The SEC has proposed updated rules for the business description, legal proceedings and risk factor disclosure that U.S. companies make in registration statements, annual reports and quart...
On December 18, 2018, the SEC adopted a final rule implementing Section 955 of the Dodd-Frank Act, which requires U.S. public companies to disclose whether they permit their employees, of...
On December 7, 2018, the Treasury Department and the Internal Revenue Service issued Notice 2018-97, which provides initial guidance on Section 83(i) of the Internal Revenue Code. Section...
The proxy season is just around the corner for calendar year public companies. Ahead of the season, two major proxy advisory firms, Institutional Shareholder Services (ISS) and Glass Lewi...
New ISS Policies. For meetings on or after February 1, 2019, two new and fairly minimal ISS policies will be applied.
As part of ISS’ client roundtables, one-to-one client discussions ...
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...
On August 21, 2018, the IRS issued Notice 2018-68, which provides initial guidance on two aspects of the amendments to Section 162(m) of the Internal Revenue Code made by the Tax Cuts and...
On July 18, 2018, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) voted unanimously both to issue a final rule and to solicit public comment relating to the federal securities rules that gov...
#MeToo may no longer dominate daily headlines but its indelible impression remains. Corporate boards’ mandate to act in their shareholders’ best interest includes not only overseeing ...
On June 28, 2018, the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) voted to propose amendments to the rules governing its whistleblower program. These changes include expanding the typ...
