Recently by Catherine T. Dixon
BRT & BC: Financial Reform Concerns Of Nonfinancial Companies
Mr. Tarbert heads the firm's Financial Regulatory Reform Working Group, and Ms. Odoner and Ms. Dixon are members of that group.Mr. Tarbert is former Special Counsel to the U.S. Senate Banking Committee, and Ms. Dixon is former Chief Counsel of the SEC's Division of Corporation Finance.Ms. Odoner...
Read MoreNew Rules: SEC Approves Enhanced Compensation & Governance Disclosures For 2010 Proxy Season - Part II
Part I of this article relating to Expansion of Disclosure Requirements Related To Governance appeared in the February issue of The Metropolitan Corporate Counsel. On December 16 the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission approved a measure that expands required disclosures in the areas of...
Read MoreNew Rules: SEC Approves Enhanced Compensation & Governance Disclosures For 2010 Proxy Season - Part I
Part II of this article, dealing with Expansion of Disclosure Requirements Related To Compensation, will appear in the March, 2010 issue of The Metropolitan Corporate Counsel. Recently, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission approved measures that expand required disclosures in the areas...
Read MoreOverview Of The Proposed SEC Rules Mandating Proxy AccessOr Stable Value Funds
Introduction On May 20, 2009, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission proposed a new proxy rule - Rule 14a-11 - that would provide shareholders meeting certain eligibility standards with access to corporate proxy materials for their nominees for election as directors. Other proposed...
Read MoreRecent SEC And FASB Guidance On Fair Value Measurement And Disclosure - Part II
Part I of this article appeared in the December 2008 issue of The Metropolitan Corporate Counsel. The SEC staff hopes to elicit "clearer and more transparent disclosure" in the Management's Discussion and Analysis ("MD&A") section of periodic reports regarding the fair-value measurements...
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