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		<title><![CDATA[UP to Date: Current Developments in Securities Laws]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[The following articles appear in the March-April 2013 edition of Up To Date: Current Developments in Securities Laws. Click here to view the full issue.]]></description>
		<pubDate>Tue, 16 Apr 2013 05:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[SEC-SRO Update]]></title>
		<link>http://www.blankrome.com/index.cfm?contentID=37&amp;itemID=3021</link>
		<description><![CDATA[Say What? Smaller Reporting Companies Subject to Say-on-Pay in 2013; When Do You Need to Start Complying With New NASDAQ and NYSE Compensation Committee Rules? New Form of Due Diligence: Relationships with Compensation Consultants; Netflix&amp;rsquo;s CEO Facebook Posting Continues to Trigger Debate]]></description>
		<pubDate>Fri, 01 Mar 2013 05:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The following articles appear in the&amp;nbsp;December 2012-January 2013&amp;nbsp;edition of Up To Date: Current Developments in Securities Law.&amp;nbsp; Click here to view the full&amp;nbsp;issue.]]></description>
		<pubDate>Thu, 24 Jan 2013 05:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[SEC-SRO Update]]></title>
		<link>http://www.blankrome.com/index.cfm?contentID=37&amp;itemID=2972</link>
		<description><![CDATA[Chairman Schapiro and Top Members of Her Team Are Leaving the SEC; SEC Is Watching Facebook and Other Media Sites for Executives&amp;rsquo; Postings; FINRA Issues Helpful Materials to Aid Members with their Private Placement Notice Filings]]></description>
		<pubDate>Tue, 01 Jan 2013 05:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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		<link>http://www.blankrome.com/index.cfm?contentID=37&amp;itemID=2953</link>
		<description><![CDATA[The following articles appear in the November 2012 edition of Up To Date: Current Developments in Securities Law. To download a pdf of the issue, click here.]]></description>
		<pubDate>Mon, 03 Dec 2012 05:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[SEC-SRO Update]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[SEC Issues New JOBS Act Guidance on Emerging Growth Companies; NASDAQ Compensation Committee Rules Will Become a Mini-Me of Its Audit Committee Rules; NYSE Proposes New Rules Related to Compensation Committee and Committee Adviser Independence; SEC Issues Letter to New Investment Advisers Regarding Presence Exams]]></description>
		<pubDate>Tue, 13 Nov 2012 05:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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		<link>http://www.blankrome.com/index.cfm?contentID=37&amp;itemID=2906</link>
		<description><![CDATA[The following articles appear in the October 2012 edition of Up To Date: Current Developments in Securities Law. To download a pdf of the issue, click here.]]></description>
		<pubDate>Fri, 02 Nov 2012 05:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Increasing Utilization of Independent Counsel In Effective Whistleblower Policies]]></title>
		<link>http://www.blankrome.com/index.cfm?contentID=37&amp;itemID=2969</link>
		<description><![CDATA[In part based on demand from institutional shareholders and other stakeholders, corporate management and boards, independent board members and audit committees are expanding the role of independent legal counsel in implementing and encouraging whistleblower policies.]]></description>
		<pubDate>Thu, 01 Nov 2012 05:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[SEC-SRO Update]]></title>
		<link>http://www.blankrome.com/index.cfm?contentID=37&amp;itemID=2883</link>
		<description><![CDATA[SEC Approves FINRA Rule Relating to Filing of Private Placements; Norm Champ Appointed as Director of SEC&amp;#39;s Division of Investment Management]]></description>
		<pubDate>Wed, 19 Sep 2012 05:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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		<link>http://www.blankrome.com/index.cfm?contentID=37&amp;itemID=2852</link>
		<description><![CDATA[What Should Funds Expect in SEC Examinations? NASDAQ Speaks&amp;mdash;Potential Changes to Compensation Committee Rules; New SEC FAQs on Emerging Growth Companies]]></description>
		<pubDate>Thu, 19 Jul 2012 05:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Up to Date: Current Developments in Securities Laws]]></title>
		<link>http://www.blankrome.com/index.cfm?contentID=37&amp;itemID=2846</link>
		<description><![CDATA[The following articles appear in the June-July 2012 edition of Up to Date: Current Developments in Securities Laws. To download a PDF of the issue, click here.]]></description>
		<pubDate>Mon, 16 Jul 2012 05:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The following articles appear in the May 2012&amp;nbsp;edition of Up to Date: Current Developments in Securities Laws.&amp;nbsp;To download a PDF of the issue, click here.]]></description>
