LawFlash/Client Alert | Securities LawFlash
Sa Liao, David Sirignano, Howard Kenny
On November 17, Institutional Shareholder Services Inc. (ISS), a leading provider of corporate governance solutions to the global financial community, released its final 2012 updates to its proxy voting guidelines, which will be... more
Presentation | speech
Joanne Soslow, Alan Singer
Morgan Lewis Title | White Paper
Securities Practice
The Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 has had a dramatic effect on public companies. Sarbanes-Oxley, which became law on July 30, 2002, was the first comprehensive federal legislation to impose significant corporate governance require... more
LawFlash/Client Alert | Financial Regulatory Reform LawFlash
Marlee Myers, John Hartigan, Linda Griggs, Howard Meyers
The latest on financial reform provisions relating to proxy access, board leadership structure, board risk and compensation committees, broker voting, and internal control over financial reporting that will affect many public companies.
LawFlash/Client Alert | Financial Regulatory Reform LawFlash
Marc Leone, Gary Rothstein
Proposed financial reform provisions move to address the perceived link between executive compensation and systemic risk by including substantive and procedural executive compensation requirements and imposing additional corporate governance and disclosure requirements.
LawFlash/Client Alert | Climate Change Alert
Business and Finance Practice
Recent action by the Attorney General of the State of New York will affect how public companies disclose and address climate change financial risks. On August 27, 2008, the Attorney General announced a settlement agreement with... more
Morgan Lewis Title | White Paper
Stephen Farrell
The Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 has had a dramatic effect on public companies. Sarbanes-Oxley, which became law on July 30, 2002, was the first comprehensive federal legislation to impose significant corporate governance require... more
Morgan Lewis Title | White Paper
Business and Finance
On November 15, 2007 , the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) approved amendments to Rule 144 under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the Securities Act), substantially as the amendments were proposed in July. The Fi... more
LawFlash/Client Alert | Securities LawFlash
Business and Finance
In 2006, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) adopted broad reforms to the disclosure rules regarding executive compensation. The new rules resulted in significant changes in the manner in which public companies prepare... more
Outside Publication | Chapter
David Sirignano, Howard Kenny
Presentation | Speech
John Hartigan
Outside Publication | Book
Ethan Johnson
Morgan Lewis Title | White Paper
Business and Finance
Corporate governance involves the relationships among a company’s management, its board of directors and its shareholders. It concerns the means by which a corporation assures investors that it has well-performing managem... more