A Roadmap for public companies on the key provisions and regulatory rulemakings of Title IX is attached here.  An executive summary of Title IX can be found here.

News and Legal Alerts
Sutherland Forms Response Team to Help Clients Address Whistleblower Claims in 2012
December 21, 2011


Legal Alert: Blowing Your Own Whistle: Trumpeting Your Whistleblower Policies in Response to the SEC's New Whistleblower Program
July 28, 2011

Dodd-Frank Brings Expansion Opportunities - and Obstacles, Annette Tripp, April 29-May 5, 2011
Reprinted with permission from Houston Business Journal


Legal Alert: U.S. District Court Retroactively Applies Dodd-Frank Whistleblower Restriction to Bar Arbitration Provision in Employment Agreement
March 11, 2011

Raising the Stakes: Effective 'Internal' Whistle-Blowing Programs are Essential in the Dodd-Frank Era
January 11, 2011 Reprinted with perimission Westlaw Journal Employment

Legal Alert: A New World Order:  What Your Board Should Know About Proxy Access
September 23, 2010

Legal Alert: Proxy Plumbing: SEC Considers Extensive Renovation Job to the Proxy System
July 30, 2010

Legal Alert: It’s Signed, Now for the Hard Part: What your Board Needs to Know About Corporate Governance and Executive Compensation Provisions in the Dodd-Frank Act
July 22, 2010

Legal Alert: Capitol Hill Takes on Executive Compensation and Corporate Governance
June 17, 2010

SEC Warms to Climate Change
March 16, 2010

Legal Alert: Say on Pay: It's Coming, Are You Ready?
October 5, 2009

Legal Alert: Impact of Financial Regulatory Reform on the Insurance Industry: Proposed Legislation to Implement the Regulatory Reform White Paper
August 5, 2009

Legal Alert: Suitability, Solvency Modernization, International Accounting and Derivatives: The NAIC 2009 Summer Meetings
June 30, 2009

Legal Alert: Insurance: Financial Regulatory Reform - A New Foundation: Building Financial Supervision and Regulation
June 19, 2009

Legal Alert: Regulatory & Legislative Corporate Governance Initiatives
May 20, 2009


Past Events
Whistleblower Initiatives: Implementing the SEC's Bounty Program
June 22, 2011

To listen to the full webinar, please click on the link above. For the presentation slides, please click here.

Webinar - Whistleblower Initiatives: What You Need to Know
January 26, 2011

To listen to the full webinar, please click on the link above. For the presentation slides, please click here. To view a summary of selected comment letters to the SEC regarding proposed rule 21F, click here.

2010 BDC Roundtable
September 13-14, 2010

2010 Proxy Issues: Say on Pay
July 27, 2010

The 2010 Proxy Season: A Review
June 30, 2010

Webinar: What You (and Your Clients) Should Be Thinking About in Preparation for the 2010 Proxy Season
December 8, 2009

Contacts

Cynthia M. Krus 202.383.0218
John J. Mahon 202.383.0515
Harry S. Pangas 202.383.0805
Lisa A. Morgan 202.383.0523
Terri Ginsberg 202.383.0976


Other Resources

Legislative Benchmarks

November 19, 2009:
Regulatory Reform, markup, The Senate Banking Committee, on the Dodd bill entitled, "The Restoring American Financial Stability Act of 2009."  For additional details, click here.

October 27, 2009:

Regulatory Reform, markup, House Financial Services Committee, on the following bills:  H.R. 3813, the Private Fund Investment Advisers Registration Act of 2009; H.R. 3817, the Investor Protection Act of 2009; H.R. 2609, the Federal Insurance Office Act of 2009; and the Accountability and Transparency in Rating Agencies Act of 2009, which remains in discussion draft.  For additional details, click here.

October 22, 2009
:
Regulatory Reform, markup, House Financial Services Committee, on the following bills:  H.R. 3813, the Private Fund Investment Advisers Registration Act of 2009; H.R. 3817, the Investor Protection Act of 2009; H.R. 2609, the Federal Insurance Office Act of 2009; and the Accountability and Transparency in Rating Agencies Act of 2009, which remains in discussion draft.  For additional details, click here.

October 21, 2009:
Regulatory Reform, markup, House Financial Services Committee, on the following bills:  H.R. 3813, the Private Fund Investment Advisers Registration Act of 2009; H.R. 3817, the Investor Protection Act of 2009; H.R. 2609, the Federal Insurance Office Act of 2009; and the Accountability and Transparency in Rating Agencies Act of 2009, which remains in discussion draft.  For additional details, click here.

October 6, 2009:
Regulatory Reform, hearing, The House Financial Services Committee,  "Capital Markets Regulatory Reform: Strengthening Investor Protection, Enhancing Oversight of Private Pools of Capital, and Creating a National Insurance Office."  For additional details, click here.

September 30, 2009:
Regulatory Reform, hearing, The House Financial Services Committee's Subcommittee on Capital Markets, Insurance, and Government Sponsored Enterprises,  "Reforming Credit Rating Agencies."  For additional details, click here.


Roadmaps

 

As various Title sections are updated, an asterisk(*) next to a Title will note changes in certain Key Provisions and Regulations in the Roadmap. Within each Roadmap Title, the section most recently updated is highlighted in yellow. 
 
*Title IX - Key Provisions and Regulatory Rulemakings