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Section 951(b)(2) of Dodd-Frank requires companies to hold a non-binding shareholder vote on executive severance packages (golden parachutes) in connection with M&A transactions that are ...
The latest Spencer Stuart Board Index (November 2011) finds that three-fourths of S&P 500 companies require annual election for directors and 79% have some form of majority voting. 41% o...
On November 2, 2011, Treasury released proposed revisions to the regulations under Section 892 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 (the “Code”). Section 892 provides an exemption fro...
Davis Polk is pleased to present the November Dodd-Frank Progress Report. The 37 rulemaking deadlines in October bring the number to date up to 200 - half of the 400 total required by the...
While the U.S. IPO market has slowed down in recent months, Davis Polk’s pipeline of deals in progress is strong, leading us to believe that there will be an uptick in IPO transactions ...
ISS has requested that we update our previous blog post on their draft voting policy updates to inform market participants that they have extended the deadline for receiving comments to N...
On October 26, 2011, the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) voted unanimously to adopt a new rule under the U.S. Investment Advisers Act of 1940 (the “Advisers Act”) t...
On October 19, we posted about the Federal Reserve’s recently released report detailing its horizontal review of incentive compensation practices at 25 large banking organizations. The...
On October 13, 2011, the Department of Justice, Antitrust Division (“DOJ”), Federal Trade Commission (“FTC”) (together, the “U.S. agencies”) and the Competition Directorate-Ge...