Practice Mobile Menu Trigger Overview Experience Team Insights Subscribe to insights September 21, 2011 Client Update Gary Retelny Talks to Us as the Newly Appointed President of ISS MSCI, the parent company of ISS, recently announced that Gary Retelny, a member of MSCI’s Executive Committee and its Co... September 21, 2011 Client Update SEC Clears the Way for “Private Ordering” for Proxy Access; Related Rules also Effective The SEC’s changes to Exchange Act Rule 14a-8(i)(8), which went into effect yesterday, generally will require companies t... September 16, 2011 Client Update Companies Get Hit With New Say-on-Pay Shareholder Derivative Suits As previously posted on June 24, several derivative lawsuits have been filed against companies that have failed their “s... September 13, 2011 Client Update Governance Survey Questions Current Thinking on Board Composition The 2011 Corporate Board of Directors Survey from Stanford’s Rock Center and Heidrick & Struggles suggests that active C... September 7, 2011 Client Update SEC Declines to Seek Rehearing on Proxy Access but Allows Related Rule 14a-8 Amendment to Become Effective The SEC issued a press release today confirming that it is not seeking rehearing of the court decision to vacate the proxy... September 1, 2011 Client Update SEC Enforces SOX Clawback in Shadow of Dodd-Frank Earlier this week, the SEC announced a settlement with the former CFO of Beazer Homes USA to clawback incentive compensati... August 23, 2011 Client Update SEC's Temporary Suspension of EDGAR Filing System The SEC announced today that it temporarily suspended the operation of its EDGAR filing system as a precautionary measure ... August 10, 2011 Client Update Spotlight on Shareholder Proposals: Written Consents A fairly recent development in governance proposals has been the surge in proposals seeking the ability of shareholders to... August 8, 2011 Client Update FSA Provides Guidance on the Remuneration Code for Financial Institutions On August 5, 2011, the UK Financial Services Authority (FSA) proposed two draft “Dear CEO” letters providing guidance ... August 3, 2011 Client Update Say-on-Pay Approval Below 70% May Receive Greater Attention ISS has issued its preliminary US post-season report, which is full of useful statistics about the 2011 proxy season for t... Load More
September 21, 2011 Client Update Gary Retelny Talks to Us as the Newly Appointed President of ISS MSCI, the parent company of ISS, recently announced that Gary Retelny, a member of MSCI’s Executive Committee and its Co...
September 21, 2011 Client Update SEC Clears the Way for “Private Ordering” for Proxy Access; Related Rules also Effective The SEC’s changes to Exchange Act Rule 14a-8(i)(8), which went into effect yesterday, generally will require companies t...
September 16, 2011 Client Update Companies Get Hit With New Say-on-Pay Shareholder Derivative Suits As previously posted on June 24, several derivative lawsuits have been filed against companies that have failed their “s...
September 13, 2011 Client Update Governance Survey Questions Current Thinking on Board Composition The 2011 Corporate Board of Directors Survey from Stanford’s Rock Center and Heidrick & Struggles suggests that active C...
September 7, 2011 Client Update SEC Declines to Seek Rehearing on Proxy Access but Allows Related Rule 14a-8 Amendment to Become Effective The SEC issued a press release today confirming that it is not seeking rehearing of the court decision to vacate the proxy...
September 1, 2011 Client Update SEC Enforces SOX Clawback in Shadow of Dodd-Frank Earlier this week, the SEC announced a settlement with the former CFO of Beazer Homes USA to clawback incentive compensati...
August 23, 2011 Client Update SEC's Temporary Suspension of EDGAR Filing System The SEC announced today that it temporarily suspended the operation of its EDGAR filing system as a precautionary measure ...
August 10, 2011 Client Update Spotlight on Shareholder Proposals: Written Consents A fairly recent development in governance proposals has been the surge in proposals seeking the ability of shareholders to...
August 8, 2011 Client Update FSA Provides Guidance on the Remuneration Code for Financial Institutions On August 5, 2011, the UK Financial Services Authority (FSA) proposed two draft “Dear CEO” letters providing guidance ...
August 3, 2011 Client Update Say-on-Pay Approval Below 70% May Receive Greater Attention ISS has issued its preliminary US post-season report, which is full of useful statistics about the 2011 proxy season for t...