The New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) recently filed a proposal with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) to delete Rule 312.07 of its listing standards. The historically controversial shareholder voting rule currently...more
5/2/2013
- Listing Standards NYSE SEC Shareholder Votes Shareholders
On December 4, 2012 Institutional Shareholder Services (ISS) released a total of 26 FAQs on ISS' peer group selection methodology and processes by which companies may update peer group information with ISS....more
1/9/2013
- Executive Compensation GICS ISS
On November 16, 2012, Institutional Shareholder Services (ISS) released its 2013 Corporate Governance Policy Updates and Procedures. Certain key policy changes are...more
12/10/2012
- Corporate Governance Policy ISS
On November 14, 2012, the SEC and Department of Justice (DOJ) released a Resource Guide to the U.S. Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA). The 120-page guide provides in-depth analysis of the SEC and DOJ approach to FCPA...more
11/19/2012
- Anti-Bribery FCPA FCPA Resource Guide SEC
On July 2, 2012, we published an alert summarizing the SECs adoption of Exchange Act Rule 10C-1, which required national securities exchanges to adopt rules for listed companies related to compensation committee and...more
10/8/2012
- Compensation Committee Nasdaq NYSE SEC
On August 31, 2012, the SEC issued fee advisory #7, which increases fees paid by public companies for registrations with the SEC to $136.40 per million dollars, effective October 1. This represents an increase of more than 19...more
9/10/2012
- SEC
On August 22, 2012, the SEC adopted rules mandated by Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act, which added a new section Section 13(q) to the Exchange Act....more
8/27/2012
- Dodd-Frank SEC
On August 22, 2012, the SEC adopted a rule mandated by the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act, which requires issuers to conduct a good faith reasonable country of origin inquiry and publicly disclose...more
8/27/2012
- Conflict Mineral Rules Dodd-Frank DRC Manufacturers SEC
