In October 2016, the SEC proposed rules that would, if adopted, substantially impact proxy contests at U.S. public companies. Under the SEC’s proposal, each party – management and one...
On October 20, 2016, the Federal Trade Commission (“FTC”) and Department of Justice: Antitrust Division (“DOJ”) jointly issued antitrust law guidance for human resource profession...
In a closely watched case that has been pending in the federal courts for over a decade—a series of private lawsuits alleging that Chinese manufacturers had colluded to fix prices of vi...
Arthur Golden, Thomas Reid, Kyoko Takahashi Lin, Laura Turano and Morgan Lee are pleased to write the global overview of Getting the Deal Through – Corporate Governance 2016, an annual ...
On June 29, 2016, the Federal Trade Commission (“FTC”) announced an increase in the maximum civil penalties it may impose for violations of the Hart-Scott-Rodino Act (“HSR Act”) a...
Yesterday, the U.S. Department of Justice brought a civil action against ValueAct for failing to comply with the waiting period requirements under the Hart-Scott-Rodino Antitrust Improvem...
During the past week, there have been a number of news reports regarding Bloomberg’s analysis that since 2011, only seven of the 174 people nominated to boards by five of the largest U....
Whilst shareholder activism is well established in the US, over the past 12 months the influence of shareholders has continued to be felt around the world as institutional investors have ...
The memorandum addresses today’s announced changes to both the HSR premerger notification filing thresholds and the thresholds that trigger, under Section 8 of the Clayton Act, a prohib...
The past year (2015) saw the seventh year of China’s Anti-Monopoly Law (“AML”). This note identifies several significant trends in Chinese antitrust enforcement and illustrated the...
