ISS issues 2013 corporate governance recommendations *

USA - November 20 2012
Institutional Shareholder Services (ISS) has released its 2013 updates to corporate governance policy, which include some variations from its proposed updates issued mid-October for public comment.

Co-authors: Thomas R. McGuigan, Frank M. Placenti, Daniel G. Berick, David A. Zagore, Nicholas Unkovic.

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Banks, credit unions and payday lending examinations and investigations *

United Kingdom, USA - July 12 2012
Banks, credit unions and other consumer lenders that offer short-term loans and financial products (or payday-like loans) should take notice.

Co-authors: Traci H. Rollins , Mark C. Dosker, Pierre H. Bergeron, Martha S. Sullivan, Brian A. Cabianca .

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SEC instructs exchanges to adopt listing standards for compensation committees *

USA - June 22 2012
On June 20, 2012, the SEC adopted final rules requiring the national securities exchanges to adopt Dodd-Frank mandated listing standards relating to listed companies’ compensation committees.

Co-authors: Margaret J. Walrath , Frank M. Placenti, Daniel G. Berick.

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Mandatory proxy access is dead – for now – as SEC drops its legal appeal; private ordering of the proxy access issue will be the likely short-term result *

USA - September 8 2011
In July 2011, the US Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit overturned the SEC’s proxy access rule.

Co-authors: Joseph P. Richardson, Frank M. Placenti, Daniel G. Berick, David A. Zagore.

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Key compensation provisions in Dodd-Frank Act delayed *

USA - August 12 2011
The Securities and Exchange Commission has recently revised its rulemaking schedule for the proposal and adoption of several of the rules mandated by the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act.

Co-authors: Margaret J. Walrath , Frank M. Placenti, David A. Zagore, Laura D. Nemeth, James J. Maiwurm.

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