Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC)

Regulatory & Compliance

Patricia M. Lee, Alina C. Mejer | Kelley Drye & Warren LLP

Public companies in the U.S. must meet the challenge of keeping abreast of increasingly important U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), state law and securities exchange developments in corporate governance. Included are some of the recent developments that reflect the different trends...

Career Development

Steven R. Walker | National Association of Corporate Directors (NACD)

Editor: Describe the role played by directors. Walker: In addition to their core fiduciary duties, the role of today’s corporate directors is to provide guidance to the CEO and senior executive team while overseeing the organization as a whole. A strong board should provide counsel...

Litigation

Miranda Schiller | Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP

The Supreme Court heard argument in Halliburton II last week.[1] At issue is whether the Court should overrule the fraud on the market presumption that it adopted in its 1988 decision, Basic Inc. v. Levinson,[2] which obviated the need for plaintiffs in securities fraud class actions to...