The Corporate Counsel, Vol. XXXVI: 2011

November-December 2011 [PDF]

• SLAB 14F—And the Shareholder Proposal Process Gets Much Simpler (CC Nov-Dec 2011)
• Crafting Issuer-Specific Shareholder Voting Outcome Requirements (CC Nov-Dec 2011)
• Late 8-K Reporting of Board's Say-on-Pay Frequency Determination (CC Nov-Dec 2011)
• The Staff's Opinions on Opinions (CC Nov-Dec 2011)
• The End of an Era—Confidential IPO Filings for Foreign Private Issuers are No More (CC Nov-Dec 2011)
• Section 12(g) No-Action Relief for RSUs—The Windy Road from Facebook to Zynga/Twitter (CC Nov-Dec 2011)
• The Staff Clarifies the Rule 3-10 Consequences of Customary Subsidiary Guarantee Release Provisions (CC Nov-Dec 2011)
• Hard Copy is Here: Executive Compensation Treatise (CC Nov-Dec 2011)
• Coming Soon: 4th Edition of Romeo & Dye Section 16 Treatise (CC Nov-Dec 2011)

September-October 2011 [PDF]

• It's the Most Wonderful Time of the Year—Gifts of Securities and Rule 144 (CC Sept-Oct 2011)
• Loss Contingency Disclosures—The Latest Lessons from the Staff's Comments (CC Sept-Oct 2011)
• Failure to Timely Report Board's Say-on-Pay Frequency Determination—Inadvertence or Confusion with the 14a-8 Proviso? (CC Sept-Oct 2011)
• The Staff Gives Accredited Investor/QIB Relief—The Alaska Permanent Fund Interpretive Letter (CC Sept-Oct 2011)
• Revisiting the Disclosure/Filing Requirements for Non-Compensatory Agreements—It's Not Just Materiality (CC Sept-Oct 2011)
• Time to Update Your Shelf Registration Statement (Again)? (CC Sept-Oct 2011)
• Policing Insiders' Stock Transactions—FINRA's New Anti-Spinning Rule (CC Sept-Oct 2011)
• More on Choice of Forum—ISS Weighs In (CC Sept-Oct 2011)
• Section 162(m) Disclosure/Say-on-Pay Lawsuits—Time to Revisit Your CD&A Disclosure? (CC Sept-Oct 2011)

September-October 2011 Special Supplement [PDF]

July-August 2011 [PDF]

• What You Should Be Doing Now With Respect to Proxy Access (CC July-Aug 2011)
• Staff Confirms/Clarifies 8-K and S-K Item 401 Interpretations (CC July-Aug 2011)
• Disclosure of Broker Non-Votes on the Say-on-Frequency Proposal (CC July-Aug 2011)
• Use of Non-GAAP Financial Measures to Demonstrate (vs. Explain) Pay for Performance (CC July-Aug 2011)
• The CSX Case—Still Not Clear Whether Cash-Settled Equity Swaps Confer 13(d) Beneficial Ownership (CC July-Aug 2011)
• Voluntary Early Disclosure of Material Events—Is it OK to Stop? (CC July-Aug 2011)
• Whither the Devon Energy Corp. 701 No-Action Letter? (CC July-Aug 2011)
• Communications with Auditors: Citing the Right Auditing Standard (CC July-Aug 2011)
• Our "Say-on-Pay Intensive" Conference Lineup (CC July-Aug 2011)

May-June 2011 [PDF]

• Reaching Out for Say-on-Pay Approval: Additional Soliciting Material this Proxy Season (CC May-June 2011)
• Reporting Shareholder Meeting Voting Results—Form 10-Q/K Reporting (CC May-June 2011)
• Phrasing Management's Say-on-Pay Proposal on the Proxy Card (CC May-June 2011)
• Shareholder's Withdrawal of 14a-8 Proposal After Proxy Statement is Mailed—Impacts? (CC May-June 2011)
• Beware of HSR Filing Requirements That Can Apply to Equity Compensation of Executives (CC May-June 2011)
• More on Choice of Forum—Shareholder Approval (CC May-June 2011)
• Former Director Disclosure in the 10-K? (CC May-June 2011)
• Eliminating a Form 11-K Obligation (CC May-June 2011)
• Legislative Action on Exchange Act Registration Thresholds (CC May-June 2011)
• More Legislative Action—Regulation A+? (CC May-June 2011)
• SEC Chair Mary Schapiro Just Added: Our "Say-on-Pay Intensive" Conference Lineup (CC May-June 2011)
• Marty Dunn Joins The Corporate Counsel (CC May-June 2011)

March-April 2011 [PDF]

• Today's Marketplace for Securities of Pre-Public Companies (CC Mar-Apr 2011)
• Mary Schapiro's April 6 Letter to Congress (CC Mar-Apr 2011)
• The Big Banks' Loss Contingency Disclosure Approach—Will it Satisfy the SEC (and FASB)? What if it Doesn't? (CC Mar-Apr 2011)
• Capital Raising Methods Currently in Vogue—Chart (CC Mar-Apr 2011)
• Exhibit 5 Opinions in Shelfs—Staff Project (CC Mar-Apr 2011)
• Foreign Private Offering by U.S. Issuers? (CC Mar-Apr 2011)
• Backdating Stock Option Exercises—Mercury CFO's Conviction (CC Mar-Apr 2011)
• Charter or Bylaw Forum Selection for Derivative Action (CC Mar-Apr 2011)
• A Few IFRS Convergence Thoughts from OCA Head (CC Mar-Apr 2011)
• Disclosure of Political Contributions (CC Mar-Apr 2011)
• Early Bird Now for Our Conferences: Say-on-Pay Intensive (CC Mar-Apr 2011)

January-February 2011 Special Supplement: Revised Model Insider Trading Policy and Program [PDF]

• Our Model Insider Trading Program (CC Jan-Feb 2011)
• Model Insider Trading Policy (CC Jan-Feb 2011)
• Model Memorandum to Directors and Executive Officers (and Key Employees) (CC Jan-Feb 2011)
• Amended Insider Trading Policy and Procedures (CC Jan-Feb 2011)
• Model Memorandum to Department Heads Regarding Certifications (CC Jan-Feb 2011)
• Model Board Resolutions (CC Jan-Feb 2011)
• Guidelines for Rule 10b5-1 Plans (CC Jan-Feb 2011)

January-February 2011 [PDF]

• Insider Trading Enforcement is Back—Time to Update your Insider Trading Policy (CC Jan-Feb 2011)
• Our Updated Model Policy (CC Jan-Feb 2011)
• Year Two of the Director Qualifications, Etc. Governance Disclosures (Some Lessons from Our Review of Posted Comment Correspondence) (CC Jan-Feb 2011)
• Newly Updated Alternatives to Registration Chart (CC Jan-Feb 2011)
• Loss Contingency Disclosure in Upcoming 10-Ks—Follow Up (CC Jan-Feb 2011)
• Issuers Currently Transitioning Out of SRC/non-AF Status—SOX Section 404(b) Attestation Applicable To Upcoming 10-K (CC Jan-Feb 2011)
• Say-On-Pay—What Shares Vote? (CC Jan-Feb 2011)
• Timely (Prompt) Amendment of Item 4 of Schedule 13D— When Does an Idea Become a "Plan or Proposal"? (CC Jan-Feb 2011)
• Roth Conversion Reprieve (CC Jan-Feb 2011)
• How to Handle Say-on-Pay - Two Critical Webcasts (CC Jan-Feb 2011)
• Upcoming Equity Grants (CC Jan-Feb 2011)