Practice Mobile Menu Trigger Overview Experience Team Insights Subscribe to insights June 12, 2018 Client Update What We Learn from State Street’s Q1 Stewardship Activity Report State Street released a report on their Q1 focus and activities related to the companies where they vote. What we learned... June 4, 2018 Client Update Everyone Wants to Woo “Main Street,” This Time with Proposed Legislation It appears that “Main Street” in capital markets is both synonymous with retail investors and private companies, and t... May 30, 2018 Client Update New Coalition Condemns Lack of Retail Investor Influence and Criticizes Current Investor Focus The Main Street Investors Coalition wants retail investors to have more influence in combating the rise of passive investo... May 23, 2018 Client Update Companies Commit to Including Diverse Candidates in Board Searches Six shareholder proposals are on ballots this season asking for increased board diversity, or disclosure about board diver... May 16, 2018 Client Update Proxy C&DIs Updated by SEC Staff The SEC staff recently updated Compliance and Disclosure Interpretations (C&DIs) on the proxy rules and Schedules 14A/C. ... May 10, 2018 Client Update Delaware Court Finds Continued Compensation to Incapacitated Chairman Could Render Directors Liable for Claims of Waste and Bad Faith In an unusual finding, the Delaware Court of Chancery held that demand was partly excused and claims for corporate waste, ... April 30, 2018 Client Update Are the Reports that the DOL Guidance Will Lead to the Demise of ESG-Focused Plans Greatly Exaggerated? Last week the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) issued a bulletin (the Bulletin) on its prior interpretations related to cons... 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... Load More
June 12, 2018 Client Update What We Learn from State Street’s Q1 Stewardship Activity Report State Street released a report on their Q1 focus and activities related to the companies where they vote. What we learned...
June 4, 2018 Client Update Everyone Wants to Woo “Main Street,” This Time with Proposed Legislation It appears that “Main Street” in capital markets is both synonymous with retail investors and private companies, and t...
May 30, 2018 Client Update New Coalition Condemns Lack of Retail Investor Influence and Criticizes Current Investor Focus The Main Street Investors Coalition wants retail investors to have more influence in combating the rise of passive investo...
May 23, 2018 Client Update Companies Commit to Including Diverse Candidates in Board Searches Six shareholder proposals are on ballots this season asking for increased board diversity, or disclosure about board diver...
May 16, 2018 Client Update Proxy C&DIs Updated by SEC Staff The SEC staff recently updated Compliance and Disclosure Interpretations (C&DIs) on the proxy rules and Schedules 14A/C. ...
May 10, 2018 Client Update Delaware Court Finds Continued Compensation to Incapacitated Chairman Could Render Directors Liable for Claims of Waste and Bad Faith In an unusual finding, the Delaware Court of Chancery held that demand was partly excused and claims for corporate waste, ...
April 30, 2018 Client Update Are the Reports that the DOL Guidance Will Lead to the Demise of ESG-Focused Plans Greatly Exaggerated? Last week the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) issued a bulletin (the Bulletin) on its prior interpretations related to cons...
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...