Aug 28, 2023 The Second Circuit Agrees: Loans are Not Securities By Amanda Segal Lori Jacobs In a highly anticipated decision, the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit affirmed the District Court’s decision in...
Aug 21, 2023 Benefits and Cautions of Capital Raising and Dual Listings in the US and Canada By Mark Wood Alyse Sagalchik There were several highlights from Katten’s recent webinar, "US–Canadian Cross-Border Capital Raising and Dual Listings." With an engaged...
Jul 18, 2023 Greater Obstacles for Section 11 Plaintiffs Given Recent US Supreme Court Ruling on 'Slack Technologies v. Pirani' By Danette Edwards Brandon Bucio On June 1, 2023, the US Supreme Court held in a unanimous decision in Slack Technologies LLC v. Pirani that Section 11 of the Securities...
Jul 13, 2023 European Commission Adopts Rules on Securitisation Risk Retention By Christopher Collins Nathaniel Lalone Peter Englund On 7 July 2023, the European Commission (“EC”) approved the text of a delegated regulation supplementing the EU Securitisation Regulation...
Jul 10, 2023 Institutional Investment Managers Filing Form 13F Must Now Track and Report Executive Compensation Proxy Votes and Securities Lending Activities By David Dickstein On July 1, 2023, the first reporting period for disclosure on Form N-PX of proxy votes regarding certain executive compensation matters...
Mar 06, 2023 SPAC Groundhog Day By Richard Zelichov Mark Wood On March 1, 2023, the Delaware Court of Chancery issued its third decision concerning fiduciary duties in connection with de-SPAC...
Mar 03, 2023 Corporate Bond ETFs May Come Under The Regulatory Microscope By Peter Wilson Judging from this framing by the Financial Times, an obscure debate over bond liquidity may prompt regulatory scrutiny. Corporate bond...
Jan 23, 2023 What Comes Down Did Not Necessarily Go Up: Price Impact in Securities Class Actions By Richard Zelichov The Columbia Law School Center on Corporate Governance recently hosted a conference on M&A and Corporate Governance at which Columbia Law...
Aug 29, 2022 New Pay Versus Performance Disclosure to be Required in Upcoming Proxy Statements By Lawrence Levin On August 25, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) adopted final rules which will require disclosure of a comparison of the...