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Allen Matkins

California Says Corporations And LLCs Can't Be Directors; The Securities Exchange Act Apparently Believes Otherwise

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Nine years ago, I posed the question of whether the California General Corporation Law permits corporations to serve as directors.  My answer at the time was "no" because Section 164 of the Corporations Code defines...more

McDermott Will & Emery

District Court Dismisses Shareholder Claim that Equity Award Share Withholding Triggers Section 16(b) Liability - Update

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A US District Court recently dismissed a claim that an insider’s election to satisfy an income tax obligation by having shares withheld from the delivery of an award constituted a non-exempt sale of shares back to the issuer...more

McDermott Will & Emery

District Court Dismisses Shareholder Claim that Equity Award Share Withholding Triggers Section 16(b) Liability

On April 26, 2017, the United States District Court for the Southern District of Texas dismissed a claim based on a shareholder’s interpretation of SEC Rule 16b-3(e), that an insider’s elective share withholding constitutes a...more

Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP

Corporate and Financial Weekly Digest - Volume XII, Issue 18

SEC/CORPORATE - US District Court Holds That Discretionary Tax Withholding is Exempt Under 16b-3 - Several companies have received shareholder letters seeking to recover short-swing profits from insiders under Section...more

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP

"Key Takeaways: Corporate Governance Series — Key Trends in Executive Compensation, Employment Law and Compensation Committee...

On February 28, 2017, Skadden hosted a webinar titled “Key Trends in Executive Compensation, Employment Law and Compensation Committee Practices.” The Skadden panelists were labor and employment law partner David Schwartz,...more

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP

Executive Compensation and Benefits Alert: Nuisance Plaintiffs Pursue Novel Theories to Exact Section 16 Settlements

The so-called “short-swing profit rule” under Securities Exchange Act Section 16(b) generally prohibits officers and directors as well as 10 percent shareholders of a U.S. public company from profiting from any purchase or...more

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