		<pubDate>Thu, 31 May 2012 05:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[SEC-SRO Update]]></title>
		<link>http://www.blankrome.com/index.cfm?contentID=37&amp;itemID=2809</link>
		<description><![CDATA[SEC Releases Report on Supreme Court&amp;rsquo;s Morrison Decision; SEC &amp;amp; CFTC Jointly Issue Proposed Rules &amp;amp; Guidelines Addressing Identity Theft; Director Independence &amp;amp; Executive Compensation Are under ISS Microscope; FINRA Revises Its Proposed Rule on Private Placements]]></description>
		<pubDate>Tue, 15 May 2012 05:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The following articles appear in the April 2012&amp;nbsp;edition of Up to Date: Current Developments in Securities Laws.&amp;nbsp;To download a PDF of the issue, click here.]]></description>
		<pubDate>Mon, 30 Apr 2012 05:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The following articles appear in the March 2012&amp;nbsp;edition of Up to Date: Current Developments in Securities Laws.&amp;nbsp;To download a PDF of the issue, click here.]]></description>
		<pubDate>Fri, 30 Mar 2012 05:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[From Enron To Lehman Brothers]]></title>
		<link>http://www.blankrome.com/index.cfm?contentID=37&amp;itemID=2763</link>
		<description><![CDATA[Frederick Lipman authored an article that discussed lessons for boards from recent corporate governance failures, including Enron and Lehman Brothers, for the March 2012&amp;nbsp;issue of Director Notes. Click here to download the article.]]></description>
		<pubDate>Mon, 26 Mar 2012 05:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[SEC-SRO Update]]></title>
		<link>http://www.blankrome.com/index.cfm?contentID=37&amp;itemID=2757</link>
		<description><![CDATA[SEC Staff Provides Guidance on Disclosures Regarding European Sovereign Debt Exposures; EU Stands in the Way of NYSE Euronext-Deutsche B&amp;ouml;erse Merger; SEC Adopts Amendments to Net Worth Standard for Accredited Investors]]></description>
		<pubDate>Mon, 19 Mar 2012 05:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Up to Date: Current Developments in Securities Laws]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[The following articles appear in the February 2012&amp;nbsp;edition of Up to Date: Current Developments in Securities Laws.&amp;nbsp;To download a PDF of the issue, click here.]]></description>
		<pubDate>Wed, 29 Feb 2012 05:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Up to Date: Current Developments in Securities Laws]]></title>
		<link>http://www.blankrome.com/index.cfm?contentID=37&amp;itemID=2716</link>
		<description><![CDATA[The following articles appear in the January 2012&amp;nbsp;edition of Up to Date: Current Developments in Securities Laws.&amp;nbsp;To download a PDF of the issue, click here.]]></description>
		<pubDate>Mon, 30 Jan 2012 05:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Up to Date: Current Developments in Securities Laws]]></title>
		<link>http://www.blankrome.com/index.cfm?contentID=37&amp;itemID=2674</link>
		<description><![CDATA[The following articles appear in the November-December 2011&amp;nbsp;edition of Up to Date: Current Developments in Securities Laws.&amp;nbsp;To download a PDF of the issue, click here.]]></description>
		<pubDate>Wed, 14 Dec 2011 05:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Whistleblowers: Incentives, Disincentives and Protection Strategies]]></title>
		<link>http://www.blankrome.com/index.cfm?contentID=37&amp;itemID=2601</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 17 Oct 2011 05:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[SEC Provides Notice of the Effective Date of Its Rule 14a-8 Amendments Permitting Proxy Access Shareholder Proposals]]></title>
		<link>http://www.blankrome.com/index.cfm?contentID=37&amp;itemID=2581</link>
		<description><![CDATA[On September 15, 2011, the SEC issued a release to provide notice of the effective date of the amendments to Rule 14a-8, the shareholder proposal rule, which amendments will require companies to include in their proxy materials, under certain circumstances, shareholder proposals that seek to establish a procedure in the company&amp;rsquo;s governing documents for the inclusion of one or more shareholder director nominees in the company&amp;rsquo;s proxy materials.1&amp;nbsp; The SEC&amp;rsquo;s release provides that the Rule 14a-8 amendments would be effective upon publication of the release in the Federal Register which occurred on September 20, 2011.2]]></description>
		<pubDate>Tue, 20 Sep 2011 05:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[SEC Not to Seek Judicial Review of Proxy Access Court Decision; Confirms It Will Lift Stay on Rule 14a-8 Amendments]]></title>
		<link>http://www.blankrome.com/index.cfm?contentID=37&amp;itemID=2575</link>
