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CESR and ISDA comment on accounting

  • Dentons
  • -
  • European Union, Global
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  • January 23 2009

CESR has written comment letters to EFRAG and IASB on the draft IFRS on investments in debt instruments

G-20 leaders' statement speaks of executive compensation reform

  • Stikeman Elliott LLP
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  • Global
  • -
  • October 2 2009

At the recent Pittsburgh summit, leaders of the G-20 met to, according to the leaders' statement, "turn the page on an era of irresponsibility and to adopt a set of policies, regulations and reforms to meet the needs of the 21st century global economy."

Suitability, solvency modernization, international accounting and derivatives: the NAIC 2009 Summer Meetings

  • Sutherland Asbill & Brennan LLP
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  • USA
  • -
  • June 30 2009

U.S. insurance regulators from the 50 states met in Minneapolis over June 11-16, 2009 at the National Association of Insurance Commissioners (NAIC) Summer Meetings to address a host of issues ranging from the suitability of annuity sales to solvency modernization

Consider amending bylaws to require investors to disclose derivative interests and transactions involving company stock when nominating directors or proposing resolutions

  • Squire Sanders
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  • USA
  • -
  • July 28 2008

Derivatives are purely economic interests created through various mechanisms that allow an investor to reap the economic benefits of stock ownership without actually owning any stock

Exclusive jurisdiction clause does not apply to non-parties to the agreement

  • Squire Sanders
  • -
  • United Kingdom
  • -
  • October 29 2009

In Morgan Stanley & Co International Plc v China Haisheng Juice Holdings Co Ltd, the High Court considered whether an exclusive jurisdiction clause extended to claims made against a non-party to an agreement

Consider revising rights plans to include accumulations of derivative securities

  • Squire Sanders
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  • USA
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  • July 2 2008

Shareholder rights plans or "poison pills" generally are triggered when any single shareholder or group of shareholders acquires beneficial ownership of more than a specified amount of the company's outstanding stock, often 10 or 15 percent

Recent SEC settlement illustrates potential threat of derivatives that separate the voting and economic interests of common stock

  • Hunton & Williams LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • July 29 2009

On July 21, 2009, the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) announced a settlement agreement with Perry Corp. (“Perry”) stemming from the hedge fund’s alleged failure to disclose its accumulation of nearly 10 percent of an issuer’s voting shares with the intent of influencing a merger vote

Robotti & Co., LLC v. Liddell, C.A. No. 3128-VCN (Del. Ch. Jan. 14, 2010)

  • Potter Anderson & Corroon LLP
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  • USA
  • -
  • January 20 2010

In this memorandum opinion, Vice Chancellor Noble considered certain direct and derivative claims relating to a stockholder rights offering and the triggering of the anti-dilution provisions of options and warrants

International regulatory update 11-18 February 2011

  • Clifford Chance LLP
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  • Bahrain, European Union, Global, Switzerland, United Kingdom
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  • February 21 2011

The European Commission has published a progress report on its initiatives to reform financial services regulation

International regulatory update 2-6 May 2011

  • Clifford Chance LLP
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  • Bahrain, European Union, Germany, Hong Kong, India, Netherlands, Switzerland, United Kingdom, USA
  • -
  • May 9 2011

The US Treasury Department has published a Notice of Proposed Determination exempting FX swaps and forwards from the central clearing and exchange trading requirements imposed by the Dodd-Frank Act