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Andrews Kurth LLP Dallas, TX Document Search Results (23) Show: results per page Sort by:  | With Form PF Compliance Dates Quickly Approaching, Advisers Managing $150 Million or More of Private Fund Assets Should Begin to Prepare
Eric R. Markus, William L. Rivers, Victor B. Zanetti; Andrews Kurth LLP;
Legal Alert/Article April 18, 2012, previously published on April 17, 2012 On October 26, 2011, the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) adopted Rule 204(b)-1 under the Investment Advisers Act of 1940 (the “Advisers Act”) to require certain investment advisers that advise private funds to periodically complete and file the SEC’s new...
| | PCAOB Proposes New Audit Standard for Related Party Transactions and Excites Concern About Auditor Involvement in Executive Compensation Decisions
Quentin Collin Faust, Dudley W. Murrey; Andrews Kurth LLP;
Legal Alert/Article April 10, 2012, previously published on April 5, 2012 As the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (PCAOB) inspects audits conducted by the registered independent accounting firms it regulates, it continues to see numerous audit failures relating to the accounting for, and disclosure of, related party and significant unusual transactions. To...
|  | Recent SEC Staff Comments Challenge Reporting of Equity Compensation
Melinda Held Brunger, Christopher R. Fenelon, Muriel C. McFarling, Dudley W. Murrey; Andrews Kurth LLP;
Legal Alert/Article March 13, 2012, previously published on March 7, 2012 Recent correspondence between the staff (Staff) of the Securities and Exchange Commission’s Division of Corporation Finance and Verizon Communications Inc. (Verizon) emphasizes the difficulties inherent in reporting executive compensation in the summary compensation table (SCT). In the...
| | SEC Enforcement Actions: A Look at 2011 and What to Expect in the Next Year
Crystal Jamison, Matthew G. Nielsen; Andrews Kurth LLP;
Legal Alert/Article March 2, 2012, previously published on February 28, 2012 In 2011, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission ushered in a new era of securities regulation, marked by a record-setting number of enforcement actions and a significant expansion of enforcement techniques and tools. This E-Alert focuses on key developments during 2011 and trends that will...
| | Higher HSR Threshold Requirements Effective February 27, 2012
Kay Lynn Brumbaugh; Andrews Kurth LLP;
Legal Alert/Article January 31, 2012, previously published on January 27, 2012 The Federal Trade Commission’s annual changes to the dollar thresholds under the Hart-Scott-Rodino Antitrust Improvements Act (HSR Act) become effective on February 27, 2012. The revisions, which are based on changes in US gross national product, increase the dollar thresholds necessary to...
| | Warning to Executives: Reinvestment of Dividends in your 401(k) and Vesting of Stock Awards May Trigger HSR Filing Requirements
Cameron Asby, Jerry L. Beane, Kay Lynn Brumbaugh; Andrews Kurth LLP;
Legal Alert/Article January 24, 2012, previously published on January 24, 2012 As the result of the automatic investment of dividends and short-term interest earned in his 401(k) account and through vesting of restricted stock units awarded as part of his compensation, Comcast CEO Brian Roberts was charged with and recently settled claims with the DOJ Antitrust Division for...
| | ISS Publishes Guidance on New Methodology for Evaluating Pay-for-Performance Alignment and Updates to its Governance Risk Indicators
Jeff C. Dodd, Edward (Ted) A. Gilman, Dudley W. Murrey; Andrews Kurth LLP;
Legal Alert/Article January 13, 2012, previously published on January 10, 2012 As discussed in our previous client alert, Institutional Shareholder Services (ISS), the leading proxy advisory firm, will employ a new methodology for determining pay-for-performance alignment when making voting recommendations at public company shareholder meetings held on or after February 1,...
| | ISS Publishes 2012 Updates to Benchmark U.S. Proxy Voting Guideline
Jeff C. Dodd, Edward (Ted) A. Gilman, Dudley W. Murrey; Andrews Kurth LLP;
Legal Alert/Article December 8, 2011, previously published on December 1, 2011 On November 17, 2011, Institutional Shareholder Services (ISS), the leading proxy advisory firm, published 2012 updates to its benchmark U.S. proxy voting guidelines. ISS will use the updated benchmark guidelines to formulate voting recommendations for public company shareholder meetings held on or...
| | What’s in a Tweet?
Prisca LeCroy, Michele Schwartz; Andrews Kurth LLP;
Legal Alert/Article November 2, 2011, previously published on October 25, 2011 What does it mean to “tweet”? In 1972, the year of Michael Jackson's debut solo album and his chart-topping hit cover of Rockin’ Robin, the answer was easy—tweeting is what a robin does. But a networked person in 2011 would give a different answer. To “tweet” is...
| | NLRB Delays Implementation of Mandatory Notice Posting Rule
Aaron Epstein; Andrews Kurth LLP;
Legal Alert/Article October 12, 2011, previously published on October 11, 2011 Last week, the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) postponed the effective date for its rule requiring most U.S. employers to post workplaces notices informing employees of their rights under the National Labor Relations Act (NLRA), including the right to join a union. The NLRB published the new...
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