		<description><![CDATA[On July 22, 2011, the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit vacated the SEC&amp;#39;s proxy access rule, Rule 14a-11.1 As adopted by the SEC, Rule 14a-11 would have provided shareholders with an alternative means to nominate and elect directors as it would have required companies to include shareholder director nominees in company proxy materials in certain circumstances.&amp;nbsp; In vacating Rule 14a-11, the Court held that the SEC acted &amp;quot;arbitrary and capricious&amp;quot; in promulgating Rule 14a-11 and that it failed to adequately assess the economic effects of the new rule. As the Court noted:]]></description>
		<pubDate>Fri, 09 Sep 2011 05:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Supreme Court Holds Adviser Who Participated in Drafting Statements Did Not &#x201c;Make&#x201d; Them for Purposes of Rule 10b-5 Liability]]></title>
		<link>http://www.blankrome.com/index.cfm?contentID=37&amp;itemID=2481</link>
		<description><![CDATA[On June 13, 2011, the United States Supreme Court rendered a 5-4 decision ruling that only a mutual fund, and not its investment adviser, can be held liable in a private right of action under Section 10(b) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (the &amp;quot;Exchange Act&amp;quot;) and SEC Rule 10b-5 promulgated thereunder for false statements in a fund prospectus. The case, Janus Capital Group, Inc. v. First Derivative Traders,1 limits liability under Rule 10b-5 by holding that only the party ultimately responsible for the disclosure is the actual &amp;quot;maker&amp;quot; of a false statement within the meaning of the Rule.]]></description>
		<pubDate>Wed, 15 Jun 2011 05:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[U.S. Supreme Court Holds Loss Causation Not Required For Class Certification]]></title>
		<link>http://www.blankrome.com/index.cfm?contentID=37&amp;itemID=2476</link>
		<description><![CDATA[On June 6, 2011, in Erica P. John Fund, Inc. v. Halliburton Co.,1 the United States Supreme Court issued a unanimous decision overruling the Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit and expressed the limited holding that investors are not required to prove &amp;quot;loss causation&amp;quot; to obtain class certification in a federal securities fraud case. The Court, however, reiterated its prior holdings that an essential element of any federal securities fraud action is proof that the deceptive conduct actually caused an investment, or economic, loss to the plaintiff(s).]]></description>
		<pubDate>Wed, 08 Jun 2011 05:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[10 Ways that a Company is Made Unduly Vulnerable to an Activist Shareholder]]></title>
		<link>http://www.blankrome.com/index.cfm?contentID=37&amp;itemID=2158</link>
		<description><![CDATA[Keith Gottfried and Barry Genkin, partners at Blank Rome, co-wrote an article for the January 2010 edition of Wall Street Lawyer on &amp;quot; 10 Ways that a Company is Made Unduly Vulnerable to an Activist Shareholder due to its Board&amp;rsquo;s Composition, Governance, Leadership and Compensation.&amp;quot;]]></description>
		<pubDate>Sun, 31 Jan 2010 05:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[SEC Proposes Shareholder Access Rule&#x2014;Revisions To Proxy Rules Would
Facilitate Shareholder Nominations Of Directors]]></title>
		<link>http://www.blankrome.com/index.cfm?contentID=37&amp;itemID=2013</link>
		<description><![CDATA[Executive Summary
On June 10, 2009, the Securities and Exchange Commission (the &amp;#8220;SEC&amp;#8221;) proposed rule changes that would expand the rights of shareholders with respect to the nomination and election of directors...]]></description>
		<pubDate>Mon, 06 Jul 2009 05:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Shareholder Access: The SEC, Delaware &amp; Congress Advance the Ball]]></title>
		<link>http://www.blankrome.com/index.cfm?contentID=37&amp;itemID=2034</link>
		<description><![CDATA[The highly publicized executive compensation debacle at AIG and several egregious investment advisory scandals were the impetus for the latest round of closer scrutiny by the Securities and Exchange Commission of public companies and their corpora...]]></description>
		<pubDate>Wed, 01 Jul 2009 05:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Ten Bylaw Amendments That May Lessen Your Company&#x2019;s Vulnerability to a Shareholder Activist and Prevent It from Being a Sitting Duck This Proxy Season]]></title>
		<link>http://www.blankrome.com/index.cfm?contentID=37&amp;itemID=1856</link>
		<description><![CDATA[Given the effect of the current credit crisis on the market valuations of numerous public companies, there will likely be no shortage of attractive targets for activist shareholders when the 2009 proxy season gets underway. Even though there has been extensive coverage in the business media of the numerous companies that have been targeted by activist shareholders, many companies will find themselves blindsided and unprepared. In a number of these cases, had these companies been more proactive, they would have discovered that they had available to them a variety of easy tools to make themselves less vulnerable.]]></description>
