Opening Developments Changes to accelerated filer definition Risk factors for period reports Disclosure of unresolved SEC staff comments Stock option expensing Update on SEC disclosure related initiatives Still pending portion of critical accounting policies Executive compensation Shareholder access SEC initiative regarding XBRL Annual Report [more...]
Select Hot Topics NYSE - Euronext merger Discussed by Professor Kamel Deal page has relevant SEC filings Disney Fiduciary Duty Litigation Covers all six Delaware decisions (1998 - 2006) Including the recent Delaware Supreme Court decision Fairness Opinions Covers new NASD rule and recent court decisions Links to precedent examples of current practice [more...]
Select Topic Pages Corporate Governance Ethics Codes Foreign Corrupt Practices Act Insider Trading Liability Martin Act Regulation BTR Regulation FD Rule 10b5-1 Trading Plans SEC Attorney Conduct Rules Sarbanes Oxley Act SEC Enforcement Worldcom Faculty Chairs Gabe Shawn Varges Zurich Financial Services Rebecca Walker [more...]
Securities Institute 2007 November 7-10, 2006 Securities Institute 2006 November 9-11, 2006 Securities Filings 2006 October 19 -20, 2006 Executive Compensation Disclosure September 6, 2006 Private Equity Forum July 10-11, 2006 Corporate Compliance June 15-16, 2006 Foreign [more...]
May 10, 2006 Faculty Charles Elson University of Delaware Stuart Grant Grant & Eisenhofer Geoffrey Hazard University of Pennsylvania Robert Todd Lang Weil Gotshal David C McBride Young Conaway Stacey J Mobley du Pont James Morphy Sullivan & Cromwell Eileen Nugent Skadden [more...]
September 6, 2006 Faculty Max J. Schwartz Sullivan & Cromwell Scott P. Spector Fenwick & West Pamela Baker Sonnenschein Alan L. Beller Cleary Gottlieb Mark A. Borges Mercer Human Resource Consulting John T. Bostelman Sullivan & Cromwell [more...]
May 10, 2006 Faculty Nicolas Grabar Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton Michael D. Mann Richards Spears Kibbe & Orbe Alan L. Beller , Director, Division of Corporation Finance, Securities and Exchange Commission , Washington, DC Wayne E. Carnall , Partner, SEC Services, PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP , Florham Park, NJ Paul [more...]
Faculty Igor Kirman Wachtell Lipton Nicole E. Clark Vinson & Elkins James Cole Wachtell Lipton Richard J. Grossman Skadden Arps Alexander Khutorsky Banc of America Securities James M. Lurie Holland & Knight Cathleen E. McLaughlin Allen & Overy Keith A. Pagnani Sullivan & [more...]
Market Developments M&A News Weekly M&A mailers M&A deal lists Private equity firms Driving an increased share of M&A volume See Private equity deals Hedge funds and other activist shareholders Forcing companies to take actions, including large share buybacks See Activist shareholders Proxy fights Activity at Sovereign Bancorp Time Warner Bally [more...]
Selected Topic Pages Private Equity General Club Deals IPO Exits Recapitalizations Hot Topics Financing Conditions Stapled Financing Stock Option Backdating Recent Cases ABRY Partners Disney Fiduciary Duty Litigation In re Telecommunications In re Toys R Us Related M&A Topics M&A News Deal Lists Fairness Opinions Voting Agreements Faculty [more...]
New York - October 19 -20, 2006 Periodic Reporting Annotated SEC forms Form 10-K Form 10-Q Form 8-K Regulation S-K Index by S-K Item Proxy Statements Annotated SEC forms Schedule 14A Other representative Topic Pages Electronic proxy delivery Majority voting Restrictions on discretionary voting (NYSE Rule 452) Delaware law [more...]
November 9 -11, 2006 Current Disclosure Issues Select Lawyer Links Topic Pages MD&A Form 8-K Non-GAAP financial measures Regulation FD Regulation S-K Terrorist states Periodic Reporting Annotated SEC forms Form 10-K Form 10-Q Form 8-K Regulation S-K Index by S-K Item Proxy Statements [more...]
39th Annual Institute on Securities Regulation November 7-10, 2007 Program Information and Faculty Shareholder Activism: Finding the Balance 11.07.07 2008 Proxy Season: The Shareholder Agenda The Role of Shareholders in Executive Compensation; Compensation in the Courts Majority Voting and Shareholder Access Finding a Balance Between Independent [more...]
December 11-12, 2006 Faculty Jeffry S Hoffman , Dechert N Adele Hogan , Linklaters Gerald Adler , Dechert Julie M Allen , Proskauer Rose Stephen F Arcano, Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom Gene Capello, Attorney and Corporate Governance Consultant John S D'Alimonte [more...]
Faculty William J. Whelan Cravath Abigail Arms Shearman & Sterling Mary A. Bernard Credit Suisse David K. Boston Willkie Farr LizabethAnn R. Eisen Cravath William C. Fredericks Milberg Weiss Mark E. Kaplan Socit Gnrale Keith L. Kearney Davis Polk David M. Lynn Securities and [more...]