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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 ...
In the first win of its kind, a majority of shareholders at Nabors Industries voted in favor of a proposal for the right of shareholders owning 3% or more for at least three years to nomi...
On May 31, 2012, the SEC approved two proposals submitted by the national securities exchanges and FINRA that are designed to dampen volatility in the stock market following the May 6, 20...
On May 18, 2012, the CFTC adopted Part 46 rules for recordkeeping and reporting of “historical swaps.” Historical swaps include “pre-enactment swaps”—swaps entered into before t...