Daily Compliance News: August 5, 2025, The Staying Focused Edition
Five Tips for a New Public Company Director
Everything Compliance: Shout Outs and Rants: Episode 156
Daily Compliance News: June 17, 2025, The JBS Goes Public Edition
Everything Compliance: Episode 155, To Tesla and Beyond Edition
Everything Compliance: Shout Outs and Rants - Episode 155
Compliance into the Weeds: Of Wal-Mart, Tariffs and Stakeholder Capitalism
Daily Compliance News: May 15, 2025, The Downfall in Davos Edition
Daily Compliance News: March 28, 2025, The Cave or Go To Trial Edition
FCPA Compliance Report: Celebrating the 2025 World’s Most Ethical Companies: Highlights with Erica Salmon Byrne
The SEC's Reach Beyond Publicly Traded Companies
PODCAST: Williams Mullen's Raising Capital 101: A Securities Podcast - What is a Public Offering?
PODCAST: Williams Mullen's Raising Capital 101: A Securities Podcast - What Are the Differences Between Private & Public Offerings?
“Monsters, Inc.” y el buen gobierno corporativo
Meeting the Proposed SEC Climate Disclosure Requirements
The Justice Insiders Podcast - Human Beings: Cybersecurity's Most Fragile Attack Surface
JONES DAY TALKS®: Court Grants Stay on SEC’s Climate Disclosure Rule, but Companies Should Continue Preparations
Equity Award Delegations for Publicly Traded Companies — The Consumer Finance Podcast
SEC’s New Cyber Rules for Publicly Traded Companies — The Consumer Finance Podcast
PLI's inSecurities Podcast - Commissioner Uyeda on “the Perils of Regulation by Theory and Hypothesis”
In July 2025, there were five Rule 2.7 announcements made across the UK public M&A market and three further possible offers announced....more
Glass Lewis, a leading proxy advisory firm, recently released a preview of changes to its pay-for-performance model that will take effect for the 2026 proxy season. Glass Lewis’ announcement, which is modest in terms of...more
AIM Consultation Paper - 7 April 2025 / LSE - The London Stock Exchange (LSE) initiated a significant consultation on the Alternative Investment Market (AIM). The discussion paper sought feedback from market participants...more
In this issue of The Informed Board, we go behind all the talk about companies reincorporating in states other than Delaware. In our lead article and our podcast, we point out that few companies actually moved, and we explain...more
In March 2025, Nasdaq released a comprehensive set of policy recommendations intended to advance capital formation in a paper titled “Advancing the U.S. Public Markets: Unlocking Capital Formation for a Stronger American...more
This year’s IPO Report offers a detailed review of the IPO market and outlook, including a breakdown of IPOs by industry and the number of IPOs from the leading states over the past five years. We also take a look at the IPO...more
Our Public Takeover Report provides an overview of market trends and legal developments relating to public takeovers in Germany in 2024. A quick glance at the takeover market - With six delisting offers and one mandatory...more
On November 14, 2024, the EU Listing Act (the “Listing Act”) was published in the Official Journal of the European Union. The Listing Act entails a legislative package designed to improve capital markets access and enhance...more
Dual-class share structures involve two or more classes of authorized common stock, with one class having the traditional one vote (or, in the rare case of Snap, no votes) per share, and the other class having multiple votes...more
The outlook for life sciences IPOs is showing renewed optimism heading into 2025, with market conditions becoming more constructive and regulatory environments potentially more favorable....more
On 24 April 2024, the UK Takeover Panel (the Panel) published Public Consultation Paper 2024/1 (the PCP), which proposes a significant change to the applicability of the UK Takeover Code (the Code), by narrowing the scope of...more
On April 12, 2024, the Treasury Department (Treasury) and Internal Revenue Service (IRS) issued proposed regulations (89 FR 25980 and 89 FR 25829) on the excise tax on stock buybacks enacted as part of the Inflation Reduction...more
In this update, we provide four predictions for the UK public M&A landscape in 2024, considering key statistics, trends, developments and highlights regarding UK public takeovers announced during 2023....more
This edition of the Bermuda Public Companies Update summarises significant transactions involving Bermuda companies listed on the New York Stock Exchange and Nasdaq during the first half of 2023. Global Market Update - ...more
This edition of Skadden’s quarterly Insights looks at the latest trends in shareholder activism, the scrutiny companies are facing over their ESG disclosures and employment considerations for using AI in the workplace, among...more
Whether in response to stakeholders, market pressures or legal requirements, many companies are choosing to incorporate environmental, social and governance (ESG) factors into their company missions, policies, and governance...more
Environment, social and governance (ESG) or “sustainability” factors are criteria that are used to measure a company in a way that is not typically included in the company’s financial statements. For example, ESG can include...more
Takeaways - New EU regulations require detailed disclosures about the ways in which asset managers implement sustainability policies in the businesses they investment in. Similar rules are being considered in the U.K. and...more
In substantially all the major world markets, we have dedicated technology lawyers who support young German technology companies on their growth trajectory through all stages. As one of the top tech law firms in the world, we...more
Green shoots emerge as PE firms consider new ways to incorporate ESG into dealmaking. Market sentiment and the increasing importance of environmental, social, and governance (ESG) to firms’ competitiveness across the...more
Shareholder Proposal No-Action Requests in the 2021 Proxy Season: Dearth of No-Action Response Letters Leaves Companies Guessing - Although the SEC staff issued fewer written no-action response letters during the 2021...more
What questions do prospective SPAC directors need to ask? What are the 10 most common misconceptions regarding attorney-client privilege? The Informed Board aims to provide insights into the key issues directors face...more
Key Pointss - Large asset managers like BlackRock and State Street have recently published updates to their proxy voting guidelines primarily focusing on diversity and inclusion and climate risk disclosures. -...more
In a prelude of things to come for public companies, on December 4 the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) sued restaurant operator The Cheesecake Factory Incorporated for making misleading disclosures regarding the...more
PIPEs (private investments in public equity) provide investors and public companies with a flexible vehicle for bespoke capital solutions that can be executed quickly in the volatile markets that have arisen in the COVID-19...more