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In the few years before the credit crisis, financial buyers often arranged to buy businesses in deals that required a termination fee to be paid by the sponsor if the shell-company buyer ...
2011 will be a transition year for key proxy-related governance matters. Not only will this be the first year for proxy access, but mandatory say on pay and other governance provisions of...
You may recall that last year a federal district court in Texas dismissed the SEC’s insider trading case against Mark Cuban, on the theory that a simple confidentiality agreement withou...
On September 18, 2010, the SEC proposed amendments which would require both financial and nonfinancial companies to disclose additional information in registration statements and periodic...
The Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act (the “Dodd-Frank Act”), enacted after a long and intensive legislative process, will impact private funds and their advis...
The SEC’s new proxy access rules, announced on August 25, 2010, finally appeared in the Federal Register today, which means they will be effective as of November 15, 2010.
On September 12, 2010, the Group of Governors and Heads of Supervision, the oversight body of the Basel Committee on Banking Supervision (the “Basel Committee Oversight Body” and the ...
SEC Rules and Regulations
SEC Votes to Adopt New Proxy Access Rules
Industry Update
Technical Corrections and Revisions to New York Law Governing Powers of Attorney Effective Sep...
Proxy access will be a reality beginning in the 2011 proxy season. The SEC’s new Rule 14a-11 will enable long-term substantial shareholders, acting alone or in concert, to nominate cand...