Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP hosted a web forum on January 6, 2010, to discuss the active and challenging 2010 proxy season. The webcast, “Planning for the 2010 Proxy Season: New Rules, Evolving Issues,” covered a range of proxy-related issues, including complying with the new disclosure requirements; the new focus on risk disclosure; status and outlook for the SEC's proxy access proposal; the SEC's changing attitudes on shareholder proposals; and what the elimination of broker discretionary voting will mean for director elections.

Webcast speakers included Davis Polk corporate governance lawyers from the New York and Menlo Park offices who have been following the rulemaking process and working with a wide range of clients in adapting their disclosure and governance practices.