Laura A Mcintosh

September 24, 2009 | New York Law Journal

David A. Katz, a partner at Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz, and Laura A. McIntosh, a consulting attorney for the firm, write that just as the Enron and other high-profile corporate scandals were seen as resulting from a lack of ethics and oversight, the credit market meltdown and resulting financial crisis have been blamed in large part on inadequate risk management by corporations and their boards of directors.

By David A. Katz and Laura A. McIntosh

14 minute read

July 25, 2008 | Law.com

The surprising result in a recent Delaware case may cause directors to question whether their rights to indemnification and advancement of expenses are secure, particularly once they have retired from a board of directors. Attorneys David A. Katz and Laura A. McIntosh say companies should take this opportunity to ensure that their indemnification bylaws are appropriately drafted.

By David A. Katz and Laura A. McIntosh

12 minute read

May 24, 2007 | New York Law Journal

David A. Katz, a partner at Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz, and Laura A. McIntosh, a consulting attorney for the firm, write that although stockholder meetings for the most part have been quieter this year, the two corporate governance issues receiving the most attention during the 2007 proxy season were stockholder proxy access and stockholder voting on executive compensation.

By David A. Katz and Laura A. McIntosh

10 minute read

September 27, 2007 | New York Law Journal

David A. Katz, a partner at Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz, and Laura A. McIntosh, a consulting attorney for the firm, write that the dark cloud of the international credit crunch caused by the United States' subprime mortgage defaults may yet have a small silver lining for public companies: the real possibility of a decline in hedge fund activism.

By David A. Katz and Laura A. McIntosh

10 minute read

May 25, 2006 | New York Law Journal

David A. Katz, a partner at Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz, and Laura A. McIntosh, a consulting attorney at the firm, write that every decade needs a villain. In the 1980s, it was corporate raiders. In the 1990s, it was corrupt executives. And in the 2000s, it appears to be activist hedge funds. Hedge funds have become major players in both corporate governance activism and financial activism.

By David A. Katz and Laura A. McIntosh

18 minute read

October 05, 2007 | The Recorder

Amid turmoil in the credit market, one welcome change has to do with the increased constraints put on hedge fund activists.

By David A. Katz and Laura A. McIntosh

9 minute read

December 30, 2010 | New York Law Journal

Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz's David A. Katz and Laura A. McIntosh review some of the legislative and regulatory events and key trends of 2010 that are expected to have an impact over the next year, including Dodd-Frank's effect on say-on-pay, the revised proxy policies of Institutional Shareholder Services, and more.

By David A. Katz and Laura A. McIntosh

11 minute read

March 30, 2006 | Law.com

Director compensation, like executive compensation, is an important corporate governance issue today. With increased responsibilities and perceived greater risk of personal liability, board members are working harder, are serving on fewer boards and are more committed to their directorships than ever before. Corporate boards can take advantage of advisory organizations' guidelines to create a tailored director compensation policy with essential rules about compensation disclosures.

By David A. Katz and Laura A. McIntosh

13 minute read

July 29, 2009 | Corporate Counsel

In recent weeks, regulators and lawmakers have proposed a dizzying array of reforms that, if implemented, would exacerbate short-termism, undercut directorial discretion, further empower shareholder activists, and impose unnecessary and potentially costly burdens on public companies, according to attorneys David A. Katz and Laura A. McIntosh, who say few of the proposed reforms are truly new and nearly all are ill-conceived.

By David A. Katz and Laura A. McIntosh

24 minute read

May 27, 2010 | New York Law Journal

In their Corporate Governance Update column, David A. Katz, a partner at Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz, and Laura A. McIntosh, a consulting attorney at the firm write that the final version of the financial reform bill adopted by the Senate last week included a number of corporate governance and executive compensation provisions that would apply to all U.S. public companies, a situation which they caution would impose an unproductive "one size fits all" approach.

By David A.Katz and Laura A. McIntosh

13 minute read