Friday, January 15, 2021
The members of Maynard Cooper’s Public Company Advisory Practice counsel public companies, as well as companies aiming to become public, on the full range of matters shaping their operation in the public markets. As a continued service to our clients, we provide a quarterly summary of important developments affecting public companies. Top trending items for the fourth quarter of 2020 are listed below (in chronological order and with embedded links to the source materials): The Conference Board issued its report on Corporate Board Practices (October 1, 2020)The KPMG Audit Committee Institute published its survey of U.S. audit committee members on the impact of COVID-19 (October 5, 2020)ISS issued FAQs addressing on COVID-related incentive plan changes (October 15, 2020)The NYSE proposed rule changes to ease the shareholder approval requirements for certain equity financings involving affiliates of related parties (October 6, 2020)The SEC auditor independence rules (October 16, 2020)Glass Lewis published its...
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Tuesday, January 12, 2021
Birmingham, AL (January 12, 2021) — Maynard Cooper & Gale (Maynard) is pleased to announce that Jason Isbell has joined the Governmental Affairs Practice as Of Counsel in the Firm’s Montgomery, Alabama office. Isbell brings 18 years of experience working in the governmental affairs sector. He spent nine years as...
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Monday, January 11, 2021
Birmingham, AL (January 11, 2021) — Maynard Cooper & Gale (Maynard) is pleased to announce that Suparna Datta has joined the Maynard Intellectual Property (IP) practice group as an Of Counsel in the Firm’s Birmingham office. “We are excited to have Suparna join our nationwide Intellectual Property team,” said Sasha...
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Wednesday, January 6, 2021
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (January 6, 2021) — Maynard Cooper & Gale (Maynard) is pleased to announce the promotion of nine attorneys, effective January 1, 2021: Bo Bledsoe, Ashlee Riopka Elrod, Brandi Maiorino, Virginia McKibbens, Matt Parker, Stephen Rogers, Allie Tucker, and Lindsay Whitworth were promoted as shareholders, and Cindy Mekari Rucker...
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Tuesday, December 15, 2020
Maynard Cooper & Gale (Maynard) is pleased to announce that Logan Gould and Hongpyo Lee have joined the Firm, adding industry depth and global experience to the Insurance Litigation and Intellectual Property practices. “The experienced, lateral talent recently joining Maynard is reflective of the Firm’s reputation and growth,” said Jeff...
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