In this webcast, Gibson Dunn attorneys cover several M&A practice topics.
Webcasts | March 28, 2024
We are pleased to provide you with Gibson Dunn’s ESG update covering the following key developments during February 2024.
Client Alert | March 13, 2024
Join us for a 60-minute briefing covering key aspects of the SEC’s adoption of the climate change disclosure rule.
Webcasts | March 12, 2024
An Overview of the Highlights and Key Differences to the Proposed Rules
Client Alert | March 8, 2024
The AmLaw Litigation Daily recognized Palo Alto partner Jessica Valenzuela amongst its Litigator of the Week shout outs for her win for Baker Hughes in securities litigation claiming that artificial intelligence software company C3.ai Inc. misled investors about its reseller agreement with the oil field services company.
Firm News | March 6, 2024
The decision raises questions as to the validity of certain stockholder consent and designation-related rights found in many public and private company stockholder agreements.
Client Alert | February 28, 2024
We are pleased to provide you with Gibson Dunn’s ESG update covering the following key developments during January 2024.
Client Alert | February 15, 2024
The Delaware Chancery Court has invalidated Elon Musk’s $55.8 billion equity compensation package, raising important considerations for Boards and independent directors when deciding upon significant compensation awards.
Client Alert | February 5, 2024
Among the meaningful changes in the Final Rules, the Commission did not adopt a safe harbor from the “investment company” definition under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the “Investment Company Act”) for SPACs.
Client Alert | February 2, 2024
Key practitioners from our Los Angeles, Orange County, San Francisco, Washington, D.C. and Palo Alto offices hosted Gibson Dunn’s annual complimentary MCLE briefing which provides 8.0 hours of CLE credit, including specialty subjects such as Ethics, Elimination of Bias, and Competence Issues.
Webcasts | January 16, 2024
In this one-hour webcast, four of our most experienced attorneys in the field of challenging government action in New York - partners Mylan Denerstein, Gabriel Herrmann, and Akiva Shapiro, and of counsel Paul Kremer - provide practical and strategic guidance for the successful prosecution of Article 78 actions.
Webcasts | January 16, 2024
Our update on key Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) developments around the world.
Client Alert | January 10, 2024
This 60-minute webcast covers key developments to be aware of as you prepare your 2024 proxy statement, including proxy season trends, recent and upcoming SEC rulemaking and investor and proxy advisor updates
Webcasts | December 14, 2023
Join partners of Gibson Dunn’s Capital Markets and Securities Regulation and Corporate Governance practice groups, as they provide an overview of capital market activity in 2023 and how companies have reacted to the market impact of these developments.
Webcasts | December 13, 2023
For the benefit of calendar-year filers preparing their Annual Reports on Form 10-K, our lawyers offer their observations on new developments and highlight select considerations, including recent rulemaking from the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), comment letters issued by the staff of the SEC’s Division of Corporation Finance, and trends among reporting companies that have emerged in the past year.
Client Alert | December 1, 2023
New York of counsel Paul Michael Jindra, Orange County associates Lauren Assaf-Holmes and Victor Twu, New York associate Rob Kelley, and Washington, D.C. associates Sheldon Nagesh and Geoff Walter received the Certified Corporate Governance Professional designation.
Firm News | December 1, 2023
A survey of disclosures from the S&P 100 during the three years following adoption of the Securities and Exchange Commission Rule.
Client Alert | November 21, 2023
Our latest update on Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) developments around the world.
Client Alert | November 13, 2023
Governance Intelligence named Aaron Briggs to its Hall of Fame, which is “an exclusive alum organization” reserved only for previous individual winners of the Corporate Governance awards.
Firm News | October 30, 2023
Twenty-eight Gibson Dunn partners were named among the 2024 Lawdragon 500 Leading Dealmakers in America.
Firm News | October 24, 2023
Our latest update on Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) developments around the world.
Client Alert | October 18, 2023
On October 10, 2023, the Securities and Exchange Commission adopted final rules, significantly amending the beneficial ownership reporting requirements under Regulation 13D-G as promulgated pursuant to Sections 13(d) and 13(g) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.
Client Alert | October 13, 2023
Gibson Dunn's summary of director education opportunities has been updated as of October 2023. Boards of Directors of public and private companies find this a useful resource as they look for high quality education opportunities.
Client Alert | October 11, 2023
To assist U.S. companies with planning for SEC reporting and capital markets transactions into 2024, our SEC Desktop Calendar provides filing deadlines for key SEC reports, and the dates on which financial statements in prospectuses and proxy statements must be updated before use.
