Insights: The Corporate & Securities Law Advisor articles from March 2006

Insights: The Corporate & Securities Law Advisor archives from March 2006

Proposed changes to executive compensation disclosure: what should companies be thinking about now?
March 1, 2006... In response to investor concerns about the quality and transparency of executive compensation disclosure, the SEC has proposed extensive amendments to the executive compensation disclosure rules. The amendments, if adopted, will likely be in...

Term sheets and other communications after securities offering reform.
March 1, 2006... The SEC's recent securities offering reforms have led to renewed focus on methods of conveying preliminary and final terms in institutional fixed income offerings. The means by which this information has been conveyed also presents a viable...

Corporate democracy: what it is, what it isn't, and what it should be.
March 1, 2006... A noted Delaware practitioner questions whether the concept of "democracy" is really applicable to the governance of business corporations in light of the fundamental differences between nations and business corporations. The term...

"The business judgment rule under siege: Tower Air, IT group, and notice pleading in federal court".
March 1, 2006... The business judgment rule has long been a cornerstone of corporate law and business practice in America. Under the law of corporations of most states, the business judgment rule provides a presumption that the directors of a corporation have...