Practice Mobile Menu Trigger Overview Experience Team Insights Subscribe to insights November 14, 2019 Client Update Recent Delaware Cases Reinforce Director Accountability for Risk Oversight Two recent Delaware decisions have made clear that courts will not give business judgment rule deference where boards of d... November 12, 2019 Client Update SEC Proposed Rules to Regulate Proxy Advisory Firms and Shareholder Proposals On November 5, 2019, at an open meeting the SEC voted (3 to 2) to propose amendments to the proxy rules. The proposed amen... November 6, 2019 Client Update SEC Proposes to Raise Shareholder Proposal Eligibility Thresholds and Regulate Proxy Advisory Services At an open meeting yesterday, the Securities and Exchange Commission proposed substantial amendments to the shareholder pr... October 22, 2019 Client Update SEC Division of Corporation Finance Addresses Ordinary Business Basis for Shareholder Proposal Exclusion On October 16, 2019, the SEC Division of Corporation Finance issued Staff Legal Bulletin No. 14K. SLB 14K outlines the ana... September 18, 2019 Client Update SEC Issues Guidance Regarding Proxy Voting Responsibilities of Investment Advisers On August 21, 2019, the SEC issued guidance to assist investment advisers in fulfilling their proxy voting responsibilitie... September 13, 2019 Articles & Books SEC’s Shareholder Proposal Change May Muddle 2020 Proxies On Sept. 6, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission staff announced a significant change to its policy on issuing no-a... September 9, 2019 Client Update SEC Announces New Policy for Shareholder Proposal Rule The SEC staff has changed its policy on issuing no-action letters to companies seeking to exclude a shareholder proposal f... August 26, 2019 Client Update SEC Issues Guidance on Inline XBRL Requirements Last week the SEC published staff interpretations on the new Inline XBRL tagging requirements for Forms 10-K, 10-Q, 8-K, 2... August 23, 2019 Client Update SEC Proposes Updated Disclosure Rules for Business Description, Legal Proceedings and Risk Factors The SEC has proposed updated rules for the business description, legal proceedings and risk factor disclosure that U.S. co... August 21, 2019 Client Update The Business Roundtable Statement on Corporate Purpose The Business Roundtable has set out a path toward so-called stakeholder capitalism in its highly publicized Statement on t... Load More
November 14, 2019 Client Update Recent Delaware Cases Reinforce Director Accountability for Risk Oversight Two recent Delaware decisions have made clear that courts will not give business judgment rule deference where boards of d...
November 12, 2019 Client Update SEC Proposed Rules to Regulate Proxy Advisory Firms and Shareholder Proposals On November 5, 2019, at an open meeting the SEC voted (3 to 2) to propose amendments to the proxy rules. The proposed amen...
November 6, 2019 Client Update SEC Proposes to Raise Shareholder Proposal Eligibility Thresholds and Regulate Proxy Advisory Services At an open meeting yesterday, the Securities and Exchange Commission proposed substantial amendments to the shareholder pr...
October 22, 2019 Client Update SEC Division of Corporation Finance Addresses Ordinary Business Basis for Shareholder Proposal Exclusion On October 16, 2019, the SEC Division of Corporation Finance issued Staff Legal Bulletin No. 14K. SLB 14K outlines the ana...
September 18, 2019 Client Update SEC Issues Guidance Regarding Proxy Voting Responsibilities of Investment Advisers On August 21, 2019, the SEC issued guidance to assist investment advisers in fulfilling their proxy voting responsibilitie...
September 13, 2019 Articles & Books SEC’s Shareholder Proposal Change May Muddle 2020 Proxies On Sept. 6, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission staff announced a significant change to its policy on issuing no-a...
September 9, 2019 Client Update SEC Announces New Policy for Shareholder Proposal Rule The SEC staff has changed its policy on issuing no-action letters to companies seeking to exclude a shareholder proposal f...
August 26, 2019 Client Update SEC Issues Guidance on Inline XBRL Requirements Last week the SEC published staff interpretations on the new Inline XBRL tagging requirements for Forms 10-K, 10-Q, 8-K, 2...
August 23, 2019 Client Update SEC Proposes Updated Disclosure Rules for Business Description, Legal Proceedings and Risk Factors The SEC has proposed updated rules for the business description, legal proceedings and risk factor disclosure that U.S. co...
August 21, 2019 Client Update The Business Roundtable Statement on Corporate Purpose The Business Roundtable has set out a path toward so-called stakeholder capitalism in its highly publicized Statement on t...