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DC Circuit Court Reaffirms Earlier Decision Partially Invalidating Conflict Minerals Rule on First Amendment Grounds
August 21, 2015 | Blog | By Brian Keane
Pursuant to Section 1502 of the Dodd-Frank Act, which added new Section 13(p)(1) to the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, the SEC promulgated Rule 13p-1 (the “Conflict Minerals Rule”), which required that issuers that manufacture (or contract to manufacture) products in which conflict minerals are “necessary to the functionality or production of the product” are required to disclose whether or not their products contain tin, gold, tantalum, or tungsten mined from the Democratic Republic of Congo (the “DRC”) and nine of its neighboring countries.
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New SEC Guidance on Private Placements and General Solicitations
August 20, 2015 | Blog | By Chip Phinney
Following up on their discussion last week about the SEC's CitizenVC no action letter, our colleagues Dan DeWolf and Sam Effron have written another alert about the SEC's recently issued compliance and disclosure interpretations relating to private placements under Regulation D.
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SEC Finalizes the CEO Pay Ratio Rule - Additional Executive Compensation Disclosure for Public Companies Beginning in 2017
August 7, 2015 | Blog
On August 5, by a vote of 3-to-2 with the SEC Commissioners voting along party lines, the SEC approved the final rule to implement the requirements of Section 953(b) of the Dodd-Frank Act, which instructed the SEC to amend existing rules under Item 402 of Regulation S-K to require public companies to disclose the ratio of their CEO’s annual total compensation to that of the median annual total compensation of all company employees.
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Delaware Bans Corporate Fee-Shifting Bylaws and Authorizes Delaware-Only Forum Requirement for Intra-Corporate Litigation
July 6, 2015 | Blog | By Chip Phinney
Delaware recently enacted new legislation to prohibit stock corporations from adopting fee-shifting bylaws and charter provisions, among other amendments to the Delaware General Corporation Law.
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Happy Public Float Day!
June 30, 2015 | Blog | By Garrett Winslow
If you are a year-end company, today is the end of your second fiscal quarter, which means that it's just about time to calculate your public float to see if your reporting status has changed. Here are a few things to remember.
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