		<pubDate>Mon, 01 Dec 2008 05:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[U.S. Appeals Court Upholds CSX Corp. Decision]]></title>
		<link>http://www.blankrome.com/index.cfm?contentID=37&amp;itemID=1705</link>
		<description><![CDATA[Affirms Lower Court&amp;#8217;s Decision Not to Enjoin Hedge Fund from Voting Its Shares of CSX Stock at Annual Meeting]]></description>
		<pubDate>Wed, 08 Oct 2008 05:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[U.S. Appeals Court Upholds CSX Corp. Decision]]></title>
		<link>http://www.blankrome.com/index.cfm?contentID=37&amp;itemID=1804</link>
		<description><![CDATA[Affirms Lower Court&amp;#8217;s Decision Not to Enjoin Hedge Fund from Voting Its Shares of CSX Stock at Annual Meeting]]></description>
		<pubDate>Wed, 08 Oct 2008 05:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Delaware Supreme Court Answers SEC's Cert. Request in CA v. AFSCME]]></title>
		<link>http://www.blankrome.com/index.cfm?contentID=37&amp;itemID=1704</link>
		<description><![CDATA[Court Holds that a Bylaw Mandating Reimbursement of a Dissident Shareholder&amp;rsquo;s Proxy Solicitation Expenses Is a Proper Subject for Unilateral Shareholder Action but as Proposed Violates Delaware Law.]]></description>
		<pubDate>Tue, 30 Sep 2008 05:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[U.S. District Court Rules against Hedge Fund in CSX Corp. v. The Children&#x2019;s
Investment Fund et al.]]></title>
		<link>http://www.blankrome.com/index.cfm?contentID=37&amp;itemID=1665</link>
		<description><![CDATA[Holds That Equity Swaps Were Used to Avoid Disclosure under Rule 13d-3(b) of the Exchange Act]]></description>
		<pubDate>Sat, 09 Aug 2008 05:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Delaware Supreme Court Affirms Chancery Court&#x2019;s Decision in JANA]]></title>
		<link>http://www.blankrome.com/index.cfm?contentID=37&amp;itemID=1584</link>
		<description><![CDATA[Decision Upholds Lower Court&amp;#8217;s Narrow Interpretation of Bylaw to Not Require Advance Notice for Director Nominations]]></description>
		<pubDate>Tue, 24 Jun 2008 05:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
		<guid>http://www.blankrome.com/index.cfm?contentID=37&amp;itemID=1584</guid>
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		<title><![CDATA[E-Proxy, Shareholder Forums, and the New Age of Shareholder Activism]]></title>
		<link>http://www.blankrome.com/index.cfm?contentID=37&amp;itemID=1811</link>
		<description><![CDATA[With the 2008 proxy season underway, the debate on shareholder access continues to simmer, shareholder proposals submitted to date are on the increase and shareholder activists continue to engage in a variety of tactics to pressure management.&amp;nbsp; As a result, public companies need to develop a better understanding of the e-proxy and other technology-based rule changes, as well as new trends in the activist area, and be prepared to address issues raised by activists in light of these changes. &amp;nbsp;]]></description>
		<pubDate>Sat, 31 May 2008 05:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[SEC Update&#x2014;Ninth Circuit Permits Simultaneous Civil &amp; Criminal Investigations; Bush Nominates Two Democrats to Fill Vacancies on SEC; SEC Successfully Uses Sarbanes-Oxley Escrow Provision to Avoid Pending Executive Bonus; SEC Proposes Short Sale Rule: SEC to Propose Registration for &#x201c;Finders&#x201d;]]></title>
		<link>http://www.blankrome.com/index.cfm?contentID=37&amp;itemID=1812</link>
		<description><![CDATA[Circuit Court Supports SEC &amp;amp; U.S. Attorney Actions &amp;#8211; Permits Simultaneous Civil &amp;amp; Criminal Investigations
On April 4, the Circuit Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit issued its much-anticipated opinion in Uni...]]></description>
		<pubDate>Sat, 31 May 2008 05:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Ten Ways to Prevent a Company from Being Vulnerable to a Consent Solicitation]]></title>
		<link>http://www.blankrome.com/index.cfm?contentID=37&amp;itemID=1559</link>
		<description><![CDATA[In November 2005, the management and board of directors of Six Flags, Inc., the large regional theme park company, got taken on quite the &amp;#8220;roller-coaster&amp;#8221; ride. Unfortunately, the &amp;#8220;roller-coaster&amp;#8221; ride did not occur at one ...]]></description>
		<pubDate>Thu, 29 May 2008 05:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Delaware Supreme Court Affirms Chancery Court&#x2019;s Decision in JANA Master Fund, Ltd. v. CNET Networks, Inc.]]></title>
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