The Corporate Counsel, Vol. XXVI: 2001

November-December 2001 [PDF]

• The New Stock Plan Disclosure Rules (CC Nov-Dec 2001)
• Proxy Season Reminders (CC Nov-Dec 2001)
• Shareholder Proposals—How the Process Works (CC Nov-Dec 2001)
• Commission Votes to Accelerate Effectiveness of a Paperless Offering (CC Nov-Dec 2001)
• Major Securities Law Reform in the Pipeline (CC Nov-Dec 2001)
• Massive SEC Fee Reductions—And Retroactive (CC Nov-Dec 2001)
• The SROs’ Shareholder Plan Approval Rule Changes—Status (CC Nov-Dec 2001)
• California Appeals Court Says IBM v. Bajorek Decision is Contrary to California Law (CC Nov-Dec 2001)
• Keeping Staff Letters Confidential For Competitive Reasons (CC Nov-Dec 2001)
• Nasdaq’s Application to Become a National Securities Exchange—Another Side Effect (CC Nov-Dec 2001)
• Insurance Industry Issuers (CC Nov-Dec 2001)
• Exhibit 5 Follow-Up (CC Nov-Dec 2001)

September-October 2001 [PDF]

• It’s (Past) Time to Update Your Insider Trading Policies, Procedures, Memos, Etc. (CC Sep-Oct 2001)
• The 500 Optionholder Section 12(g) Problem—Staff Letters (CC Sep-Oct 2001)
• Some Observations on the Recent SEC Emergency Orders (CC Sep-Oct 2001)
• September 11 Effect Disclosure—Upcoming 10-Qs (CC Sep-Oct 2001)
• Staff Update (CC Sep-Oct 2001)
• The Stock Plan Disclosure Proposals (CC Sep-oct 2001)
• Staff Now No-Reviewing Some Confidential Treatment Requests (CC Sep-Oct 2001)
• IPO Practice Update—The Red Herring Price Range (CC Sep-Oct 2001)
• Staff Review of Option Exchange Schedule TO Filings—The Need for Guidance (CC Sep-Oct 2001)
• Listing a “Furnished” Form 8-K in Form 10-Q or 10-K (CC Sep-Oct 2001)
• Staff Positions Regarding Exhibit 5 Legality Opinions (CC Sep-Oct 2001)
• Charitable Stock Option Grant Opportunity for All Companies (CC Sep-Oct 2001)

July-August 2001 [PDF]

• Window Periods—Follow Up (CC Jul-Aug 2001)
• Catching Up With Recent Staff Guidance (CC Jul-Aug 2001)
• New Shell Game—Liquidating Dot.Commers (CC Jul-Aug 2001)
• The 500 Optionholder Letters (CC Jul-Aug 2001)
• Delaware Allows Non-Directors To Grant Options (CC Jul-Aug 2001)
• Nasdaq to Become National Securities Exchange (CC Jul-Aug 2001)
• Amylin Pharmaceuticals Files Proxy “Solicitation” of Institutional Investors
• Reader Question: Evergreen Plan—Adding Shares to the S-8 (CC Jul-Aug 2001)
• More 10b5-1 Tidbits (CC Jul-Aug 2001)
• California’s 10b5-1 Rule Finalized (CC Jul-Aug 2001)
• A Chance To Revive California’s Proposals To Modernize Its Stock Plan Rules? (CC Jul-Aug 2001)
• New Staff Legal Bulletin On Shareholder Proposals (Rule 14a-8) (CC Jul-Aug 2001)
• Staff Updates Telephone Interpretations of Regulation M-A and Cross Border Tender Offer Rules (CC Jul-Aug 2001)
• Staff Reviving Rule 144 Rulemaking Project (CC Jul-Aug 2001)
• EDGAR 24/7 in Works (CC Jul-Aug 2001)
• $20 Million Section 16(b) Settlement—The New Breed of Plaintiffs’ Attorneys (CC Jul-Aug 2001)
• Forms 144 on Bloomberg (CC Jul-Aug 2001)
• Our Favorite Web Sites and Resources (Jul-Aug 2001)

May-June 2001 [PDF]

• Window Periods—A Time for Re-examination (CC May-Jun 2001)
• Staff Issues Additional 10b5-1 Interpretations (CC May-Jun 2001)
• The ABA’s FD Survey (CC May-Jun 2001)
• Staff Issues Letter Harmful to Pledgees of Affiliates (CC May-Jun 2001)
• Staff Responses to Rule 701 Questions (CC May-Jun 2001)
• California’s 10b5-1 Exemption Perking Along (CC May-Jun 2001)

March-April 2001 [PDF]

• The Latest 10b5-1 Guidance (CC Mar-Apr 2001)
• The Staff’s Revised Section 12(g) Position on Companies with More Than 500 Option Holders (CC Mar-Apr 2001)
• More on the Staff’s Position on the Application of Rule 13e-4 (Issuer Tender Offers) (CC Mar-Apr 2001)
• Amazon’s Insiders’ Sales During Stock Option Exchange Offer (CC Mar-Apr 2001)
• Obtaining Shareholder Consents Without a Meeting—Proxy Statement Requirement (CC Mar-Apr 2001)
• Those Audit Fee Disclosures—The Need for a Standardized Proxy Statement (CC Mar-Apr 2001)
• The Staff’s Half Empty/Full Plate (CC Mar-Apr 2001)
• California’s 10b5-1 (Temporary) Exemption (CC Mar-Apr 2001)
• Corporate Law Department Salary Survey (CC Mar-Apr 2001)

January-February 2001 [PDF]

• New Rule 155—Two Integration Safe Harbors (CC Jan-Feb 2001)
• 10b5-1 Reader Questions—Window Periods (CC Jan-Feb 2001)
• Proposed New Stock Plan Disclosures (CC Jan-Feb 2001)
• Option Exchange—Tender Offer Issue (CC Jan-Feb 2001)
• Stock Option Exercise Rescissions—Proxy Disclosure (CC Jan-Feb 2001)
• 1933 Act Practice Tips (CC Jan-Feb 2001)
• The Staff’s Rulemaking Agenda (CC Jan-Feb 2001)
• FD Tidbits (CC Jan-Feb 2001)
• Remember—June 14 Compliance Deadline for Audit Committee Composition Requirements (CC Jan-Feb 2001)
• Auditor Independence Rules—Transition (CC Jan-Feb 2001)