How tweet it is - the SEC provides Reg FD guidance on the use of social media *

USA - April 10 2013
As noted in our firm's April 9 alert, the SEC has issued guidance on the use of social media in a manner that complies with Regulation Fair…

Co-authors: Fred T. Isaf , Nova D. Harb, James M. Anderson III, Rachel Williams Mantz, David H. Pankey.

SEC adopts final rule on conflict minerals disclosure requirements *

USA - August 24 2012
On Aug. 22, 2012, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) adopted a long-awaited final rule requiring public companies to disclose their use of certain "conflict minerals" (CM) originating in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) and all adjoining nations ("Covered Countries").

Co-authors: D. Cameron Prell , Kurt E. Wolfe , J. Patrick Rowan .

SEC sets vote in August on conflict minerals disclosure rules *

USA - July 11 2012
On July 2, 2012, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) announced that it will likely vote on August 22, 2012, to finalize a contentious rule that would require public companies to fully disclose whether they produce or use designated 'conflict minerals' (tantalum, tin, gold or tungsten) mined or sourced in the Democratic Republic of the Congo or any adjoining country.

Co-authors: D. Cameron Prell , Kurt E. Wolfe , J. Patrick Rowan , Jill Misage Webb .

Access denied! Court invalidates proxy access rules *

USA - July 25 2011
On July 22, 2011, a three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit vacated the proxy access rules pursuant to its ruling on the petition filed by the Business Roundtable and U.S. Chamber of Commerce (the “petitioners”) for review of these rules.

Co-authors: Jane Whitt Sellers, Jill Misage Webb , Meredith Sanderlin Thrower.