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SEC Staff Clarifies Guidance on Exclusion of Conflicting Shareholder Proposals and the Ordinary Business Operations Basis for...

On October 22, 2015, the Division of Corporation Finance (the “Division”) of the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) issued clarifying guidance upending previous interpretations regarding the exclusion of conflicting...more

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Financial Services Weekly News - November 2015

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Regulatory Developments - Client Alert: SEC Issues New Guidance on Excluding Shareholder Proposals under Rule 14a-8: Goodwin Procter’s Capital Markets practice has released a client alert on the SEC’s Division of...more

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SEC Issues New Guidance on Excluding Shareholder Proposals under Rule 14a-8

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On October 22, 2015, the staff of the SEC Division of Corporation Finance issued Staff Legal Bulletin No. 14H (SLB 14H), which provides significant guidance for companies about the Staff’s views on the scope and application...more

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SEC Issues Staff Legal Bulletin On Shareholder Proposals Under Rule 14a-8

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On October 22, 2015, the Securities and Exchange Commission (the SEC) staff issued Staff Legal Bulletin No. 14H, providing guidance on important issues arising under Rule 14a-8 under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as...more

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP

"SEC Staff Issues New Shareholder Proposals Guidance"

The Division of Corporation Finance of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (Staff) recently published Staff Legal Bulletin No. 14H (SLB), which provides important new guidance for companies that may receive...more

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Blog: Trinity Wall Street Files Cert Petition: Will SCOTUS Delve Into The “Ordinary Business Operations” Exclusion For Shareholder...

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You might recall Trinity Wall Street v. Wal-Mart Stores Inc, a case involving a shareholder proposal requesting that Wal-Mart’s board of directors develop a policy regarding the sale of high-capacity firearms, such as the...more

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Third Circuit Opinion Raises Uncertainty for the Ordinary Business Exclusion in Shareholder Proposals

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On July 6, 2015, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit issued its opinion in Trinity Wall Street v. Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. The holding permitted Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. ("Wal-Mart") to exclude a shareholder proposal...more

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Third Circuit Lets Wal-Mart Exclude Firearms Proposal Under the “Ordinary Business Operations” Exception

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On April 14, 2015, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit summarily reversed a troubling decision of the Federal District Court in Delaware that required Wal-Mart to include in its 2015 proxy materials a shareholder...more

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP

"Wal-Mart Wins Appeal of Shareholder Proposal Decision"

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit issued a decision on April 14, 2015 that reversed a U.S. District Court opinion and vacated a permanent injunction that would have required Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. to include a...more

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