Practice Mobile Menu Trigger Overview Experience Team Insights Subscribe to insights November 2, 2018 Client Update MSCI to Retain Existing Indexes Unchanged for Voting Structures but Also Launch New Index Series Unlike S&P and FTSE, after an 18-month consultation period, MSCI has announced that equity securities with unequal voting ... October 31, 2018 Client Update Director Survey Reflects Tension and Skepticism of Investor Priorities PwC’s annual corporate directors survey concludes that boards are evolving and seeking change, rather than primarily val... October 26, 2018 Client Update The New Populist Movement in Antitrust: Could it Change the Status Quo and Does it Threaten American Businesses? In recent years, a new populist school of antitrust thinking has emerged, known as “Neo-Brandeisian” to its proponents... October 25, 2018 Client Update New Glass Lewis Policies Announce Negative Recommendations for Directors in Some Instances When Companies Exclude Special Meeting and Other Shareholder Proposals through SEC Process Under its 2019 updated guidelines, Glass Lewis will typically recommend against the members of the nominating and governan... October 24, 2018 Client Update In New Legal Bulletin, SEC Staff Clarifies Last Season’s Shareholder Proposal Controversies The SEC Division of Corporation Finance has issued a new Staff Legal Bulletin 14J to provide guidance on some of the issue... October 23, 2018 Client Update Part I of the Key Components in the Commonsense Principles 2.0 – Issuer Responsibilities The Business Roundtable (BRT) and the Council of Institutional Investors (CII) have found common ground in supporting the ... October 19, 2018 Client Update ISS Proposes Limited Policy Updates for 2019 Related to Board Gender Diversity and Say-on-Pay Secondary Screens Two key, but limited, policy changes for U.S. companies have been proposed by ISS. The open comment period will run throu... October 18, 2018 Client Update Adding Insult to Injury: SEC Warns That Cyber Incidents May Lead to Enforcement Action On Tuesday, the Securities and Exchange Commission issued a Section 21(a) report of investigation emphasizing the importan... October 16, 2018 Client Update How Do Retail Shareholders Vote? Retail shareholders own about 30% of public companies, a fairly consistent level over the past five years, but only about ... October 4, 2018 Client Update CII and ISS Team Up to Oppose House Legislation on Proxy Advisory Firms, Speak for “Real Main Street” Investors Protect the Voice of Shareholders aims to oppose H.R. 4015, the Corporate Governance Reform and Transparency Act, that pas... Load More
November 2, 2018 Client Update MSCI to Retain Existing Indexes Unchanged for Voting Structures but Also Launch New Index Series Unlike S&P and FTSE, after an 18-month consultation period, MSCI has announced that equity securities with unequal voting ...
October 31, 2018 Client Update Director Survey Reflects Tension and Skepticism of Investor Priorities PwC’s annual corporate directors survey concludes that boards are evolving and seeking change, rather than primarily val...
October 26, 2018 Client Update The New Populist Movement in Antitrust: Could it Change the Status Quo and Does it Threaten American Businesses? In recent years, a new populist school of antitrust thinking has emerged, known as “Neo-Brandeisian” to its proponents...
October 25, 2018 Client Update New Glass Lewis Policies Announce Negative Recommendations for Directors in Some Instances When Companies Exclude Special Meeting and Other Shareholder Proposals through SEC Process Under its 2019 updated guidelines, Glass Lewis will typically recommend against the members of the nominating and governan...
October 24, 2018 Client Update In New Legal Bulletin, SEC Staff Clarifies Last Season’s Shareholder Proposal Controversies The SEC Division of Corporation Finance has issued a new Staff Legal Bulletin 14J to provide guidance on some of the issue...
October 23, 2018 Client Update Part I of the Key Components in the Commonsense Principles 2.0 – Issuer Responsibilities The Business Roundtable (BRT) and the Council of Institutional Investors (CII) have found common ground in supporting the ...
October 19, 2018 Client Update ISS Proposes Limited Policy Updates for 2019 Related to Board Gender Diversity and Say-on-Pay Secondary Screens Two key, but limited, policy changes for U.S. companies have been proposed by ISS. The open comment period will run throu...
October 18, 2018 Client Update Adding Insult to Injury: SEC Warns That Cyber Incidents May Lead to Enforcement Action On Tuesday, the Securities and Exchange Commission issued a Section 21(a) report of investigation emphasizing the importan...
October 16, 2018 Client Update How Do Retail Shareholders Vote? Retail shareholders own about 30% of public companies, a fairly consistent level over the past five years, but only about ...
October 4, 2018 Client Update CII and ISS Team Up to Oppose House Legislation on Proxy Advisory Firms, Speak for “Real Main Street” Investors Protect the Voice of Shareholders aims to oppose H.R. 4015, the Corporate Governance Reform and Transparency Act, that pas...