Public Company Advisory Practice - Resource Center

This section offers resources to help you stay informed on notable developments relating to the proxy season. We provide careful analysis of proposed and final SEC rules and how they impact your company’s proxy filings. We also keep you up-to-date on trends in shareholder proposals. In addition, we monitor and discuss the voting policy updates issued by proxy advisory firms. Click here for more >

Here you’ll find extensive analysis on the latest developments in SEC filing and disclosure obligations, including proposed and final SEC rules on issues ranging from stock ownership disclosures to filing requirements for foreign issuers. In addition, we address developments concerning auditing standards and auditor independence, including recent pronouncements from the Public Company Accounting Board (PCAOB). We also cover changes and updates to stock exchange listing requirements and other regulatory obligations. Click here for more>

In this section, we provide resources to help you stay informed about significant developments in executive compensation, including proposed and final SEC rules that impact executive pay determinations and disclosures, clawback actions under the Sarbanes-Oxley Act, and SEC actions targeting executive perks. We also cover trends and developments concerning director compensation and board compensation committees. Click here for more >

This section contains resources on noteworthy developments that may impact decision-making and best practices when it comes to government and internal investigations. We provide timely and sensitive guidance on topics such as whether to waive privilege in government investigations, and when an employee might qualify for statutory whistleblower protections. Click here for more >

Here you’ll find articles and other resources analyzing recent enforcement actions by the SEC on issues ranging from auditor independence violations to failure to comply with SEC reporting obligations. We also address significant enforcement actions by the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) and other regulatory agencies. In addition, we discuss recent regulatory guidance issued by the SEC, the Department of Justice (DOJ), and other regulatory agencies, and explain how that guidance may affect your public company practice. Click here for more >

In this section, we provide articles and other resources addressing judicial decisions of significance to public companies on issues such as the validity of fee-shifting bylaws, the standard for pleading corporate scienter for purposes of Rule 10b-5 claims, and demand futility. We help you understand how the most recent pronouncements from the Supreme Court, the Second Circuit, and Delaware state courts may affect aspects of your public company practice and risk management. From time to time, we also address relevant decisions from other courts. Click here for more >

This “catch-all” section contains articles and other resources on topics of significance to corporate directors and executives—such as CEO succession planning—that do not fit neatly into any other category. If you are looking for a resource on a recent development and cannot find it elsewhere in the PCAP Resource Center, chances are you’ll find something on the topic here. Click here for more >