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'Say on Pay' in the 2012 Proxy Season
In their Corporate Governance column, Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz's David A. Katz and Laura A. McIntosh write: Say on pay was a topic of paramount concern to issuers this year and was the basis for a great deal of work both before and during the proxy season. Looking back on the past few months, two primary themes emerge: First, the importance of understanding and responding to the methodology of ISS Proxy Advisory Services, as its recommendations continue to be highly significant; and second, the importance of direct, frequent communication with shareholders and investment decision makers.
Pro Bono Effort Thwarts State Attempt to Decertify Orphanage
Lawyers from Kramer Levin Naftalis & Frankel and White & Case are representing an upstate haven for youngsters in a series of conflicts with state agencies and the local school district.
MLS Restrictions, Geographic Markets and Google
In his Antitrust column, Elai Katz, a partner at Cahill Gordon & Reindel, comments on recent FTC developments, the rejection of the Google Books settlement, and the approval, with conditions, of Google's acquisition of a travel software firm, as well as a district court's grant of the FTC's request to preliminarily enjoin a hospital merger.Inn Claims Freedom of Association in Answer to Bias Suit by Lesbians
Frustration for Many Turned Away From Immigration Court
The impact of the government shutdown was felt almost immediately by many people who are working their way through immigration courts. Attorneys say some of those turned away were on the brink of winning cancellation of removal from the United States."Reasonably Diligent Searcher" Rule Survives for Tax Lien Filings
Steven N. Cohen, a partner at Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft, and Lech Kalembka, special counsel at the firm, write that U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit has held that a tax lien filing made by the IRS against a corporate taxpayer is effective even though the name used in the filing is not the official name registered by the taxpayer and an official search made by a secured lender using the registered name did not disclose the filing.Trending Stories
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