TheCorporateCounsel.net

Provides "practical guidance" about corporate and securities law and legal issues.

Author: Broc Romanek, a former lawyer for the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, is editor of the blawg. He also authors DealLawyers.com and contributes to The Harvard Law School Corporate Governance Blog.

Blawg Related Categories: Corporate Law • Corporate Compliance • Securities Law • Business Law

Recent Posts from TheCorporateCounsel.net

Rebirth of Proposed Attorney-Client Privilege Legislation
Rebirth of Proposed Attorney-Client Privilege Legislation Last week, Senator Arlen Specter reintroduced his attorney-client legislation in the form of the "Attorney Client Privilege Protection Act of 2008," whose Senate bill remains S.186 (the '08 version…
Delaware Supreme Court: CA/AFSCME Certification Accepted and Fast Tracked
Delaware Supreme Court: CA/AFSCME Certification Accepted and Fast Tracked Yesterday, the Delaware Supreme Court accepted the questions certified to it by the SEC relating to the battle between CA and AFSCME over the proponent's binding…
Coming Soon: Shareholder Proposal No-Action Responses Online
Coming Soon: Shareholder Proposal No-Action Responses Online On Friday, Corp Fin Director John White said that the Staff was working to put this year's batch of processed no-action requests related to Rule 14a-8 on the…
Hang On! SEC Certifies "Reimbursement of Third-Party Solicitation Expenses" Binding Bylaw to Delaware Supreme Court
Hang On! SEC Certifies "Reimbursement of Third-Party Solicitation Expenses" Binding Bylaw to Delaware Supreme Court On Friday, the SEC Staff referred a shareholder proposal to the Delaware Supreme Court under a certification process we wrote…
Corp Fin Issues Updated Section 16 and Form 8-K Guidance
Corp Fin Issues Updated Section 16 and Form 8-K Guidance Yesterday, Corp Fin issued: - Updated Form 8-K Compliance & Disclosure Interpretations - Updated Section 16 Compliance & Disclosure Interpretations - Section 16 No-Action Letter…
Online Bartering of Voting Rights: My $1 Million Idea
Online Bartering of Voting Rights: My $1 Million Idea How do you like that? I finally came up with a viable million dollar idea (probably many millions) and I've got too much on my plate…
McCain Joins "Say on Pay" Wagon
McCain Joins "Say on Pay" Wagon Recently, Senator John McCain has been speaking out against excessive executive compensation and has now joined Senator Obama in calling for mandatory "say on pay." Here is a Business…
My Ten Cents: The SEC's Coming Guidance on IR Web Pages
My Ten Cents: The SEC's Coming Guidance on IR Web Pages At the NIRI Annual Conference, as appropriate for his audience, Corp Fin Director John White devoted a fair portion of his remarks talking broadly…
SEC Approves One-Year Delay for Smaller Companies' Auditor Attestations
SEC Approves One-Year Delay for Smaller Companies' Auditor Attestations As proposed back in February, the SEC has approved another one-year extension of the compliance date for smaller companies to meet the Section 404(b) auditor attestation…
Commissioner Watch: The Washington Waiting Game Continues
Commissioner Watch: The Washington Waiting Game Continues With the first day of summer upon us tomorrow, the confirmation process for the three SEC nominees continues to drag on. Following the June 3rd hearing of the…