While we are still in early days of the 2014 proxy season, trends are starting to emerge. The following update summarizes these developments:
Institutional investors promote governance r...
The D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals issued an opinion today in the ongoing challenge to the SEC’s conflict minerals rule, holding that the rule violates the free-speech guarantee of the F...
On March 7, 2014, Vice Chancellor Travis Laster of the Delaware Court of Chancery found a financial advisor liable for aiding and abetting breaches of fiduciary duties by the board of Rur...
This memorandum highlights some considerations for the preparation of your 2013 annual report on Form 20-F. As in previous years, we discuss both disclosure developments as well as conti...
Amid the recent uptick in U.S. IPO transactions to levels not seen since the heady days of 1999 and 2000, Davis Polk’s pipeline of deals remains robust, leading us to believe that stren...
A nonpublic company seeking access to the capital markets faces a largely binary choice between conducting a private placement, with few if any reporting obligations afterwards, and condu...
Today the public comment period ended for two proposals by the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board that we believe could dramatically increase the scope, length, cost and complexity...
Yesterday the Securities and Exchange Commission proposed rules under the JOBS Act that would permit startups and other businesses to raise investment capital through “crowdfunding” ?...
The SEC has posted on its website that it “will remain open and operational in the event the federal government undergoes a lapse in appropriations on October 1. Any changes to the SEC...
The PCAOB recently proposed two auditing standards in an effort to improve the auditor’s report that accompanies annual financial statements: The Auditor’s Report on an Audit of Fina...
