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Preparing for the 2013 SEC periodic reporting and proxy season

  • Williams Mullen
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  • USA
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  • January 16 2013

As management and the boards of public companies prepare for the challenges of 2013, there are several proxy advisory, corporate governance and

Key year-end considerations for public companies

  • Gibson Dunn & Crutcher LLP
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  • Iran, Syria, USA
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  • November 2 2012

With the arrival of fall, calendar-year companies are gearing up for what promises to be another busy proxy season, preparing for new rules that will impact their disclosures and governance practices, and planning their 2013 board and committee calendars

What does the implementation of the Dodd-Frank Act mean for the energy sector?

  • Reed Smith LLP
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  • USA
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  • October 24 2012

When the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act (Dodd-Frank Act) was enacted by Congress in July 2010, it was hailed by its proponents as the most comprehensive financial reform since the 1930s

Third quarter 2012 U.S. legal and regulatory developments

  • Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP
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  • USA
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  • October 16 2012

As required by the Dodd-Frank Act and related SEC rules, both the NYSE and Nasdaq have issued their proposed rule amendments related to compensation committee independence and responsibilities

Financial services legislative and regulatory update - July 2, 2012

  • Mintz Levin Cohn Ferris Glovsky and Popeo PC
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  • European Union, Global, USA
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  • July 2 2012

Although the biggest story had to be the Supreme Courts decision to uphold the Affordable Care Act, the markets may have found even better news in the announcement of a Eurozone agreement, which, among other things, included the introduction of a new system of European banking supervision

President Obama issues statement on regulatory oversight of oil markets

  • Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP
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  • USA
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  • April 20 2012

On April 17, President Obama issued a statement calling for increased oversight of manipulation in oil markets

FERC and constellation energy commodities group settle investigation

  • Morgan Lewis & Bockius LLP
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  • USA
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  • March 12 2012

A $135 million civil penalty is issued, along with $110 million in disgorgement of unjust profits, to resolve investigation into alleged electric energy market manipulation

Guidelines from two important Delaware M&A cases

  • Reed Smith LLP
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  • USA
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  • October 21 2011

In the past month, the Delaware Court of Chancery issued two decisions providing important guidance on directors' duties in connection with M&A transactions

FERC issues $30 million penalty for alleged violations of anti-manipulation rule

  • Morgan Lewis & Bockius LLP
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  • USA
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  • April 28 2011

On April 21, 2011, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) issued an Order Affirming Initial Decision and Ordering Payment of Civil Penalty in connection with an Administrative Law Judge’s (ALJ) Initial Decision that a natural gas trader for Amaranth, Brian Hunter, engaged in market manipulation, in violation of Section 4A of the Natural Gas Act (NGA) and Part 1c.1 of FERC’s regulations

The potential impact of Dodd-Frank on the energy industry

  • Mayer Brown LLP
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  • USA
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  • April 27 2011

In a dramatic demonstration of Congressional "Fire, Ready, Aim" and fully six-months before the scheduled report of the specially-charged Financial Crisis Investigation Commission, President Obama signed the Dodd-Frank Act1 into law in July last year