The SEC has announced the issuance of an exemptive order granting regulatory relief for SEC filers (public companies, investment companies, accountants, transfer agents and others) affect...

There are a number of Dodd-Frank Act derivatives reform provisions that could affect Latin American financial institutions, even those whose swap market activities take place completely o...

In early October, the American Petroleum Institute, Chamber of Commerce, Independent Petroleum Association of America and National Foreign Trade Counsel had filed a complaint and a petiti...

National Fuel Gas Company has sent a letter to the SEC regarding a common shareholder proposal that authorizes the Harvard Shareholder Rights Project (HSRP) to ask the company’s board to...

On October 17, 2012, the SEC unanimously approved proposed capital, margin, and segregation rules for security-based swap dealers and major security-based swap participants. The Proposal ...

ISS has extended the comment period to provide feedback on its 2013 draft policies to November 9, 2012.  Please see our comment letter to ISS here, with comments on the ISS proposed chang...

As of November 1, 2012, a total of 237 Dodd-Frank rulemaking requirement deadlines have passed. Of these 237 passed deadlines, 144 (61%) have been missed and 93 (39%) have been met with f...

The coming election coincides with increased efforts by the Center for Political Accountability (CPA), through letters and shareholder proposal campaigns, to cause companies to provide re...

On August 22, 2012, the SEC issued final rules to implement Section 1502 of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act, which requires companies that file Exchange Act ...

A Summary of Governance Resources Our memos on two governance events last week – the release of Staff Legal Bulletin 14G giving additional guidance on citing procedural deficiencies for ...