Practice Mobile Menu Trigger Overview Experience Team Insights Subscribe to insights April 5, 2016 Client Update Does the ValueAct Lawsuit Have Implications for Institutional Shareholders and the Larger Shareholder Activism and Engagement Landscape? Yesterday, the U.S. Department of Justice brought a civil action against ValueAct for failing to comply with the waiting p... March 31, 2016 Client Update SEC Staff Agrees Company Proposal to Retain Supermajority Provisions Directly Conflicts with Simple Majority Vote Shareholder Proposal Since the SEC staff substantially narrowed the use of Rule 14a-8(i)(9) as a basis to exclude shareholder proposals in Staf... March 29, 2016 Client Update IPO Governance Gains Investor Attention CII issued a recent policy statement focused on newly public companies, prompted by concerns about high-profile IPOs using... March 28, 2016 Client Update Gender Diversity Firestorm Symptomatic of Greater Scrutiny of Shareholder Activists During the past week, there have been a number of news reports regarding Bloomberg’s analysis that since 2011, only seve... March 24, 2016 Client Update Legislation Introduced to Increase Activist Hedge Fund Disclosure U.S. Senators Tammy Baldwin (D-WI) and Jeff Merkley (D-OR) have introduced The Brokow Act designed to increase oversight o... March 23, 2016 Client Update SEC Staff Issues FAQ on Naming Shareholder Proposals in Proxy Cards The SEC Division of Corporation Finance issued a rare FAQ on a proxy rule yesterday, making clear that companies must prov... March 22, 2016 Client Update Focus on Director Tenure Begins to Target Specific Lengths of Service Investors have expressed concerns about the length of director tenure for several years, pushing companies to focus on boa... March 17, 2016 Client Update Case Demonstrates Risks of Selectively Providing Details of an Executive's Biographical Information A recent decision by the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois Eastern Division indicates that compani... March 17, 2016 Articles & Books Getting the Deal Through: Shareholder Activism & Engagement 2016 Whilst shareholder activism is well established in the US, over the past 12 months the influence of shareholders has conti... March 15, 2016 Client Update Report Shows Activists Don't Nominate Women, as Congress Pressures the SEC to Require More Board Diversity Disclosure for Public Companies According to an analysis by Bloomberg, since 2011, 5 of the biggest U.S. activist funds have nominated women just 7 times ... Load More
April 5, 2016 Client Update Does the ValueAct Lawsuit Have Implications for Institutional Shareholders and the Larger Shareholder Activism and Engagement Landscape? Yesterday, the U.S. Department of Justice brought a civil action against ValueAct for failing to comply with the waiting p...
March 31, 2016 Client Update SEC Staff Agrees Company Proposal to Retain Supermajority Provisions Directly Conflicts with Simple Majority Vote Shareholder Proposal Since the SEC staff substantially narrowed the use of Rule 14a-8(i)(9) as a basis to exclude shareholder proposals in Staf...
March 29, 2016 Client Update IPO Governance Gains Investor Attention CII issued a recent policy statement focused on newly public companies, prompted by concerns about high-profile IPOs using...
March 28, 2016 Client Update Gender Diversity Firestorm Symptomatic of Greater Scrutiny of Shareholder Activists During the past week, there have been a number of news reports regarding Bloomberg’s analysis that since 2011, only seve...
March 24, 2016 Client Update Legislation Introduced to Increase Activist Hedge Fund Disclosure U.S. Senators Tammy Baldwin (D-WI) and Jeff Merkley (D-OR) have introduced The Brokow Act designed to increase oversight o...
March 23, 2016 Client Update SEC Staff Issues FAQ on Naming Shareholder Proposals in Proxy Cards The SEC Division of Corporation Finance issued a rare FAQ on a proxy rule yesterday, making clear that companies must prov...
March 22, 2016 Client Update Focus on Director Tenure Begins to Target Specific Lengths of Service Investors have expressed concerns about the length of director tenure for several years, pushing companies to focus on boa...
March 17, 2016 Client Update Case Demonstrates Risks of Selectively Providing Details of an Executive's Biographical Information A recent decision by the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois Eastern Division indicates that compani...
March 17, 2016 Articles & Books Getting the Deal Through: Shareholder Activism & Engagement 2016 Whilst shareholder activism is well established in the US, over the past 12 months the influence of shareholders has conti...
March 15, 2016 Client Update Report Shows Activists Don't Nominate Women, as Congress Pressures the SEC to Require More Board Diversity Disclosure for Public Companies According to an analysis by Bloomberg, since 2011, 5 of the biggest U.S. activist funds have nominated women just 7 times ...