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Author Archives: Tarik Samman
Texas Corporate Law Changes Challenge Delaware’s Dominance
What You Need To Know The Texas Legislature has adopted Senate Bill No. 29 (SB 29) and Senate Bill No. 1057 (SB 1057), which provide for significant amendments to the Texas Business Organizations Code and are intended to make Texas the preferred state for incorporation. The amendments reflected in SB 29 would, among other things, […]
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Tagged corporate law, Incorporations, Shareholders, Texas
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Remarks by Chair Atkins Before SEC Speaks
Thank you, Cicely, for your kind introduction. Ladies and gentlemen, I am very happy to be with you at my first SEC Speaks conference as SEC Chairman, though I have been a regular at this event over the past 15 years or so. The event has experienced some rather precipitous fits and starts over the […]
Click here to read the complete postRemarks by Commissioner Crenshaw Before SEC Speaks
Good afternoon. As you know, SEC Speaks is an opportunity for the agency, and specifically the SEC staff, to speak directly to practitioners in our space. To me, and perhaps to some of you, this year’s SEC Speaks feels a bit different. My hope is that over the course of this event, amid talk of […]
Click here to read the complete postCompensation Arrangement Considerations in Light of 2025 Tariffs
As explained in this March 12 Cooley alert, the impact of the Trump administration’s evolving tariff regime will be felt by US companies across the board. Many will encounter rising material costs and reduced profit margins, particularly given the significant pressure on the supply chain. Taken together with the recent stock market volatility, companies (both public […]
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Tagged Board of Directors, compensations, Corporate governance, Tariffs
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Remarks by Chair Atkins at the 12th Annual Conference on Financial Market Regulation
Thank you, Pedro, for your kind introduction and thank you, ladies and gentlemen, for joining us today as we dive into an essential aspect of our regulatory framework – economic analysis. In order to keep the compliance folks here at the SEC happy, I must first note that the views I express here today are […]
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Tagged Financial Market Regulation, regulation, SEC, SEC rulemaking
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Statement by Chair Atkins on the Upcoming Executive Compensation Roundtable
When the Commission instituted tabular executive compensation disclosure in 1992 , then-Chairman Richard C. Breeden championed an easily comprehensible disclosure regime centered around a graphical presentation of total executive compensation with comparisons against compensation of executives in peer firms and against the issuer’s performance. In the intervening years, disclosure requirements have been expanded to focus […]
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Remarks of Commissioner Mark T. Uyeda At the 12th Annual Conference on Financial Market Regulation
Welcome to the 12th Annual Conference on Financial Market RegulationIt is a pleasure to kick off this two-day conference. Thank you to all who have submitted papers in connection with the conference and to the discussants who have dissected them. I would also like to thank the staff of the Division of Economic and Risk […]
Click here to read the complete postDelaware Supreme Court Decision Suggests Drafting Points for Indemnification Notice Provisions –Thompson v. Sonova
In Thompson Street Capital Partners v. Sonova U.S. Hearing Instruments (Apr. 28, 2025), the Delaware Supreme Court addressed a dispute over an indemnification claim notice delivered by Sonova to Thompson following Sonova’s acquisition of certain audiology practice groups from Thompson. The Court of Chancery (Mar. 25, 2025) had held that Sonova’s notice met the timing and specificity […]
Click here to read the complete postWeekly Roundup: May 9-15, 2025
Remarks by Commissioner Peirce at the SEC’s 31st International Institute for Securities Market Growth and Development Posted by Hester M. Peirce, U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, on Friday, May 9, 2025 Tags: Capital markets, DLT, regulation, SEC Ransomware and the Board’s Role: What You Need to Know Posted by Ray Garcia, Matt Gorham, and John […]
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