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Brian V. Breheny

Brian V. Breheny

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP


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"Getting Back to Basics with Rule 10b5-1 Trading Plans"

In late 2012, The Wall Street Journal published a number of articles that analyzed the trading practices of certain public company executives, in many cases under trading plans that were entered into in accordance with the...more

4/10/2013 - Rule 10b-5 SEC Securities Exchange Act Trading Plans

"New CFTC Swap Clearing Rules to Require Board Review and Approval of the Election to Rely on the 'Commercial End-User Exception'"

New Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) swaps clearing rules will force non-financial entities to stop uncleared trading of certain interest-rate swaps (IRS) and index credit default swaps (index CDS) starting on...more

3/14/2013 - CFTC Commercial End-User Exception Credit Default Swaps Derivatives Clearing Organizations Dodd-Frank Interest Rate Swaps Mandatory Clearing Requirements Swaps

Planning for the 2013 Annual Meeting and Reporting Season

As companies prepare for the 2013 annual meeting and reporting season, we have compiled an overview of the corporate governance and disclosure matters that companies should consider as they draft this season’s disclosure...more

2/19/2013 - Annual Meeting Audits Compensation Committee Compensation Consultant Conflict Mineral Rules Conflicts of Interest Corporate Governance Directors Disclosure Requirements Dodd-Frank Executive Compensation Form 10-K Hedging Iran Threat Reduction and Syria Human Rights Act ISS Listing Standards Officers PCAOB Pledging Political Contributions Proxy Season Reporting Season Resource Extraction Say-on-Pay SEC Section 162(m) Shareholder Proposals XBRL Filing Requirements

"SEC Approves NYSE and Nasdaq Compensation Committee Rules"

The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) recently approved new New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) and Nasdaq Stock Market (Nasdaq) listing requirements relating to compensation committees of listed companies. The listing...more

1/24/2013 - Compensation Committee Executive Compensation Listing Standards Nasdaq NYSE SEC

"SEC Considering Disclosure of Political Activity Spending"

On December 21, 2012, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) indicated in its semiannual regulatory agenda that the staff of the SEC’s Division of Corporation Finance is considering whether to recommend that the...more

1/24/2013 - Disclosure Requirements Political Contributions Publicly-Traded Companies SEC Shareholder Rights

"ISS Issues 2013 Policy Updates"

Institutional Shareholder Services (ISS), an influential proxy advisory firm, annually updates the policies that underlie its voting recommendations to its institutional investor clients. On November 16, 2012, ISS issued its...more

11/21/2012 - Executive Compensation ISS

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