Harvard Corporate Governance

NOVEMBER 21, 2022

1] Although each company will need to assess its own material risks and tailor its risk factor disclosure to its unique circumstances, this alert provides a list of 10 key developments in Part I and four important drafting considerations in Part II that all public companies should consider as they update their risk factors.

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Reynolds Holding

APRIL 25, 2022

Many of these scholars have been strongly influenced by the late Lynn Stout’s work on the topic. Cherry & Judd F. 20] For a particularly detailed examination of Delaware law, see David Yosifon, Corporate Friction: How Corporate Law Impedes American Progress and What to do About It 60-95 (2018). ENDNOTES. [1] Ford, 3 Va.

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Reynolds Holding

JULY 26, 2023

Today’s rule, by contrast, reads like a test run for future overly prescriptive, overly costly disclosure rules covering a never-ending list of hot topics. 19] Harming Investors Although citing investor protection as its intent, [20] the Commission exhibits little concern for the costs its new rules will impose on investors.

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Reynolds Holding

OCTOBER 5, 2022

We have already seen many notable developments in securities law this year. This mid-year update provides an overview of the major developments in federal and state securities litigation in the first half of 2022: I. Filing And Settlement Trends. Comm’n , 20 F.4th Cochran , 20 F.4th Comm’n , 34 F.4th

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Brian DeChesare

MAY 17, 2023

But Vista and Silver Lake (and eventually Thoma Bravo) saw an opportunity to acquire and grow mature firms, and as the tech industry developed, that opportunity expanded. But if you assume the company can reach 20% or 30% margins, the IRR math might become much more plausible.

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Reynolds Holding

MARCH 27, 2023

Although the number of securities lawsuits filed this year remained steady compared to 2021, we have seen many notable developments in securities law. We examine developments in federal securities litigation involving special purpose acquisition companies. Pirani , 13 F.4th Fisher , 34 F.4th Bradway , 23 F.4th

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Brian DeChesare

APRIL 12, 2023

Over time, investment banking recruiting has become more impersonal with developments like HireVue interviews , online tests, and recruiters conducting the initial screens. candidates memorize obscure technical questions, and interviewers ask about these topics and dig in until they find something the interviewee can’t answer.

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Reynolds Holding

FEBRUARY 1, 2023

The growth of private markets through exempt offerings, the ascension of the once-mythical “unicorns,” and what these things portend for the future of our public markets have been hotly debated topics for some time now. [1] 20] There are now roughly 1,205. [21] 3] Others are choosing not to go public at all. [4]

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JUNE 27, 2023

Darla led the Society’s efforts on numerous topics related to shareholders and corporate governance. One of those topics is rule 14a-8 [1] and shareholder proposals, a subject on which many SEC commissioners have provided their views over the years and, indeed, decades. [2] Staff Legal Bulletin No.

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MAY 9, 2023

(Note that if a company chooses to require this alignment information from a nominating stockholder, it may also wish to disclose whether its own nominating committee has had similar alignment conversations with the company’s director candidates on topic such as, e.g. , retention of the CEO. 20] John C. 48] In In re PLX Tech.

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Reynolds Holding

MAY 25, 2022

Securities Litigation , 768 F.3d Morgan Stanley , 776 F.3d The SEC’s Division of Corporate Finance first issued Guidance Topic No. The SEC staff provided a detailed list of Covid-related topics for issuers to consider in drafting subsequent disclosures. Compare In re NVIDIA Corp. 3d 1046 (9th Cir. 3d 94 (2d Cir.

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