Practice Mobile Menu Trigger Overview Experience Team Insights Subscribe to insights June 1, 2016 Client Update Glass Lewis CEO Responds to Proposed Legislation Governing Proxy Advisors The prepared statement on the Proxy Advisory Firm Reform Act by the CEO of Glass Lewis, KT Rabin, before the Subcommittee ... May 26, 2016 Client Update Court Denies Proxy Contest After Board Determines Dissident Candidates Failed to Complete Questionnaire A recent case interprets and demonstrates the importance of the requirements in advance notice bylaws. The U.S. District C... May 24, 2016 Client Update NASDAQ Amends Rule Filing on Disclosure of Third-Party Compensation for Directors and SEC Extends Review Period The SEC has extended to July 4, 2016, as the deadline for taking action on NASDAQ’s proposal requiring its listed compan... May 19, 2016 Client Update SEC Releases Guidance on Non-GAAP Financial Measures On May 17, the staff of the SEC’s Division of Corporation Finance released new and revised Compliance and Disclosure Int... May 16, 2016 Client Update Proposed Legislation on Oversight of Proxy Advisory Firms The Proxy Advisory Firm Reform Act, introduced by Congressman Sean Duffy (R-Wisconsin), is on the agenda for a hearing on... May 13, 2016 Client Update Dodd-Frank Update: Incentive Compensation for Financial Institutions On Monday, May 2, 2016, the Federal Reserve and, on Friday, May 6, 2016, the SEC issued their versions of a reproposed rul... May 12, 2016 Client Update PCAOB Reproposes Standards on Critical Audit Matters, Tied to Audit Committee Communications, and Adds Tenure Disclosure to Auditors’ Reports When it first proposed disclosure of critical audit matters in auditors’ reports back in August 2013, the PCAOB faced an... May 11, 2016 Client Update Status of Proxy Access Shareholder Proposals, Including Binding Bylaw Proposals At annual meetings so far this year, investors have already voted on more than 30 shareholder proposals asking companies t... May 10, 2016 Client Update New Guidance on Best Practice for Disapplying Pre-Emption Rights for UK Premium Listed Companies On May 5, 2016, the Financial Reporting Council’s Pre-Emption Group published its first monitoring report on the applica... May 3, 2016 Client Update Supplemental Proxy Filings on Say-on-Pay Do Not Affect Overall Vote Results A recent Semler Brossy report that examined supplementary proxy materials on say-on-pay proposals since 2011 found no mate... Load More
June 1, 2016 Client Update Glass Lewis CEO Responds to Proposed Legislation Governing Proxy Advisors The prepared statement on the Proxy Advisory Firm Reform Act by the CEO of Glass Lewis, KT Rabin, before the Subcommittee ...
May 26, 2016 Client Update Court Denies Proxy Contest After Board Determines Dissident Candidates Failed to Complete Questionnaire A recent case interprets and demonstrates the importance of the requirements in advance notice bylaws. The U.S. District C...
May 24, 2016 Client Update NASDAQ Amends Rule Filing on Disclosure of Third-Party Compensation for Directors and SEC Extends Review Period The SEC has extended to July 4, 2016, as the deadline for taking action on NASDAQ’s proposal requiring its listed compan...
May 19, 2016 Client Update SEC Releases Guidance on Non-GAAP Financial Measures On May 17, the staff of the SEC’s Division of Corporation Finance released new and revised Compliance and Disclosure Int...
May 16, 2016 Client Update Proposed Legislation on Oversight of Proxy Advisory Firms The Proxy Advisory Firm Reform Act, introduced by Congressman Sean Duffy (R-Wisconsin), is on the agenda for a hearing on...
May 13, 2016 Client Update Dodd-Frank Update: Incentive Compensation for Financial Institutions On Monday, May 2, 2016, the Federal Reserve and, on Friday, May 6, 2016, the SEC issued their versions of a reproposed rul...
May 12, 2016 Client Update PCAOB Reproposes Standards on Critical Audit Matters, Tied to Audit Committee Communications, and Adds Tenure Disclosure to Auditors’ Reports When it first proposed disclosure of critical audit matters in auditors’ reports back in August 2013, the PCAOB faced an...
May 11, 2016 Client Update Status of Proxy Access Shareholder Proposals, Including Binding Bylaw Proposals At annual meetings so far this year, investors have already voted on more than 30 shareholder proposals asking companies t...
May 10, 2016 Client Update New Guidance on Best Practice for Disapplying Pre-Emption Rights for UK Premium Listed Companies On May 5, 2016, the Financial Reporting Council’s Pre-Emption Group published its first monitoring report on the applica...
May 3, 2016 Client Update Supplemental Proxy Filings on Say-on-Pay Do Not Affect Overall Vote Results A recent Semler Brossy report that examined supplementary proxy materials on say-on-pay proposals since 2011 found no mate...