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NY district court rejects shareholder effort to enjoin Apple “say on pay” vote

McGuireWoods LLP
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USA
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March 7 2013

On Feb. 22, in the same decision in which it enjoined Apple from holding shareholder votes on certain "bundled" amendments to its articles of

DOJ secures first ever conviction of a corporation under FCPA

McGuireWoods LLP
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USA
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May 11 2011

On Tuesday, May 10, 2011, California-based Lindsey Manufacturing Company (Lindsey) became the first corporate entity to be convicted of a violation of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA) at trial

Insight from Other Strategists - good strategybad strategy

McGuireWoods LLP
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USA
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August 25 2011

This month, the Insight from Other Strategists feature turns from military thought to business strategy, a notoriously trickier thing to adapt to litigation

High say-on-pay vote not protection from shareholder compensation suit

McGuireWoods LLP
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USA
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November 28 2011

Ralph Lauren Company has been sued in a derivative action on alleged excess executive pay, even though the 2010 say-on-pay vote approval rate was 96

Rothman v. GNC - why pure statutory violations don't make good classes

McGuireWoods LLP
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USA
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November 23 2011

Like many health-minded individuals, Norma Rothman has shopped at GNC stores

SBIC limited partners' recertification notice

McGuireWoods LLP
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USA
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June 2 2011

The U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) released its Notice of Annual Recertification on May 16, 2011

ISS releases "GRId 2.0"

McGuireWoods LLP
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USA
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December 29 2011

In more ISS-related news (a bit of a theme this week), ISS has also recently updated its “governance risk indicators”, the tool it uses to analyze and identify governance-related risks on behalf of its institutional shareholder subscribers

SBA announces proposed rules for Early Stage SBIC funds

McGuireWoods LLP
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USA
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December 20 2011

The U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) recently published proposed rules to govern the licensing of Early Stage SBIC funds and the issuance and repayment of the debentures issued to Early Stage SBIC funds

ISS releases “pay for performance” report

McGuireWoods LLP
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USA
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December 28 2011

Last, week ISS released a white paper containing an in-depth description of its new methodology for measuring “disconnects” between CEO pay at an issuer and the issuer’s performance the primary driver for “no” vote recommendations on companies’ say-on-pay proposals

Compensation committees and consultants may be hearing from auditors

McGuireWoods LLP
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USA
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April 16 2012

The PCAOB has proposed a new auditing standard for related parties that would result in discussions between compensation committees, compensation consultants and auditors for the company

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