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The European Commission seeks to introduce new requirements for the disclosure of human rights, anti-corruption and diversity information

  • Squire Sanders
  • -
  • European Union
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  • May 21 2013

As part of its Company Law and Corporate Governance Action Plan, the European Commission has published (on 16 April 2013) a proposal to require large

Executive remuneration: the new regime governing the remuneration of directors of quoted companies has received the Royal Assent and is likely to come into force on 1 October 2013

  • Squire Sanders
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  • United Kingdom
  • -
  • May 21 2013

The Enterprise and Regulatory Reform Act 2013, which received the Royal Assent on 25 April 2013, was published on 2 May 2013 and introduces the new

PIRC publishes a revised edition of its UK Shareholder Voting Guidelines

  • Squire Sanders
  • -
  • United Kingdom
  • -
  • March 31 2013

On 14 February 2013, the Pensions Investment Research Consultants ('PIRC') published a new edition of its UK Shareholder Voting Guidelines to replace

Corporate governance: the financial reporting council: new structure: enhanced role in the supervision of auditors and consultation on disciplinary schemes for accountants and auditors

  • Squire Sanders
  • -
  • United Kingdom
  • -
  • July 30 2012

The new structure of the Financial Reporting Council

Directors' and officers' insurance policies should be reviewed in light of anticipated increase in whistleblowing activity instigated by the Dodd-Frank Act and the UK Bribery Act

  • Squire Sanders
  • -
  • United Kingdom, USA
  • -
  • January 5 2011

The Dodd-Frank Act contains a number of controversial provisions, but perhaps none more so than mandatory payment of a substantial bounty to individuals who provide "original information" to the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) leading to fines in excess of US$1 million

Corporate governance: auditing standards: the FRC publishes revised standards to improve auditor communication and extend auditor reporting

  • Squire Sanders
  • -
  • United Kingdom
  • -
  • October 22 2012

Following its recent consultation, the Financial Reporting Council (‘FRC’) has published (on 28 September 2012) revised International Standards on Auditing (UK and Ireland), effective for audits of financial statements for periods beginning on or after 1 October 2012

Companies House: registration of charges: overseas companies

  • Squire Sanders Hammonds
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  • United Kingdom
  • -
  • October 4 2011

The Overseas Companies (Execution of Documents and Registration of Charges) (Amendment) Regulations 2011 (SI 20112194) (‘the Regulations’), which came into force on 1 October 2011, remove the requirement for an overseas company established in the UK to register at Companies House any charge it creates over its UK assets on or after 1 October 2011

Transparency Directive: the European Commission publishes proposed amendments

  • Squire Sanders
  • -
  • European Union
  • -
  • December 13 2011

On 25 October 2011, the European Commission published the provisional text of a proposal for a directive to amend the Transparency Directive (2004109EC) (‘TD’

EU Green Paper on the EU Corporate Governance Framework: the Commission publishes feedback

  • Squire Sanders
  • -
  • European Union
  • -
  • December 13 2011

On 24 November 2011, the European Commission published a feedback statement with a summary of the responses to its Green Paper on the EU Corporate Governance Framework

Corporate reporting: the Financial Reporting Review Panel publishes its annual report for 2012

  • Squire Sanders
  • -
  • United Kingdom
  • -
  • October 22 2012

On 26 September 2012, the Financial Reporting Council (‘FRC’) published the Financial Reporting Review Panel’s annual report for 2012