Practice Mobile Menu Trigger Overview Experience Team Insights Subscribe to insights February 12, 2016 Client Update Shareholder Proposal Pressure Shifts to the Investors Who Vote on Them The battle over shareholder proposals is turning to the investors who make voting decisions about them. Several investors ... February 9, 2016 Client Update SEC Chair’s Remarks on Recent Governance Topics of Interest Chair White covered a wide array of topics recently at a securities regulation conference, though the press immediately fo... February 3, 2016 Client Update BlackRock Focuses on Companies' Long-Term Strategic Frameworks When companies engage with BlackRock’s corporate governance team, they may be asked about the company’s “strategic f... February 1, 2016 Client Update Facebook Settles Lawsuit Regarding Non-Employee Director Compensation Facebook has announced its settlement of a lawsuit filed in June 2014, alleging that its board of directors breached their... January 27, 2016 Client Update SEC Denies No-Action Requests on Proposals Preferring Buybacks over Dividends Shareholders at several companies will vote on proposals asking boards to adopt a payout policy that gives preference to s... January 22, 2016 Client Update Composition of S&P 500 Directors The WJS’s interactive graph on the 4,500 directors in the S&P 500 provides an interesting compilation of the hot topics ... January 20, 2016 Client Update GAO Studies Lack of Women on Boards The U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) estimated in a recent report that even if equal proportions of women and m... January 15, 2016 Client Update SEC Charges Officers and Outside Directors with Fraud In charging senior leaders of a failed bank with fraud, the SEC also held two outside directors responsible. Eleven execut... January 15, 2016 Client Update SEC Sustainability Disclosure Search Tool Released This Week Ceres, an environmental nonprofit organization, released this week an SEC Sustainability Disclosure Search Tool. This tool... January 11, 2016 Client Update New York City Comptroller Announces Companies Targeted with Proxy Access Shareholder Proposals for 2016 Meetings The New York City Comptroller issued a press release today announcing that the New York City pension funds (the Funds) hav... Load More
February 12, 2016 Client Update Shareholder Proposal Pressure Shifts to the Investors Who Vote on Them The battle over shareholder proposals is turning to the investors who make voting decisions about them. Several investors ...
February 9, 2016 Client Update SEC Chair’s Remarks on Recent Governance Topics of Interest Chair White covered a wide array of topics recently at a securities regulation conference, though the press immediately fo...
February 3, 2016 Client Update BlackRock Focuses on Companies' Long-Term Strategic Frameworks When companies engage with BlackRock’s corporate governance team, they may be asked about the company’s “strategic f...
February 1, 2016 Client Update Facebook Settles Lawsuit Regarding Non-Employee Director Compensation Facebook has announced its settlement of a lawsuit filed in June 2014, alleging that its board of directors breached their...
January 27, 2016 Client Update SEC Denies No-Action Requests on Proposals Preferring Buybacks over Dividends Shareholders at several companies will vote on proposals asking boards to adopt a payout policy that gives preference to s...
January 22, 2016 Client Update Composition of S&P 500 Directors The WJS’s interactive graph on the 4,500 directors in the S&P 500 provides an interesting compilation of the hot topics ...
January 20, 2016 Client Update GAO Studies Lack of Women on Boards The U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) estimated in a recent report that even if equal proportions of women and m...
January 15, 2016 Client Update SEC Charges Officers and Outside Directors with Fraud In charging senior leaders of a failed bank with fraud, the SEC also held two outside directors responsible. Eleven execut...
January 15, 2016 Client Update SEC Sustainability Disclosure Search Tool Released This Week Ceres, an environmental nonprofit organization, released this week an SEC Sustainability Disclosure Search Tool. This tool...
January 11, 2016 Client Update New York City Comptroller Announces Companies Targeted with Proxy Access Shareholder Proposals for 2016 Meetings The New York City Comptroller issued a press release today announcing that the New York City pension funds (the Funds) hav...