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25 Apr 2016, 3:45 am
Also see this NY Times’ Gretchen Morgenson’s column… Webcast: “Company Buybacks – Best Practices” Tune in tomorrow for the webcast – “Company Buybacks: Best Practices” – to hear Skadden’s Kady Ashley, Hunton & Williams’ Scott Kimpel, Simpson Thacher’s Lee Meyerson and Foley & Lardner’s Pat Quick discuss what you should now be considering as you conduct stock repurchase programs. [read post]
25 Apr 2016, 3:45 am
Also see this NY Times’ Gretchen Morgenson’s column… Webcast: “Company Buybacks – Best Practices” Tune in tomorrow for the webcast – “Company Buybacks: Best Practices” – to hear Skadden’s Kady Ashley, Hunton & Williams’ Scott Kimpel, Simpson Thacher’s Lee Meyerson and Foley & Lardner’s Pat Quick discuss what you should now be considering as you conduct stock repurchase programs. [read post]
16 Dec 2015, 6:13 am
Broke Law with Social Media Push for Water Rule, Auditor Finds” by Eric Lipton and Michael Shear for New York Times “A Revolving Door Helps Big Banks’ Quiet Campaign to Muscle out Fannie and Freddie” by Gretchen Morgenson for New York Times California: “As Hospital Lobbyist, Ex-County Employee Pushes Limits of Ethics Policy” by Tracy Wood for Voice of OC Florida: “Broward Commission Rewrites its Ethics Code, Allows $5 Gifts” by… [read post]
8 Sep 2015, 5:08 pm
Every year just after Labor Day, I take a step back and survey the most important current trends and developments in the world of Directors’ and Officers’ liability and D&O insurance. [read post]
13 Aug 2015, 12:46 pm
Gretchen Morgenson of the Times wrote a column to the effect that this time it may be different, but I don’t buy it. [read post]
9 Aug 2015, 6:03 pm
In an important decision concerning D&O insurance coverage in connection with failed bank claims, the Tenth Circuit, applying Kansas law, held that a D&O policy’s insured vs. insured exclusion unambiguously precluded coverage for claims brought by the FDIC as receiver of a failed bank against the bank’s former directors and officers. [read post]
23 Jul 2015, 1:00 pm
Targets Tax Dodge by Private Equity Firms, by Gretchen Morgenson: The Internal Revenue Service on Wednesday proposed a rule aimed at ending a common and lucrative practice among private equity firms that allows them to artificially lower their partners’ personal income tax bills. [read post]
13 Jul 2015, 9:05 pm
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22 Jun 2015, 12:14 pm
Following up on last week's post, WSJ: Tech Companies Woo Investors With Unconventional Financial Metrics, Inflating Their Valuations: New York Times, Tech Companies Fly High on Fantasy Accounting, by Gretchen Morgenson: Technology shares have been powering the stock market recently, outperforming the broader stock indexes by wide margins. [read post]
13 Apr 2015, 7:45 am
Lamm On Sunday, April 12, the Business section of the New York Times led with an article by Gretchen Morgenson taking the SEC to task for not having adopted rules requiring disclosure of CEO pay ratios. [read post]
13 Jan 2015, 5:43 am
Gretchen Morgenson wrote a story in the New York Times that was focused on the hiring of an independent adviser to monitor a private equity fund’s practices. [read post]
12 Jan 2015, 4:32 am
I’ll start with this blog by Michael Levin of “The Activist Investor” about his views on access – and here’s Michael’s letter to NY Times’ Gretchen Morgenson about her column. [read post]
5 Jan 2015, 4:17 am
Yesterday’s column by the NY Times’ Gretchen Morgenson covers the appeal – and notes that Whole Foods recently filed a preliminary proxy statement with a proxy access proposal of 5%/5-years – not the 9%/5-years that the company had included in its no-action request. [read post]
24 Dec 2014, 6:25 am
Related: Tactics the federal government used to seize control of insurer American International Group (AIG) away from Hank Greenberg, now made public despite years spent resisting disclosure [Gretchen Morgenson, New York Times] Tweet Tags: corporate governance, Eliot Spitzer, New York, prosecutionCan regulators insist that a company fire its CEO? [read post]
6 Nov 2014, 6:28 am
Gretchen Morgenson has an interesting article about an initiative being run by NYC's comptroller, Scott Stringer. [read post]
24 Oct 2014, 4:04 am
After my blog, Gretchen Morgenson wrote this NY Times column touting the study. [read post]
6 Oct 2014, 6:00 am
Both Peter Henning and Gretchen Morgenson have addressed the issue in the New York Times. [read post]
1 Sep 2014, 3:44 am
Sunday's New York Times has a story by Gretchen Morgenson on the front page of its Business Section that illustrates an additional problem with binding arbitration. [read post]
27 Aug 2014, 6:32 am
’s Use of the ‘Rocket Docket’ Is ChallengedCriticism of the S.E.C. for using administrative proceedings was highlighted by Gretchen Morgenson in The New York Times last year regarding the perception of a “home court” advantage for the S.E.C., since the Commission decides whether a case is filed, and the Commission hires, appoints and pays the Administrative Law Judge who hears and decides the case. [read post]
10 Aug 2014, 11:05 am
New York Times: A Corporate Tax Break That’s Closer to Home, by Gretchen Morgenson: Rage is rising over American corporations that chop their tax bills by acquiring entities in lower-tax countries. [read post]
