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On December 16, 2009, the SEC approved final rules relating to key risk, corporate governance and compensation matters. The new rules become effective February 28, 2010 and will affect mo...
Yesterday, the SEC issued a proposal that would amend Rule 163 of the Securities Act to allow underwriters or dealers, acting on behalf of well-known seasoned issuers (WKSIs), to offer se...
Marshall S. Huebner, who co-heads Davis Polk’s Insolvency and Restructuring Group and served as lead counsel in several airline restructurings, testified by invitation before Congress o...
At an open meeting today, the SEC voted to adopt amendments intended to enhance compensation and corporate governance disclosures. The new rule, which becomes effective February 28, 2010,...
What follows is a summary of the Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act passed by the House of Representatives on December 11, 2009. The Act, like Senate Banking Committee Chairma...
On December 11, 2009, the Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act of 2009 passed in the House 223 to 202.* Title II of the bill, entitled the Corporate and Financial Institution Co...
On December 2, 2009, the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (“FINRA”) proposed for public comment new rules that would govern FINRA members’ ability to make payments to persons...
On December 9, the House of Representatives will consider a bill to extend a variety of expiring tax provisions. As had been expected, the bill will include as revenue raisers a revised v...
Environmental Shareholder Proposals May Now Be Harder to Exclude
AES Reaches Settlement with New York State Attorney General Regarding Climate Change Disclosure
Shareholder Activists an...