Weekly Roundup: February 5

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This roundup contains a collection of the posts published on the Forum during the week of February 5, 2016 to February 11, 2016.

2015 Year-End Activism Update

Posted by Barbara L. Becker & Eduardo Gallardo, Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP, on Friday, February 5, 2016

Tags: Board composition, Boards of Directors, Director nominations, Hedge funds, Management, Mergers & acquisitions,Proxy contests, Settlements, Shareholder activism, Shareholder proposals, Shareholder rights, Shareholder voting

Fed Rules on CFO Attestation Requirements

Posted by Andrew R. Gladin, Sullivan & Cromwell LLP, on Saturday, February 6, 2016

Tags: Accounting, Audits, Banks, CFOs, Compliance and disclosure interpretation, Disclosure, External auditors, Federal Reserve, Financial institutions, Financial Regulation, Financial reporting, Foreign banks, Internal auditors

FinCEN: Know Your Customer Requirements

Posted by Dan Ryan, PricewaterhouseCoopers LLC, on Sunday, February 7, 2016

Tags: Accounting, Anti-corruption, Banks, Beneficial owners, Compliance & ethics, Due diligence, Financial institutions,Financial Regulation, International governance, Risk, Risk assessment

The Real Effects of Share Repurchases

Posted by Mathias Kronlund, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, on Monday, February 8, 2016

Tags: Accounting, Analyst forecasts, Capital allocation, Earnings announcements, Financial reporting, Firm performance,Growth rates, Incentives, Long-Term Value, Market reaction, Repurchases, Shareholder activism, Shareholder value,Short-termism

Securities Class Action Filings: 2015 Year in Review

Posted by John Gould, Cornerstone Research, on Monday, February 8, 2016

Tags: Class actions, Disclosure, Filings, Foreign firms, International governance, IPOs, Merger litigation, Mergers & acquisitions, Securities enforcement, Securities litigation, Settlements, U.S. federal courts

SEC Proposal on Resource Extraction Payments

Posted by Nicholas Grabar & Sandra Flow, Cleary, Gottlieb, Steen & Hamilton LLP, on Tuesday, February 9, 2016

Tags: Anti-corruption, Canada, Disclosure, Dodd-Frank Act, Europe, Information asymmetries, International governance,Jurisdiction, Reporting regulation, SEC, SEC rulemaking, Securities Regulation, Transparency

The Board-Centric Annual Meeting

Posted by John C. Wilcox, Sodali, on Tuesday, February 9, 2016

Tags: Accountability, Board dynamics, Board meetings, Boards of Directors, Decision making, Engagement, Fiduciary duties, Institutional Investors, Integrated reporting, Long-Term Value, Management, Materiality, Oversight, Risk,Shareholder activism, Shareholder meetings, Shareholder rights, Shareholder value, Transparency

Mergers and Acquisitions—2016

Posted by Andrew R. Brownstein, Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz, on Wednesday, February 10, 2016

Tags: Foreign firms, Hostile takeover, International governance, Inversions, IRS, Leveraged acquisitions, Mergers & acquisitions, Private Equity, REITs, Securities Regulation, Shareholder activism, Spinoffs, Strategic buyers, Takeovers,Tax avoidance

A Conversation with SEC Chair Mary Jo White

Posted by Mary Jo White, U.S. Securities & Exchange Commission, on Wednesday, February 10, 2016

Tags: Accredited investors, Board composition, Boards of Directors, Crowdfunding, Disclosure, Diversity, Dodd-Frank Act, Engagement, Investor protection, JOBS Act, Liquidity, Proxy access, SEC enforcement, SEC rulemaking, Securities enforcement, Securities Regulation, Shareholder activism, Shareholder rights

Activist Settlements and Heightened Scrutiny—Ebix

Posted by Robert C. Schwenkel, Fried, Frank, Harris, Shriver & Jacobson LLP, on Thursday, February 11, 2016

Tags: Boards of Directors, Charter & bylaws, Deal protection, Delaware cases, Delaware law, Director nominations,Engagement, Entrenchment, Proxy contests, Settlements, Shareholder activism, Shareholder suits, Shareholder voting,Takeover defenses, Unocal standard

Top M&A Developments and Trends for 2016

Posted by Barbara L. Borden, Cooley LLP, on Thursday, February 11, 2016

Tags: Antitrust, Arbitrage, Boards of Directors, Director liability, Duty of loyalty, Fiduciary duties, Financial advisers, Firm valuation, Going private, Indemnification, Merger litigation, Mergers & acquisitions, Private Equity, Shareholder activism,Shareholder suits

Weekly Roundup: February 5–February 11