Publications
Co-author, "Ballard Spahr Gears Up for a Busy 2019," M&A Magazine, January 2019
Co-author, "SEC Releases Guidance on Cybersecurity Disclosures," Ballard Spahr alert, February 26, 2018
Co-author, "Pay Ratio Disclosure Fast Approaching," Ballard Spahr alert, February 5, 2018
"Shareholder Approval of Equity Plans – Current Considerations," The Review of Securities & Commodities Regulation, Vol. 49, No. 8, April 20, 2016
"It's Time for Board Succession Planning to Take Hold," The Legal Intelligencer, March 24, 2015
Chapter contributor, "Executive Compensation," ERISA: A Comprehensive Guide, Fourth Edition, edited by Paul J. Schneider and Brian M. Pinheiro (last updated September 2015)
"Insider Trading and SEC Rule 10b5-1(c) Trading Plans," PLI’s Annual Disclosure Documents Presentation, September 2015
Mary was profiled by Law360 in its February 24, 2014 edition, in an article titled "Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Ballard Spahr's Mary Mullany."
Co-author, "SEC Acts To Eliminate Prohibition on General Solicitation and Expand 'Bad Actor' Disqualifications," Wall Street Lawyer, August 2013
Co-author, "SEC Proposed Rules: Compensation Committee-Related Requirements Under Dodd-Frank," BNA's Pension & Benefits Daily, April 18, 2011
"Dodd-Frank Act Say-on-Pay: The SEC’s Final Rules," BNA's Pension & Benefits Daily, February 16, 2011
"Implementation of the Dodd-Frank Say-on-Pay Requirements: An Analysis of the SEC's Proposed Rules in Time to Prepare for the 2011 Proxy Season," BNA's Pension & Benefits Daily, December 2, 2010
Co-author, "SEC Issues Stay on the Effectiveness of the Proxy Access Rules," Ballard Spahr Securities Alert, October 6, 2010
Co-author, "Compensation Committees – The New Gatekeepers," The Review of Securities & Commodities Regulation, Vol. 43, No. 3, February 3, 2010
Co-author, "2009 Annual Disclosure Documents," The Review of Securities & Commodities Regulation, Vol. 42, No. 5, March 4, 2009
Co-author, "Revisions to Rule 144 - The SEC Makes Improvements to the Resale Safe Harbor," Inside the Minds, Analyzing Rule 144 Revisions, 2008
Co-author, "Executive Compensation Under the Emergency Economic Stabilization Act of 2008," Pension & Benefits Reporter, Vol. 35, No. 44, November 4, 2008
Speaking Engagements
Mary is a frequent presenter in legal education courses. She has been co-chair and faculty for PLI's (Practising Law Institute) popular "Annual Disclosure Documents" securities law course every year since 2008, and presented "Overview of the JOBS Act and Practical Considerations; Dodd-Frank Act Updates and Private Placements Considerations" for the Pennsylvania Bar Institute's "Considerations in Private Placements: Intermediate and Advanced Topics" in August 2012. She has also given multiple speaking engagements and presented at webinars on securities law updates and executive compensation, including the Dodd-Frank Act executive compensation provisions.
Board Memberships
Welcoming Center for New Pennsylvanians (job training and job placement organization for immigrants), Chair