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BLG Monthly Update

  • Borden Ladner Gervais LLP
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  • Argentina, Australia, Canada, United Kingdom, USA
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  • December 19 2012

The BLG Monthly Update is a digest of recent developments in the law which Neil Guthrie, our National Director of Research, thinks you will find

The state of play on say on pay in Canada in 2012

  • Osler, Hoskin & Harcourt LLP
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  • Canada, United Kingdom, USA
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  • June 12 2012

The number of Canadian issuers that have agreed to provide their shareholders with the opportunity to vote on an advisory resolution on executive compensation, or say on pay vote, has slowly continued to increase

Major reforms enacted to stimulate public and private capital raising in the United States

  • Osler, Hoskin & Harcourt LLP
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  • Canada, USA
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  • April 5 2012

On April 5, 2012, President Obama signed into law the Jumpstart Our Business Startups Act, which makes significant changes to existing U.S. federal securities laws intended to make it easier for small and emerging companies to conduct public and private securities offerings in the United States

Recent developments for the fourth quarter 2011

  • Baker & McKenzie
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  • Canada, China, Denmark, European Union, France, Germany, Ireland, Italy, Japan, Netherlands, Switzerland, United Kingdom, USA
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  • March 15 2012

The end of the year and beginning of a new year is always a busy time for us, as it is for most of our clients

Canadian companies easier targets for activist investors than U.S. companies

  • Stikeman Elliott LLP
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  • Canada, USA
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  • January 12 2012

Many features of the Canadian regulatory framework are friendly to shareholders and make it easier for activist investors to take action against management

2011 U.S. legal and regulatory developments affecting Canadian companies

  • Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP
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  • Canada, USA
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  • January 10 2012

The following is a summary of significant U.S. legal and regulatory developments affecting Canadian companies during 2011

ISS details new approach to evaluate pay-for-performance

  • Stikeman Elliott LLP
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  • Canada, USA
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  • December 21 2011

On December 20, Institutional Shareholder Services released a paper outlining its new methodology for evaluating U.S. pay-for-performance in 2012

ISS publishes draft 2012 proxy voting updates

  • Stikeman Elliott LLP
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  • Canada, USA
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  • October 28 2011

On October 18, Institutional Shareholder Services (ISS) published for comment draft updates to its benchmark proxy voting policies for 2012

SEC issues final rules implementing the whistleblower program under Dodd-Frank

  • Torys LLP
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  • Canada, USA
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  • June 6 2011

On May 25, 2011, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission approved final rules to implement the whistleblower program, which rewards individuals whose reports of violations of U.S. federal securities laws lead to successful enforcement actions

SEC proposes rules requiring listing standards for compensation committees and compensation consultants

  • Heenan Blaikie LLP
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  • Canada, USA
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  • April 4 2011

On March 30, 2011, the United States Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) voted unanimously to propose rules directing U.S. national securities exchanges to adopt certain listing standards related to the compensation committee of a company’s board of directors as well as its compensation advisors

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