Carol M. McGee

JOBS Act Aims to Jumpstart Capital Formation
David E. Brown,M. Hill Jeffries,Douglas J. McClintock,Carol M. McGee,Gary J. Ross,Mark I. Sokolow, April 9, 2012
The Jumpstart Our Business Startups Act (otherwise known as the JOBS Act), which was signed into law by President Obama on April 5, 2012, contains the most sweeping set of changes to the securities laws governing public and private offerings since the Securities Offering Reform was enacted in 2005....

Update - NYSE Expands Range of “Broker May Not Vote” Matters Under Rule 452
Marshall Chalmers,Carol M. McGee,William S. Ortwein, January 30, 2012
Yesterday, the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) released Information Memo 12-4, “Application of Rule 452 to Certain Types of Corporate Governance Proxy Proposals,” establishing significant new restrictions on broker discretionary voting. Citing “recent congressional and public...

SEC Will Not Appeal Proxy Access Decision; Rule 14a-8 Amendments on Private Ordering to Become Effective
David A. Brown,David E. Brown,Carol M. McGee, September 15, 2011
Late Tuesday, September 6, 2011, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) Chairman Mary L. Shapiro issued a statement that the SEC would not seek a rehearing of the decision by the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit (the “Court”) vacating the...