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FDIC Chairman Jelena McWilliams has announced a “Trust through Transparency” initiative that is remarkable and well worth a read. In our view, there are three main takeaways. One is...
Protect the Voice of Shareholders aims to oppose H.R. 4015, the Corporate Governance Reform and Transparency Act, that passed the House last October. While not effective, the Act is perh...
On the heels of California becoming the first state to impose requirements mandating gender diversity on boards, which we discussed here, State Street has announced policy changes also fo...
On September 30, 2018, California Governor Jerry Brown signed a bill, S.B. 826, which will require all NYSE- and Nasdaq-listed public companies with principal executive offices located in...
Rules and Regulations
SEC Withdraws Two No-Action Letters Ahead of November Roundtable
Industry Update
Statement on Investor Roundtables Regarding Standards of Conduct for Investmen...
Industry Update
SEC Chairman Gives Remarks on Capital Formation
Litigation
Regulators Step Up Enforcement on Crypto Firms
SEC Resolves FCPA Allegations Against U.S.-Based Investme...
Davis Polk has submitted a comment letter on the SEC’s Concept Release on Compensatory Securities Offerings under Rule 701 and Form S-8. Our comment letter focuses on expanding the scop...
Davis Polk is pleased to provide you with the next installment of its Intellectual Property and Tech Transactions Update, a quarterly newsletter that features summaries and analysis of re...
The past two weeks have seen a number of developments with respect to U.S. sanctions relating to Russia, as the Trump administration has (1) taken additional steps to ameliorate adverse c...
SeaWorld and two of its former executives, including the CEO, agreed to pay more than $5 million to settle fraud charges. The SEC alleged that the company failed to inform investors abou...