Practice Mobile Menu Trigger Overview Experience Team Insights Subscribe to insights July 31, 2017 Client Update Chairman Clayton Suggests Potential for Shareholder Proposal Rule Reform, Invoking the Quiet Shareholder, as the Chamber of Commerce Makes Specific Recommendations The Center for Capital Markets Competitiveness, part of the Chamber of Commerce, issued seven recommendations for sharehol... July 31, 2017 Articles & Books Corporate Governance Trends and Developments: 2017 Arthur Golden, Thomas Reid, Kyoko Takahashi Lin, Laura Turano and Morgan Lee are pleased to write the global overview of G... July 26, 2017 Client Update The Proxy Access Battlefront for Next Season? SEC Staff Rejects Attempt to Exclude Proxy Access Shareholder Proposal The 2017 season that just passed witnessed two kinds of proposals asking companies to amend existing proxy access bylaws. ... July 25, 2017 Client Update Comparing the SEC’s Rulemaking Agendas Indicates Potential for Less Rulemaking, but Significant Disclosure Initiatives Remain Like other federal agencies, the SEC recently released its regulatory agenda. The agenda is published by the Office of Inf... July 19, 2017 Client Update Report Finds Shareholder Activism Evolving from Niche Strategy to Acceptance Across Investors With 371 public campaigns against U.S. companies, according to a recent J.P. Morgan report on the new normal in shareholde... July 13, 2017 Client Update SEC Chairman Clayton on His Agenda SEC Chairman Jay Clayton gave his first public address yesterday, with some meaningful remarks directed at public company ... July 12, 2017 Client Update Investor Group Petitions SEC to Require Disclosure on Human Capital Management The Human Capital Management Coalition has submitted a rulemaking petition to the SEC to require all public companies to d... July 10, 2017 Client Update NYSE Rule Filing Contemplates Direct Listings Without Concurrent IPO The NYSE has proposed to change its rules to provide for companies to list without the usual process of an underwritten IP... July 6, 2017 Client Update Company Drops Plans to Issue No-Vote Share Class In the midst of the controversy over Snap’s issued no-vote shares, and Blue Apron’s authorized but not issued no-vote ... June 27, 2017 Client Update Independent Chair Proposals and the Relevance of Supporting Statements So far this season 44 shareholder proposals asking companies to appoint independent chairs of boards are on annual meeting... Load More
July 31, 2017 Client Update Chairman Clayton Suggests Potential for Shareholder Proposal Rule Reform, Invoking the Quiet Shareholder, as the Chamber of Commerce Makes Specific Recommendations The Center for Capital Markets Competitiveness, part of the Chamber of Commerce, issued seven recommendations for sharehol...
July 31, 2017 Articles & Books Corporate Governance Trends and Developments: 2017 Arthur Golden, Thomas Reid, Kyoko Takahashi Lin, Laura Turano and Morgan Lee are pleased to write the global overview of G...
July 26, 2017 Client Update The Proxy Access Battlefront for Next Season? SEC Staff Rejects Attempt to Exclude Proxy Access Shareholder Proposal The 2017 season that just passed witnessed two kinds of proposals asking companies to amend existing proxy access bylaws. ...
July 25, 2017 Client Update Comparing the SEC’s Rulemaking Agendas Indicates Potential for Less Rulemaking, but Significant Disclosure Initiatives Remain Like other federal agencies, the SEC recently released its regulatory agenda. The agenda is published by the Office of Inf...
July 19, 2017 Client Update Report Finds Shareholder Activism Evolving from Niche Strategy to Acceptance Across Investors With 371 public campaigns against U.S. companies, according to a recent J.P. Morgan report on the new normal in shareholde...
July 13, 2017 Client Update SEC Chairman Clayton on His Agenda SEC Chairman Jay Clayton gave his first public address yesterday, with some meaningful remarks directed at public company ...
July 12, 2017 Client Update Investor Group Petitions SEC to Require Disclosure on Human Capital Management The Human Capital Management Coalition has submitted a rulemaking petition to the SEC to require all public companies to d...
July 10, 2017 Client Update NYSE Rule Filing Contemplates Direct Listings Without Concurrent IPO The NYSE has proposed to change its rules to provide for companies to list without the usual process of an underwritten IP...
July 6, 2017 Client Update Company Drops Plans to Issue No-Vote Share Class In the midst of the controversy over Snap’s issued no-vote shares, and Blue Apron’s authorized but not issued no-vote ...
June 27, 2017 Client Update Independent Chair Proposals and the Relevance of Supporting Statements So far this season 44 shareholder proposals asking companies to appoint independent chairs of boards are on annual meeting...