Practice Mobile Menu Trigger Overview Experience Team Insights Subscribe to insights November 15, 2011 Client Update Controversy Over Methods to Determine Median Employee Pay for Dodd-Frank CEO Pay Ratio Disclosure Although the SEC staff has publicly stated that the clawback provision is the most complex of the remaining Dodd-Frank gov... November 10, 2011 Client Update Issuer Engagement with Institutional Investors - Advice from Donna Anderson at T. Rowe Price Engagement with shareholders plays an increasingly important role in strengthening issuers’ corporate governance practic... November 7, 2011 Client Update Early Golden Parachute Shareholder Vote Results Section 951(b)(2) of Dodd-Frank requires companies to hold a non-binding shareholder vote on executive severance packages ... November 4, 2011 Client Update 2011 Spencer Stuart Board Index Focuses on Board Composition, Organization and Process and Director Compensation The latest Spencer Stuart Board Index (November 2011) finds that three-fourths of S&P 500 companies require annual electio... October 31, 2011 Client Update Governance Practices for IPO Companies: A Davis Polk Survey - October 2011 While the U.S. IPO market has slowed down in recent months, Davis Polk’s pipeline of deals in progress is strong, leadin... October 31, 2011 Client Update ISS Extends Comment Period on Draft Voting Policy Updates ISS has requested that we update our previous blog post on their draft voting policy updates to inform market participants... October 25, 2011 Client Update Coming Soon to a Bank Near You: Expanded Compensation Disclosure On October 19, we posted about the Federal Reserve’s recently released report detailing its horizontal review of incenti... October 19, 2011 Client Update Federal Reserves Report on Incentive Compensation Practices A Progress Report? The Federal Reserve recently released a report detailing its horizontal review of incentive compensation practices at 25 l... October 19, 2011 Client Update SEC Staff Rejects Introducing Broker as Appropriate Evidence of Ownership for Shareholder Proposals and Provides Other Technical Guidance Yesterday the SEC Staff issued Staff Legal Bulletin No. 14F (SLB 14F), which addresses the mechanics related to proof of e... October 18, 2011 Client Update ISS Draft Voting Policies Indicates Possible Impact on Compensation Committee Elections from Say-on-Pay Votes and Recommendations for Proxy Access Proposals; Provides New Pay-for-Performance Analysis What will cause ISS to recommend withhold or against the election of compensation committee members as a result of poor sa... Load More
November 15, 2011 Client Update Controversy Over Methods to Determine Median Employee Pay for Dodd-Frank CEO Pay Ratio Disclosure Although the SEC staff has publicly stated that the clawback provision is the most complex of the remaining Dodd-Frank gov...
November 10, 2011 Client Update Issuer Engagement with Institutional Investors - Advice from Donna Anderson at T. Rowe Price Engagement with shareholders plays an increasingly important role in strengthening issuers’ corporate governance practic...
November 7, 2011 Client Update Early Golden Parachute Shareholder Vote Results Section 951(b)(2) of Dodd-Frank requires companies to hold a non-binding shareholder vote on executive severance packages ...
November 4, 2011 Client Update 2011 Spencer Stuart Board Index Focuses on Board Composition, Organization and Process and Director Compensation The latest Spencer Stuart Board Index (November 2011) finds that three-fourths of S&P 500 companies require annual electio...
October 31, 2011 Client Update Governance Practices for IPO Companies: A Davis Polk Survey - October 2011 While the U.S. IPO market has slowed down in recent months, Davis Polk’s pipeline of deals in progress is strong, leadin...
October 31, 2011 Client Update ISS Extends Comment Period on Draft Voting Policy Updates ISS has requested that we update our previous blog post on their draft voting policy updates to inform market participants...
October 25, 2011 Client Update Coming Soon to a Bank Near You: Expanded Compensation Disclosure On October 19, we posted about the Federal Reserve’s recently released report detailing its horizontal review of incenti...
October 19, 2011 Client Update Federal Reserves Report on Incentive Compensation Practices A Progress Report? The Federal Reserve recently released a report detailing its horizontal review of incentive compensation practices at 25 l...
October 19, 2011 Client Update SEC Staff Rejects Introducing Broker as Appropriate Evidence of Ownership for Shareholder Proposals and Provides Other Technical Guidance Yesterday the SEC Staff issued Staff Legal Bulletin No. 14F (SLB 14F), which addresses the mechanics related to proof of e...
October 18, 2011 Client Update ISS Draft Voting Policies Indicates Possible Impact on Compensation Committee Elections from Say-on-Pay Votes and Recommendations for Proxy Access Proposals; Provides New Pay-for-Performance Analysis What will cause ISS to recommend withhold or against the election of compensation committee members as a result of poor sa...