March 5, 2012
Survey: HSR & Executives’ Acquisitions from Equity Compensation Plans
Recently, as noted in this Sullivan & Cromwell memo (other memos are posted in the DealLawyers.com “Antitrust” Practice Area), the DOJ and FTC extracted their first publicized penalty for a corporate executive’s failure to make a Hart-Scott-Rodino Act filing before receiving stock of his employer as part of his compensation. As a result, many members have been researching what the typical practice is for HSR filing fees that the corporate executive would have to pay to comply with the HSR filing requirement. To help in that effort, please take a few moments to participate in this anonymous “Quick Survey on HSR & Executives’ Acquisitions from Equity Compensation Plans.”
Greed is Not Good? Michael Douglas Rails Against Insider Trading
As noted in this NY Daily News article, Michael Douglas – aka Gordon Gecko from the “Wall Street” movies – is featured in a recent one-minute FBI commercial warning about the perils of insider trading.
The StockTwits CEO Explains His Social Media Platform
Recently, I blogged about how StockTwits was a game-changer for investors in the social media world. In this podcast, co-founder and CEO Howard Lindzon explains how to best use his StockTwits, including:
– What is StockTwits?
– When was StockTwits born and what is its growth rate?
– How can companies claim their “ticker page” – and why would they want to do so?
– Why should companies monitor what is being said about them on StockTwits?
– Broc Romanek