Recently by Ellen J. Odoner
Board of Directors
Major Challenges Abound for Public Companies in 2015: What to do now on cybersecurity, financial reporting, disclosure and whistleblowers
Following are excerpts from “What’s New for 2015: Cybersecurity, Financial Reporting and Disclosure Challenges,” published by the Public Company Advisory Group of Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP. The group is headed by Ellen J. Odoner, and this alert represents a collaboration...
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The SEC's New Whistleblower Rules: Changing The Landscape For Compliance And Enforcement
Editor: Please tell us about the new SEC whistleblower bounty program. Odoner: Regulation 21F, which will take effect August 12, implements the whistleblower bounty program and anti-retaliation provisions mandated by the Dodd-Frank Act. The most controversial aspect of the proposed regulation...
Read MoreBRT & 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...
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