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July 2008 Motient Affirmed: Fifth Circuit Holds No Private Cause of Action for Monetary Damages under Section 13(d) Decision Consistent with Holdings by Other Federal Circuits
June 2008 Delaware Supreme Court Affirms Chancery Court’s Decision in JANA
May 2008 Outsourcing in the Securities Industry: Assessing the Regulatory Landscape
April 2008 10 Steps to Take to Prepare a Company for the New Age of Shareholder Activism & Prevent It from Being a Sitting Duck this Proxy Season
March 2008 Save U.S. from CFIUS The Foreign Investment and National Security Act of 2007 and Its Effect on Foreign Investment
February 2008 Stoneridge and the Continued Reconceptualization of Implied Private Rights of Action
January 2008 The 12b-1 Debate: If It Ain’t Broke . . .
December 2007 SEC Maintains “Status Quo” On Shareholder Access...the Debate Continues
November 2007 Reg R Imposes New Regulatory Requirements for Offshore Brokerage Transactions
October 2007 Stoneridge & The Meaning of “Deception”
September 2007 Cress Decision Raises the Risk of Underfunded Pension Plans
August 2007 NASD’s Proposed Rule on Fairness Opinions: A Long and Winding Road
July 2007 International Financial Reporting Standards – A Paradigm Shift in Financial Reporting
June 2007 The Convergence of Principle and Rule-Based Ethics Programs - An Emerging Global Trend? Part 2 of 2
May 2007 The Convergence of Principle and Rule-Based Ethics Programs - An Emerging Global Trend? Part 1 of 2
April 2007 Emergence of the “Go-Shop”
March 2007 Delaware Court of Chancery Addresses Stock Option Dating & Timing Issues
Feburary 2007 The HP Letter: SEC Staff Takes No View Position on Shareholder Access Proposal
January 2007 Regulatory and Accounting Standards on the Valuation of Portfolio Securities
December 2006 Supreme Court to Decide When Antitrust Laws Apply to Underwriting Syndicates and IPOs
November 2006 Respoding to Data Breaches in the Securities and Investment Management Industry
October 2006 Backdating History: Assessing the SEC’s Early Stock Option Dating Cases
September 2006 Patents in the Financial Services Industry: Partake of the Fruits But Help Change the Rules
August 2006 SEC Goes Back to the Drawing Board Following Invalidation of Hedge Fund Rule
July 2006 The Erosion of the Attorney-Client Privilege and Work Product Doctrine in Civil and Criminal Investigations
June 2006 The Alternative Investment Market of the London Stock Exchange
May 2006 The Government's New Corporate Cooperation Standards in the Context of Investigative Employee Interviews
April 2006 Showdown Over SLUSA: An Update
March 2006 Possible Limitations on Securing Corporate Governance Reforms Through Class Action Settlements
February 2006 State vs. State: The Internal Affairs Doctrine Drives a Wedge Between Delaware and California
January 2006 Recent Developments Regarding Majority Voting in Director Elections
December 2005 Is Securities Fraud Actionable Under the Antitrust Laws?
November 2005 Regulation Fair Disclosure After Five Years
October 2005 Is Financial Statement Insurance a Viable Alternative to the Not-so-Independent Audit?
September 2005 SEC Adopts Long-Awaited Securities Act Reform, Part I
August 2005 Delaware Vice Chancellor Strine Suggests Reform of Delaware Common Law Regarding Fully Negotiable Going-Private Transactions
July 2005 Corporate Confidentiality Is Only for the"Privileged" Few
June 2005 Underwriters’ Due Diligence Obligations in the Wake of In re WorldCom
May 2005 Securities Fraud Damages After Dura
April 2005How to Identify, Prevent, and Investigate Accounting Fraud
March 2005Beyond Sarbanes-Oxley: Three Emerging Trends in Corporate Compliance
February 2005A “Reasoned” Arbitration Decision? Be Careful What You Wish For
January 2005Fairness Opinion Practice Comes Under Scrutiny as NASD Considers New Rules
December 2004SEC Seeks to Modernize the Securities Offering Process
November 2004 Continuous Reporting and Auditing: Opportunities and Challenges
October 2004Whistleblower Protection Under the Sarbanes–Oxley Act
September 2004Is There a Breach in the Breakwater of the Statutory Safe Harbor for Forward- Looking Statements?
August 2004The Errors in the Ninth Circuit’s Loss Causation Decision
July 2004The Cooperation Conundrum
June 2004Proposed Regulation NMS: Tuning Up the Markets
May 2004QLCCs: The In-House Perspective
April 2004The New World of Director Nominations
March 2004The PCAOB Takes on Enforcement
February 2004Pleading Scienter in a Private Securities Fraud Litigation
January 2004Proposed Ballot Access Rules Don’t Solve the Shareholder Democracy Problem
December 2003Initial Ruminations on Insider Trading in the Mutual Fund Scandal
November 2003New Audit Committee Charter Requirements
October 2003How Does the New U.K. Combined Code of Corporate Governance Compare with Sarbanes–Oxley?
September 2003Sarbanes– Oxley Enhancements to the SEC’s Enforcement Authority
August 2003Proxy Rule Changes on the Horizon
July 2003Corporate Codes of Ethics and Sarbanes-Oxley
June 2003The Perplexity and Perversity of the New Lawyer Conduct Rules
May 2003The Extent of Primary Liability in the Age of Enron