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Directors remuneration: Enterprise and Regulatory Reform Act 2013 published

  • Orrick Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • May 6 2013

On May 2, the Enterprise and Regulatory Reform Act 2013 (ERRA) was published. The ERRA amends the Companies Act 2006 and introduces the following key

What makes a director “independent”?

  • Orrick Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • May 2 2013

What makes a director "independent"? That question is important, not only to investors who want to ensure that boards of directors exercise objective

European Parliament committee scales back accountancy reform

  • Orrick Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP
  • -
  • European Union
  • -
  • April 29 2013

On April 25, the legal affairs committee of the European Parliament toned down plans to reform the European auditing market in a move which will

PCAOB issues its first cooperation Policy Statement

  • Orrick Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • April 25 2013

On April 24, 2013, the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board issued its inaugural "Policy Statement Regarding Credit for Extraordinary

Delaware Supreme Court says no to Botox and no to multi-forum litigation: Court dismisses derivative suit against Botox-maker Allergan, Inc.

  • Orrick Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • April 9 2013

In a recent decision, the Delaware Supreme Court reversed the Court of Chancery in Pyott, et al. v. Louisiana Mun. Police Emp. Ret. Sys., et al

OFT annual plan for 201314: financial services implications

  • Orrick Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • March 25 2013

On March 21, the OFT published its annual plan setting out its priorities for 201314. The OFT stated that it does not intend to make any fundamental

Shareholder demands: accepted, refused or deferred? Let’s ask RUSH

  • Orrick Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • January 8 2013

When a shareholder makes a demand on a company to pursue litigation, the company’s board can look to generally well-developed law to determine how to

The Interim Provisions of the Ministry of Commerce for the Equity Contribution of Foreign Invested Companies released

  • Orrick Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP
  • -
  • China
  • -
  • December 14 2012

The Ministry of Commerce released the Interim Provisions of the Ministry of Commerce for the Equity Contribution of Foreign Invested Companies (the "Provisions") on September 21, 2012

Texas court rules that regardless of fault, CEOs and CFOs will have to pay up Under Sarbanes-Oxley Section 304

  • Orrick Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • November 20 2012

A Texas federal judge denied defendants ArthoCare CEO Michael A. Baker and CFO Michael T. Gluk’s motion to dismiss the SEC’s claim against them under Sarbanes-Oxley (“SOX”) Section 304’s clawback provision

New wave of lawsuits targeting disclosures on “Say-On-Pay;” plaintiffs use M&A litigation tactics to attack executive pay

  • Orrick Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • November 6 2012

The plaintiffs’ bar has taken new aim at public companies’ annual meetings: filing lawsuits to enjoin annual shareholder approval of stock plan proposals and “Say-On-Pay” (“SOP”) votes, typically arguing that the proxy disclosures regarding these topics are inadequate

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