Mary Jo White, nominee for Chair of the SEC, appears before Senate Banking Committee *

USA - March 15 2013
On March 12, Mary Jo White, President Obama's nominee to chair the Securities and Exchange Commission, appeared at her confirmation hearing before…

Co-authors: Mark D. Wood, Mark J. Reyes.

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SEC roundtable discusses decimalization and tick sizes *

USA - February 8 2013
On February 5, the Securities and Exchange Commission hosted a roundtable discussion regarding the impact that decimal-based pricing increments (i.e…

Co-authors: David S. Kravitz, Mark D. Wood, James B. Anderson.

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Petitioners file opening brief challenging SEC’s conflict minerals rule *

USA - February 8 2013
The National Association of Manufacturers, the Chamber of Commerce of the United States of America and Business Roundtable recently filed their…

Co-authors: David S. Kravitz, Mark D. Wood, James B. Anderson.

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ISS announces ISS Governance QuickScore to replace GRId *

USA - February 8 2013
Institutional Shareholder Services (ISS) recently announced that, effective in late February or early March, it is replacing its Governance Risk…

Co-authors: David S. Kravitz, Mark D. Wood, James B. Anderson.

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CII submits Rule 10b5-1 rulemaking petition to the SEC *

USA - January 4 2013
On November 28 the Council of Institutional Investors (CII), an association of public, corporate and union pension funds and other employee benefit plans…

Co-authors: Robert L. Kohl, Robert J. Wild.

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