Practice Mobile Menu Trigger Overview Experience Team Insights Subscribe to insights March 9, 2017 Client Update State Street Targets Companies for Lack of Board Gender Diversity and Provides a Gender Diversity Framework to Promote Increased Representation Wall Street, Meet Fearless Girl. See the picture and watch the video. That’s the tagline used by State Street in announc... March 7, 2017 Articles & Books Getting the Deal Through: Shareholder Activism & Engagement 2017 Arthur Golden, Thomas Reid, Laura Turano and Thomas Malinowsky are the contributing editors to the second edition of Getti... March 7, 2017 Client Update Two Quick Reminders for the Proxy Season As many of you prepare to file your proxy statements this month, two quick reminders on new developments to keep in mind: ... March 2, 2017 Client Update SEC Requires Hyperlinks to Exhibits Starting in September The SEC approved rules yesterday to require issuers to include a hyperlink to the exhibits listed in the exhibit index. Th... February 28, 2017 Client Update Acting SEC Chair on Possible SEC Initiatives and Upcoming SEC Open Meeting During a recent speech on SEC initiatives, Acting SEC Chairman Piwowar invoked the “Forgotten Investor,” as the person... February 21, 2017 Client Update Status of SEC Staff Decisions on Proxy Access Shareholder Proposals and Aggregation Limits on Nominating Shareholder Groups SEC staff decisions for no-action letters seeking relief from proxy access shareholder proposals have divided between comp... February 14, 2017 Client Update Resource Extraction Disclosure Repealed On February 14, 2017, President Trump approved a joint resolution of Congress repealing the SEC’s rule requiring resourc... February 14, 2017 Client Update Study Examines Boardroom Refreshment Practices Over Nearly 10 Years In 145 pages, IRRC Institute and ISS teamed up on a study of board refreshment trends at S&P 1500 companies from 2008 to 2... February 8, 2017 Client Update State Street Advises Boards to Focus on Environment and Social Sustainability State Street’s letter to board members emphasizes the importance of sustainability in long-term corporate strategy. As t... February 6, 2017 Client Update Acting SEC Chairman Seeks Input on Pay Ratio Rule Acting SEC Chairman Piwowar issued a statement today asking for public comment on any “unexpected challenges” that com... Load More
March 9, 2017 Client Update State Street Targets Companies for Lack of Board Gender Diversity and Provides a Gender Diversity Framework to Promote Increased Representation Wall Street, Meet Fearless Girl. See the picture and watch the video. That’s the tagline used by State Street in announc...
March 7, 2017 Articles & Books Getting the Deal Through: Shareholder Activism & Engagement 2017 Arthur Golden, Thomas Reid, Laura Turano and Thomas Malinowsky are the contributing editors to the second edition of Getti...
March 7, 2017 Client Update Two Quick Reminders for the Proxy Season As many of you prepare to file your proxy statements this month, two quick reminders on new developments to keep in mind: ...
March 2, 2017 Client Update SEC Requires Hyperlinks to Exhibits Starting in September The SEC approved rules yesterday to require issuers to include a hyperlink to the exhibits listed in the exhibit index. Th...
February 28, 2017 Client Update Acting SEC Chair on Possible SEC Initiatives and Upcoming SEC Open Meeting During a recent speech on SEC initiatives, Acting SEC Chairman Piwowar invoked the “Forgotten Investor,” as the person...
February 21, 2017 Client Update Status of SEC Staff Decisions on Proxy Access Shareholder Proposals and Aggregation Limits on Nominating Shareholder Groups SEC staff decisions for no-action letters seeking relief from proxy access shareholder proposals have divided between comp...
February 14, 2017 Client Update Resource Extraction Disclosure Repealed On February 14, 2017, President Trump approved a joint resolution of Congress repealing the SEC’s rule requiring resourc...
February 14, 2017 Client Update Study Examines Boardroom Refreshment Practices Over Nearly 10 Years In 145 pages, IRRC Institute and ISS teamed up on a study of board refreshment trends at S&P 1500 companies from 2008 to 2...
February 8, 2017 Client Update State Street Advises Boards to Focus on Environment and Social Sustainability State Street’s letter to board members emphasizes the importance of sustainability in long-term corporate strategy. As t...
February 6, 2017 Client Update Acting SEC Chairman Seeks Input on Pay Ratio Rule Acting SEC Chairman Piwowar issued a statement today asking for public comment on any “unexpected challenges” that com...