Practice Mobile Menu Trigger Overview Experience Team Insights Subscribe to insights January 5, 2017 Client Update Fee-Shifting Bylaw Found Invalid by Delaware Court The Delaware Court of Chancery recently ruled that a form of fee-shifting bylaw linked to exclusive forum provisions is in... January 5, 2017 Client Update VW Ruling – Morrison Not A Bar To Securities Claims Involving ADRs On January 4, the U.S. Federal District Court for the Northern District of California issued a decision in a case brought ... January 4, 2017 Client Update Davis Polk Submits Comment Letter to SEC on Proposal for Universal Proxy Cards In October 2016, the SEC proposed rules that would, if adopted, substantially impact proxy contests at U.S. public compani... December 22, 2016 Client Update SEC Announces Two Enforcement Actions Regarding Restrictive Language in Severance Agreements The SEC issued two orders concerning violations of Exchange Act Rule 21F-17 this week. On December 19, the Commission iss... December 20, 2016 Client Update Delaware Supreme Court Finds Relationships Taint Director Independence, Promotes Internet Searches Recently, the Delaware Supreme Court reversed the Court of Chancery in Sandys v. Pincus on findings of director independen... December 20, 2016 Client Update ISS Updates Executive Compensation and Equity Plan FAQs As described in our recent memorandum, ISS will be using other financial and operational metrics in addition to TSR in eva... December 13, 2016 Client Update Pay Ratio Rule Leads to Local Tax Increases We recently published a client alert describing the possibility of a rollback of the pay ratio disclosure rule under the n... December 12, 2016 Client Update Predictions on Possible Changes to and Timing of the Dodd-Frank Executive Compensation Provisions With President-elect Donald Trump’s transition underway, speculation has been rife as to the impact of his Administratio... December 9, 2016 Client Update Report on SEC Whistleblower Office Discusses Focus on Restrictive Severance and Confidentiality Agreements The SEC’s 2016 report to Congress on its whistleblower program announced that it paid out $57 million in fiscal 2016, mo... December 8, 2016 Client Update Preparing Your 2016 Form 20-F This memorandum highlights some considerations for the preparation of your 2016 annual report on Form 20-F. As in previous... Load More
January 5, 2017 Client Update Fee-Shifting Bylaw Found Invalid by Delaware Court The Delaware Court of Chancery recently ruled that a form of fee-shifting bylaw linked to exclusive forum provisions is in...
January 5, 2017 Client Update VW Ruling – Morrison Not A Bar To Securities Claims Involving ADRs On January 4, the U.S. Federal District Court for the Northern District of California issued a decision in a case brought ...
January 4, 2017 Client Update Davis Polk Submits Comment Letter to SEC on Proposal for Universal Proxy Cards In October 2016, the SEC proposed rules that would, if adopted, substantially impact proxy contests at U.S. public compani...
December 22, 2016 Client Update SEC Announces Two Enforcement Actions Regarding Restrictive Language in Severance Agreements The SEC issued two orders concerning violations of Exchange Act Rule 21F-17 this week. On December 19, the Commission iss...
December 20, 2016 Client Update Delaware Supreme Court Finds Relationships Taint Director Independence, Promotes Internet Searches Recently, the Delaware Supreme Court reversed the Court of Chancery in Sandys v. Pincus on findings of director independen...
December 20, 2016 Client Update ISS Updates Executive Compensation and Equity Plan FAQs As described in our recent memorandum, ISS will be using other financial and operational metrics in addition to TSR in eva...
December 13, 2016 Client Update Pay Ratio Rule Leads to Local Tax Increases We recently published a client alert describing the possibility of a rollback of the pay ratio disclosure rule under the n...
December 12, 2016 Client Update Predictions on Possible Changes to and Timing of the Dodd-Frank Executive Compensation Provisions With President-elect Donald Trump’s transition underway, speculation has been rife as to the impact of his Administratio...
December 9, 2016 Client Update Report on SEC Whistleblower Office Discusses Focus on Restrictive Severance and Confidentiality Agreements The SEC’s 2016 report to Congress on its whistleblower program announced that it paid out $57 million in fiscal 2016, mo...
December 8, 2016 Client Update Preparing Your 2016 Form 20-F This memorandum highlights some considerations for the preparation of your 2016 annual report on Form 20-F. As in previous...