By: Trevor S. Norwitz, Sabastian V. Niles, and Justin C. Nowell, Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz This article discusses recent market trends related to shareholder proposals, a popular and effective mechanism enabling shareholders to recommend or...

By: Anna T. Pinedo , Gonzalo Go , Felix Zhang , and James Alford MAYER BROWN LLP This article discusses market trends in 2021 relating to disclosures of climate change risks and mitigation by public companies, which are intertwined with environmental...

By: Matthew Merkle , Kirkland & Ellis International LLP. ON JULY 3, 2016, THE EUROPEAN UNION (EU) WILL EXTEND its new market abuse regime (MAD II) 2 to the previously unregulated Global Exchange Market of the Irish Stock Exchange (GEM) and the EuroMTF...

By: Justin F. Hoffman and Thomas Blackwell BAKER BOTTS L.L.P. This article discusses market trends in oil and gas transactions from 2021 through the first quarter of 2022, including (1) notable transactions; (2) deal trends with respect to capital markets...

EEOC LEAVES WORKPLACE WELLNESS PROGRAMS IN LIMBO EFFECTIVE JANUARY 1, 2019, REGULATIONS ISSUED by the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) concerning incentive-based workplace wellness programs are rescinded, leaving employers without guidance...