Client Alert | October 9, 2023
The California Legislature recently passed two wide-reaching bills that will impose significant and mandatory climate-related reporting requirements for large public and private companies doing business in the state.
Client Alert | September 27, 2023
Dallas partner David Woodcock is author of "ESG And The Board: Avoiding Risky Business" [PDF] published by The Corporate Board September 2023.
Article | September 20, 2023
Our lawyers discuss the implications of a U.S. federal judge’s dismissal of a stockholder derivative suit brought by a conservative think tank against Starbucks; the suit alleged that some Starbucks diversity initiatives violated the Civil Rights Act and state anti-discrimination laws.
Client Alert | September 14, 2023
Our latest update on Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) developments around the world.
Client Alert | September 12, 2023
Our lawyers share key takeaways from the adoption of the European Sustainability Reporting Standards.
Client Alert | August 23, 2023
Our lawyers provide an update on shareholder activism in 2022 involving NYSE- and Nasdaq-listed companies with equity market capitalizations in excess of $1 billion and below $100 billion.
Client Alert | August 21, 2023
Best Lawyers® named 11 Gibson Dunn lawyers as the 2024 Lawyer of the Year in their respective practice areas and cities.
Firm News | August 17, 2023
Our latest update on Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) developments around the world.
Client Alert | August 10, 2023
In a precedential decision on July 6, 2023, the Delaware Court of Chancery lowered stockholder-plaintiffs’ incentives to pursue meritless deal litigation by raising the standard that supplemental disclosures must meet to justify an award of attorneys’ fees from “helpful” to “material.”
Client Alert | August 2, 2023
Our lawyers summarize the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission’s new rules on cybersecurity disclosure for public companies.
Client Alert | July 31, 2023
This client alert provides an overview of shareholder proposals submitted to public companies during the 2023 proxy season, including statistics and notable decisions from the staff of the Securities and Exchange Commission on no-action requests.
Client Alert | July 25, 2023
Please join Gibson Dunn attorneys Boris Dolgonos, Brian Lane, Melanie Neary, and Robyn Zolman in a 60-minute briefing as they discuss recent developments in the uses and structures of ATM programs and rights offerings, including mechanics, advantages and disadvantages, securities law implications and disclosure requirements.
Webcasts | July 19, 2023
Our lawyers summarize the letter sent by Attorneys General of 13 states to Fortune 100 companies warning of “serious legal consequences” over race-based employment preferences and diversity/inclusion policies.
Client Alert | July 18, 2023
As companies prepare their reports on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended June 30, 2023, our lawyers share observations and reminders regarding new disclosure requirements, risk factor considerations that may be relevant to Form 10-Q reporting, and a summary of upcoming compliance dates for public companies.
Client Alert | July 18, 2023
Our latest update on Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) developments around the world.
Client Alert | July 11, 2023
In this briefing, our lawyers cover key SEC rule changes that will significantly impact the timing, manner and nature of the disclosures required for company share repurchases, including nuanced interpretive issues and tax implications.
Webcasts | July 11, 2023
Gibson Dunn's summary of director education opportunities has been updated as of July 2023.
Client Alert | July 10, 2023
Gibson Dunn lawyers review the proposed implementation of two rules by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission that address cybersecurity governance and cybersecurity incident disclosure.
Client Alert | June 30, 2023
San Francisco partner Aaron Briggs was elected as a Fellow of the American College of Governance Counsel, which is “an organization of leading corporate governance lawyers from the U.S. and Canada.”
Firm News | June 29, 2023
Nine Gibson Dunn partners were featured in the Who’s Who Legal 2023 M&A and Governance guide.
Firm News | June 23, 2023
Gibson Dunn's Environmental, Social and Governance lawyers provide their update for May 2023.
Client Alert | June 13, 2023
Our lawyers summarize the 140-page auditing standard proposed by the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board and review the objections of the two Board members who dissented from the proposal based on a range of concerns, including that it would unduly expand the scope of the public company audit.
Client Alert | June 12, 2023
Our lawyers discuss the decision of the NYSE and Nasdaq to push back the introduction of their new listing standards to October 2, 2023.
Client Alert | June 9, 2023
Gibson Dunn has established a Child and Forced Labor Risks Global Task Force to help our clients prevent illegal child and forced labor, evaluate their supply chains, and respond to investigations and litigation.
Client Alert | May 17, 2023
Gibson Dunn's Environmental, Social and Governance lawyers provide their update for April 2023.
Client Alert | May 10, 2023
Gibson Dunn lawyers discuss new amendments adopted by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission that enhance the disclosure requirements relating to companies’ repurchases of their equity securities.
Client Alert | May 5, 2023