Revised deadlines for initial Schedule 13D and Schedule 13G filings:
Schedule 13D: within five business days (rather than 10 calendar days) after crossing the 5% beneficial ownership threshold or losing eligibility to file...more
10/18/2023
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Beneficial Owner ,
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Consumer Protection Act ,
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Dodd-Frank ,
Institutional Investors ,
Investment Adviser ,
Passive Investments ,
Reporting Requirements ,
Schedule 13D ,
Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) ,
Securities Exchange Act of 1934 ,
Security-Based Swaps
The Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) on October 26, 2022, adopted final rules1 directing national securities exchanges and associations,2 to establish listing standards that require public companies to develop and...more
11/23/2022
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Compensation ,
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Dodd-Frank ,
Final Rules ,
Incentive Compensation ,
Indemnification ,
Insurance Industry ,
Reporting Requirements ,
Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) ,
Securities Exchange Act
The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) on August 25, 2022 finalized the “Pay-versus-Performance” disclosure requirements (the “Final Rules”)1 that originally were proposed on April 29, 2015 (the “Proposed...more
9/15/2022
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Compensation ,
Disclosure Requirements ,
Dodd-Frank ,
Executive Compensation ,
Final Rules ,
GAAP ,
Performance Standards ,
Principle Officers ,
Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) ,
Total Shareholder Return (TSR)
The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) on January 28, 2022, reopened the comment period with respect to its pending “pay versus performance” proposal (Proposed Rule), which would generally require public companies to...more
2/11/2022
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Comment Period ,
Compensation & Benefits ,
Corporate Governance ,
Disclosure Requirements ,
Dodd-Frank ,
Executive Compensation ,
Pay-for-Performance ,
Publicly-Traded Companies ,
Regulatory Agenda ,
Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) ,
Total Shareholder Return (TSR)
All eyes are on Washington—or should we say Manhattan—these days, searching for clues about where our ship is heading with U.S. President-elect Donald Trump at the helm. Recently, there have been cabinet appointments to...more
1/6/2017
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Capital Gains ,
Clean Water Act ,
Corporate Taxes ,
Deregulation ,
Dodd-Frank ,
Energy Sector ,
Financial Stimulus ,
Foreign Investment ,
Fossil Fuel ,
Infrastructure ,
Initial Public Offering (IPO) ,
Merger Controls ,
National Security ,
Pass-Through Entities ,
Permits ,
Private Equity ,
Repeal ,
Tax Reform ,
Trump Administration ,
Volcker Rule
Five years after the passage of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act (“Dodd-Frank”), the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) has issued the last of its proposed rules to implement the...more
7/17/2015
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Clawbacks ,
Corporate Officers ,
Directors ,
Disclosure Requirements ,
Dodd-Frank ,
Executive Compensation ,
Incentive Compensation ,
Publicly-Traded Companies ,
Sarbanes-Oxley ,
Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) ,
Shareholders
Recent activity by shareholder governance advocates and the SEC has thrust proxy access back into the spotlight. Here we provide a brief refresher on proxy access and our thoughts on recent developments....more
On September 18, 2013, the Securities and Exchange Commission issued proposed rules that would require public companies to disclose the median annual total compensation of all their employees and the ratio of such median to...more