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Dismissal of Shareholder Derivative Suit for Failure to Allege Demand Was Excused

Goodwin on 11/3/2022

On September 27, 2022, U.S. District Judge Kevin McNulty of the District of New Jersey dismissed a consolidated derivative action allegedly brought on behalf of Cognizant Technology Solutions Corporation against certain...more

SEC Proposes Amendments to Shareholder Reporting Rules, Affecting Schedule 13D/G Filers and Impacting Section 16(a) Reporting

Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP on 4/18/2022

Rule amendments, if adopted, would substantially shorten filing deadlines for initial and amended Schedules 13D and 13G, as well as increase the number of securityholders required to file Section 16(a) reports (Forms 3, 4,...more

Can This Bylaw Provision Eliminate Shareholder Proposals?

Allen Matkins on 5/21/2020

Rule 14a-8 under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 requires companies that are subject to the federal proxy rules to include shareholder proposals in their own proxy statements to shareholders, subject to certain procedural...more

U.S. SEC Proposes Liquidity Risk Management Programs, Optional “Swing Pricing,” and Liquidity Reporting for Mutual Funds and...

K&L Gates LLP on 10/26/2015

On September 22, 2015, the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) proposed a new rule and amendments to rules and reporting forms under the Investment Company Act of 1940 (the “1940 Act”), designed to standardize...more

Happy Public Float Day!

Mintz - Securities & Capital Markets... on 6/30/2015

If you are a year-end company, today is the end of your second fiscal quarter, which means that it’s just about time to calculate your public float to see if your reporting status has changed. Here are a few things to...more

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