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This proxy season there has been a lot of focus on companies filing additional soliciting materials to supplement proxy disclosure, with a particular focus on executive compensation in li...
On April 11, 2012, prior to proposing rules that are required to implement certain aspects of the Jumpstart Our Business Startups Act (the “JOBS Act”), the Securities and Exchange Com...
On 9 May 2012 the Securities and Futures Commission (SFC) released its Consultation Paper on the Regulation of Sponsors (Consultation Paper), attaching draft new rules to regulate the dut...
The NYSE announced today that the Proxy Fee Advisory Committee (PFAC), formed in September 2010 and comprised of representative investors, brokers and companies, has published its recomme...
The Securities and Exchange Commission has approved the Municipal Securities Rulemaking Board’s Interpretive Notice concerning the application of MSRB’s fair dealing rules – MSRB Ru...
The U.K.’s implementation of “say on pay’ in 2002 is widely considered the harbinger of mandatory “say on pay” in the United States. So far, in both countries, the shareholder a...
The Federal Reserve’s decision this week to confer Comprehensive Consolidated Supervision status to three state-owned Chinese banks has been long awaited and paves the way for major Chi...
An increasing number of shareholders are filing solicitation materials advocating for a particular position on a voting matter at annual meetings, the flip-side to our recent discussion o...
On May 3, 2012, the SEC reopened the comment period on a long-dormant proposal to amend the financial responsibility rules for broker-dealers. Proposed in March 2007 but never acted on by...
In a much-anticipated opinion, Chancellor Leo E. Strine, Jr. of the Delaware Court of Chancery has enjoined Martin Marietta Materials from pursuing an unsolicited exchange offer to acquir...