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4 May 2009, 2:13 am
The most significant contributor to our April numbers was Allen & Overy with a layoff that totaled 450.In any event, for the first time since the beginning of the year, we are seeing a slowdown in terms of overall layoff numbers:1,500 (April 2009)3,500 (March 2009)2,000 (February 2009)1,500 (January 2009)Does this mean that the worst of the layoffs are behind us? [read post]
1 Apr 2009, 3:30 am
The most significant contributor to our April numbers was Allen & Overy with a layoff that totaled 450.In any event, the 3,500 figure for March compares to considerably lower tallies of roughly 2,000 law firm jobs eliminated in February, and 1,500 in January. [read post]
22 Mar 2011, 1:02 pm by Ted Allen
 As required by the Dodd-Frank Act, this year’s corporate proxy statements include a “say when” vote that asks investors to express their views on whether advisory votes on compensation should be held every year, every two years, or every three years. [read post]
16 Dec 2010, 6:01 pm by Ted Allen
"Congress has been quite clear from the TARP legislation through Dodd-Frank that a generic say-on-pay vote does not preclude proposals on individual elements of compensation," he said.The Teamsters fund plans to seek reconsideration of this ruling. [read post]
5 Aug 2010, 11:30 am by Ted Allen
The Dodd-Frank Act, which affirmed the authority of the SEC to issue a proxy access rule, authorized the SEC to exempt small companies. [read post]
17 Jun 2010, 9:08 am by Ted Allen
Barney Frank, the lead House negotiator, told reporters yesterday that 5 percent "is a lot to have to own in a company to be able to get involved. [read post]
12 Aug 2010, 1:34 pm by Ted Allen
Among S&P 1,500 firms, only 35 percent have some form of majority voting procedures, according to ISS data.Investors have expressed a renewed interest in pushing companies to adopt majority voting bylaws after lawmakers dropped a majority voting mandate from the Dodd-Frank legislation in June. [read post]
24 Feb 2012, 11:41 am by Ted Allen
The commission staff still is trying to address a backlog of rulemaking and studies mandated by the Dodd-Frank Act, so it appears unlikely that the SEC would be able to propose and finalize new political spending disclosure rules this year. [read post]
16 Dec 2011, 7:25 am by Ted Allen
Apple plans to hold its 2012 annual meeting on Feb. 23.Two outside Apple directors earned more than $1.07 million in total compensation from the company, while two others received more than $840,000, according to ISS' 2011 report on Apple.Investor proposals on director pay have had mixed success in recent years, as most shareholder activists have focused on advisory votes on executive pay, which were mandated by the Dodd-Frank Act of 2010. [read post]
5 Apr 2012, 4:58 pm by Ted Allen
House after the 2010 elections, the SEC has not received the funding that it anticipated it would need to implement the many provisions of the Dodd-Frank Act. [read post]
20 Apr 2009, 8:11 am
"We see this as a significant expression of shareholder concern about the lack of effective independent board leadership," Frank Curtiss, head of corporate governance for Railpen, said in a press release. [read post]
5 Jul 2012, 5:19 am by David J. DePaolo
Senators asking for the study of converting to an administrative system include Mark Allen, Spiro; Josh Brecheen, Coalgate; Rick Brinkley, Owasso; Kim David, Porter; Eddie Fields, Wynona; David Holt, Ralph Shortey and Greg Treat, Oklahoma City; Rob Johnson, Kingfisher, and Frank Simpson, Springer. [read post]
31 Jan 2011, 8:23 am by Ted Allen
 Management received 53.7 percent opposition (48.75 million shares) during its first “say on pay” advisory vote, which was required by the Dodd-Frank Act. [read post]
11 Jan 2016, 1:34 am
Fortunately, Kat friend and trade secrets guru Mark Ridgway (Allen & Overy) returns with a thorough summary.* ‘Le Journal d’Anne Frank’: sufficiently distinctive to be a trade mark, says OHIM Fourth Board of AppealIs the title of a (well-known) book, ie The Diary of Anne Frank, distinctive enough to be registered as a trade mark for (among other things) ... books? [read post]
24 Jun 2010, 9:03 pm by Ted Allen
Frank questioned how the SEC could possibly enforce a post-election holding requirement, while Republican Rep. [read post]
25 Jul 2015, 8:11 pm by Schachtman
See “Bad Gatekeeping or Missed Opportunity – Allen v. [read post]
15 Jul 2010, 5:00 am by J Robert Brown Jr.
  Ted Allen at RiskMetrics has reported on the latest batch of companies where shareholders have voted in favor of a say on pay proposal. [read post]