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The SEC staff has issued Staff Legal Bulletin No. 14E which revises its historical positions on the exclusion under Rule 14a-8(i)(7) of shareholder proposals related to risk evaluation an...
A bill introduced yesterday by Senate Finance Committee Chairman Max Baucus (D.-Mont.) and others contains various proposals aimed at combating offshore tax evasion. The bill includes bot...
The SEC staff has issued Staff Legal Bulletin No. 14E which revises its historical positions on the exclusion under Rule 14a-8(i)(7) of shareholder proposals related to risk evaluation an...
As 2009 has progressed, we have seen the return of significant public company mergers and acquisitions activity and, with it, shareholder litigation seeking to enjoin high value deals. So...
The Federal Reserve proposed on October 22 a new regulatory framework that would for the first time put compensation practices at the heart of the U.S. financial regulatory regime. The pr...
The Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) and the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (“CFTC”) (collectively, the “Commissions”) released a joint report on October 16, 2...
FASB’s ratification of new revenue recognition standards on September 23, 2009 means that companies will soon be adopting policies that in many instances will result in significantly ac...
The U.S. IPO market, which has been in the doldrums since 2007, has recently been showing signs of life. We have recently completed several large transactions, and our pipeline of deals i...
On October 13, in the chapter 11 cases of homebuilder TOUSA, Inc. and its subsidiaries, Judge John K. Olson of the United States Bankruptcy Court of the Southern District of Florida avoid...
In this Issue:
EPA Announces Scope of Future Greenhouse Gas (GHG) Emission Regulations
Senate Releases Draft Clean Energy Bill
EPA Requires Measurement and Reporting of GHG Emissions...