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NYSE proposes compensation committee rule amendments

Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP
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USA
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October 2 2012

As required by the Dodd-Frank Act and related SEC rules, the NYSE has issued proposed new listing standards related to compensation committee independence and responsibilities

How foreign private issuers are likely to be affected by new listing standards for compensation committees

Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP
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USA
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June 26 2012

The Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act of 2010 (the “Dodd-Frank Act”) directed the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) to establish minimum standards that companies listed in the United States would have to meet in setting executive compensation

JOBS Act facilitates IPOs and eases restrictions on private capital formation in the United States

Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP
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USA
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April 19 2012

On April 5, President Obama signed into law the Jumpstart Our Business Startups Act (the “JOBS Act”), implementing sweeping changes to the rules governing IPOs and private capital formation in the United States by domestic and foreign issuers

Checklist for Form 20-F filers

Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP
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USA
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April 16 2012

As non-U.S. SEC reporting companies prepare their annual disclosure to be included in their Annual Reports on Form 20-F, it is important to review relevant changes since the prior year’s Annual Report was prepared

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

SEC proposes whistleblower rules

Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP
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USA
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November 10 2010

The SEC has proposed rules to implement the whistleblower "bounty" provisions mandated by the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act

SEC grants stay of proxy access rules

Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP
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USA
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October 4 2010

On September 29, 2010, the US Chamber of Commerce and the Business Roundtable petitioned the US Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit for a review of the SEC's recently adopted proxy access rules, alleging, among other things, that the rules are arbitrary and capricious and violate the Administrative Procedure Act and that the SEC failed to properly assess the rules' effects on "efficiency, competition and capital formation" as required by law

The SEC’s new proxy access procedures and related rules

Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP
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USA
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September 3 2010

On August 25, 2010, the Securities and Exchange Commission approved final rules establishing a federally mandated procedure to allow shareholders access to a company's proxy materials for the purpose of nominating a short-slate of directors for election in opposition to the board's nominees

Delaware LLLPs: a viable option for private investment funds?

Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP
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USA
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August 19 2010

Historically, private investment funds (such as onshore hedge funds and private equity funds) have relied on the limited partnership as the primary organizational form of choice, despite the existence of a number of different organizational forms through which a private investment fund could, in theory, conduct its activities

What foreign private issuers need to know about the corporate governance and disclosure provisions of the Dodd-Frank Act

Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP
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USA
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July 30 2010

In an effort to reform the U.S. financial system and reduce systemic risk, Congress passed, and on July 21, 2010 the President signed into law, the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act (the “Act”

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