise that the most prolific type of shareholder proposal this season asked for disclosure and oversight of political contributions and lobbying expens...
U.S. bank regulators are proposing a broad and comprehensive revision of the regulatory capital rules applicable to all U.S. insured depository institutions and all U.S.-based insured dep...
A lot has already been written about the controversy surrounding Chesapeake’s governance and its annual meeting taking place today, but since it is unusual for shareholders to litigate ...