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Executive compensation continues to dominate headlines and remains at the forefront of key governance issues. While most U.S. companies are now in their third year of implementing the SEC...
This survey provides an overview of the various measures and programs for the financial sector which have been adopted or announced, or are currently being discussed, by the governments o...
On January 23, Senate Finance Committee Chairman Max Baucus released a markup of the draft “economic stimulus” bill, known as the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009. A pro...
In a previous newsletter, we discussed the treatment of the equity owned by management prior to a private equity investment, as well as any new equity purchased by management, at the time...
After a year of proposed rulemaking, the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) recently finalized the first amendments to its reserves and other reporting requirements for the oil a...
Preparing environmental disclosure for Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) filings has always been a complicated task. Although most of the securities and accounting rules gove...
On December 30, 2008, the SEC Office of the Chief Accountant and Division of Corporation Finance issued a report to Congress on mark-to-market accounting standards as provided by FAS 157,...
The Federal Trade Commission (“FTC”) recently published two notices amending (i) jurisdictional and exemption-related thresholds under, and (ii) maximum civil penalties for violations...
The political struggle has begun over the conditions that will be attached to the release of the second half of the TARP funds. The first public salvo in this struggle was fired by Repres...
Due to continuing equity market turmoil, many companies are at risk of losing the ability to issue securities off of an automatic shelf registration statement. When a company files its an...