On November 16, 2012, the Secretary of the Treasury issued a much awaited determination that foreign exchange (“FX”) swaps and forwards should not be regulated as swaps under the Comm...

The Department of Justice (DOJ) and Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) have released new guidance on the criminal and civil enforcement provisions of the Foreign Corrupt Practices A...

Today ISS issued policy updates applicable to the 2013 proxy season, for meetings held on or after February 1, 2012. We’ll be distributing a client memo with details, and we understand ...

3,001 whistleblower tips from all 50 states and 49 countries were provided to the SEC in the 2012 fiscal year, according to its annual report on the whistleblower program. The annual repo...

The Federal Reserve launched the 2013 capital planning and stress testing process for large bank holding companies with the publication of two sets of instructions: one set for the 19 ban...

The SEC has announced the issuance of an exemptive order granting regulatory relief for SEC filers (public companies, investment companies, accountants, transfer agents and others) affect...

There are a number of Dodd-Frank Act derivatives reform provisions that could affect Latin American financial institutions, even those whose swap market activities take place completely o...

In early October, the American Petroleum Institute, Chamber of Commerce, Independent Petroleum Association of America and National Foreign Trade Counsel had filed a complaint and a petiti...

National Fuel Gas Company has sent a letter to the SEC regarding a common shareholder proposal that authorizes the Harvard Shareholder Rights Project (HSRP) to ask the company’s board to...

On October 17, 2012, the SEC unanimously approved proposed capital, margin, and segregation rules for security-based swap dealers and major security-based swap participants. The Proposal ...