Practice Mobile Menu Trigger Overview Experience Team Insights Subscribe to insights April 26, 2018 Client Update With $35 Million Fine, SEC Shows Late Cyberbreach Disclosure Can Result in Enforcement Yahoo! Order Is SEC’s First Cyber-Disclosure Enforcement Action On April 24, the Securities and Exchange Commission cha... April 25, 2018 Client Update Sustainalytics ESG Ratings Publicly Available on Company Yahoo Finance Page Some companies may not be aware that since February, their Yahoo Finance web page includes a separate tab with the ESG sco... April 20, 2018 Client Update What the SEC Staff Said When They Denied Exclusion of Shareholder Proposals Under SLB 14I Not enough detail to support an argument that the proposal was not significant to the company In December, the first lett... April 10, 2018 Client Update Company Prevails in Court Case Disputing Advance Notice Bylaws HomeStreet received a notice, numbering 133 pages, the day before the advance notice deadline in its bylaws alerting the c... April 4, 2018 Client Update ISS Updated FAQs Focus on Proxy Reports and Engagements U.S. proxy reports are issued 13 to 30 calendar days before a shareholder meeting, but closer to 13 to 18 days during Apri... March 27, 2018 Client Update SEC Rulemaking Petition Advocates for Retail Investors to Provide Standing Voting Instructions for Corporate Election in Order to Increase Voter Participation Retail investors own about 30% of shares but only vote 29% of the time, compared to institutional investors voting 91% of ... March 21, 2018 Client Update More Investors to Vote Against Directors for Lack of Board Diversity, and Specialty ISS Policies Push for 30% Diverse Representation Certain investors are expected to hold governance committees, and in some cases the entire board, accountable through dire... March 16, 2018 Client Update SEC Cybersecurity Guidance and Commissioner Comments in the Context of an SEC Cybersecurity Enforcement Case Related to Insider Trading The SEC cybersecurity guidance, which we discuss in this client memo, reminds companies that their directors, officers and... March 8, 2018 Client Update State Street Screens S&P 500 Companies for Non-Compliance with Investor Stewardship Group Governance Principles The Chief Investment Officer of State Street Global Advisor (SSGA) has sent letters to board chairs and lead directors at ... March 7, 2018 Client Update First Wave of Pay Ratio Disclosures Filed U.S. public companies recently began disclosing their CEO-to-median employee pay ratios, as required by the Dodd-Frank Act... Load More
April 26, 2018 Client Update With $35 Million Fine, SEC Shows Late Cyberbreach Disclosure Can Result in Enforcement Yahoo! Order Is SEC’s First Cyber-Disclosure Enforcement Action On April 24, the Securities and Exchange Commission cha...
April 25, 2018 Client Update Sustainalytics ESG Ratings Publicly Available on Company Yahoo Finance Page Some companies may not be aware that since February, their Yahoo Finance web page includes a separate tab with the ESG sco...
April 20, 2018 Client Update What the SEC Staff Said When They Denied Exclusion of Shareholder Proposals Under SLB 14I Not enough detail to support an argument that the proposal was not significant to the company In December, the first lett...
April 10, 2018 Client Update Company Prevails in Court Case Disputing Advance Notice Bylaws HomeStreet received a notice, numbering 133 pages, the day before the advance notice deadline in its bylaws alerting the c...
April 4, 2018 Client Update ISS Updated FAQs Focus on Proxy Reports and Engagements U.S. proxy reports are issued 13 to 30 calendar days before a shareholder meeting, but closer to 13 to 18 days during Apri...
March 27, 2018 Client Update SEC Rulemaking Petition Advocates for Retail Investors to Provide Standing Voting Instructions for Corporate Election in Order to Increase Voter Participation Retail investors own about 30% of shares but only vote 29% of the time, compared to institutional investors voting 91% of ...
March 21, 2018 Client Update More Investors to Vote Against Directors for Lack of Board Diversity, and Specialty ISS Policies Push for 30% Diverse Representation Certain investors are expected to hold governance committees, and in some cases the entire board, accountable through dire...
March 16, 2018 Client Update SEC Cybersecurity Guidance and Commissioner Comments in the Context of an SEC Cybersecurity Enforcement Case Related to Insider Trading The SEC cybersecurity guidance, which we discuss in this client memo, reminds companies that their directors, officers and...
March 8, 2018 Client Update State Street Screens S&P 500 Companies for Non-Compliance with Investor Stewardship Group Governance Principles The Chief Investment Officer of State Street Global Advisor (SSGA) has sent letters to board chairs and lead directors at ...
March 7, 2018 Client Update First Wave of Pay Ratio Disclosures Filed U.S. public companies recently began disclosing their CEO-to-median employee pay ratios, as required by the Dodd-Frank Act...