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Momentum on federally-mandated proxy access continues to grow. Although the original target—putting a new regime in place for the 2010 proxy season—turned out to be unworkable in ligh...
The Investor Protection Act passed the House Financial Services Committee (the “Committee”) on November 4, 2009 on a party-line vote. The bill (the “Committee Bill”) modified the ...
Two competing bills to reform the over-the-counter (“OTC”) derivatives markets are awaiting action by the House of Representatives: a bill to enact the “Over-the-Counter Derivatives...
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...