Practice Mobile Menu Trigger Overview Experience Team Insights Subscribe to insights 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... January 8, 2016 Client Update Court Dismisses Suit to Compel SEC to Adopt Political Spending Rule A complaint to force the SEC to adopt rules requiring public companies to disclose the use of corporate funds for politica... January 7, 2016 Client Update Companies Can Sign Up for Glass Lewis Data Verification Process Until January 31 or whenever a specified limit is reached, NYSE and Nasdaq listed issuers can sign up for Glass Lewis’ d... January 6, 2016 Client Update Companies Argue Substantial Implementation for Proxy Access Shareholder Proposals A number of companies have submitted no-action letters to the SEC arguing that they have already substantially implemented... January 6, 2016 Client Update Hong Kong Corporate Finance Update Davis Polk sends you 2016 New Year’s Greetings and a new Hong Kong Corporate Finance Update. In this issue, we report on... Load More
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...
January 8, 2016 Client Update Court Dismisses Suit to Compel SEC to Adopt Political Spending Rule A complaint to force the SEC to adopt rules requiring public companies to disclose the use of corporate funds for politica...
January 7, 2016 Client Update Companies Can Sign Up for Glass Lewis Data Verification Process Until January 31 or whenever a specified limit is reached, NYSE and Nasdaq listed issuers can sign up for Glass Lewis’ d...
January 6, 2016 Client Update Companies Argue Substantial Implementation for Proxy Access Shareholder Proposals A number of companies have submitted no-action letters to the SEC arguing that they have already substantially implemented...
January 6, 2016 Client Update Hong Kong Corporate Finance Update Davis Polk sends you 2016 New Year’s Greetings and a new Hong Kong Corporate Finance Update. In this issue, we report on...