Practice Mobile Menu Trigger Overview Experience Team Insights Subscribe to insights January 4, 2016 Client Update Congressional Bill Would Require Disclosure of Board-Level Cybersecurity Expertise The Cybersecurity Disclosure Act of 2015 sponsored by Senators Jack Reed (D-RI) and Susan Collins (R-ME) on December 17 is... December 21, 2015 Client Update ISS Issues FAQs on Voting Policies, Including Proxy Access On Friday ISS issued new and updated FAQs to their proxy voting policies. Most notably, ISS indicated that it will evaluat... December 21, 2015 Client Update SEC Re-Proposes Rules Implementing Dodd-Frank Disclosure Requirements for Resource Extraction Issuers On December 11, the SEC once again proposed rules to implement Section 1504 of the Dodd-Frank Act relating to resource ext... December 17, 2015 Client Update Preparing Your 2015 Form 20-F This memorandum highlights some considerations for the preparation of your 2015 annual report on Form 20-F. As in previous... December 16, 2015 Client Update PCAOB Adopts Rules Requiring Names of Engagement Partners and Other Firms Involved Yesterday, the PCAOB adopted new rules to require auditors to disclose the name of the audit engagement partner. The rules... December 9, 2015 Client Update Changes in Board Composition for Large-Cap Companies (December 2015) Boards and investors continue to be deeply interested in board composition, a central topic in the 2015 Spencer Stuart US ... December 8, 2015 Client Update Proxy Access Shareholder Proposal Exclusion Request Based on State Law Requirements for Record Holders to Present Proposals An interesting no-action letter request has been submitted to the SEC to exclude a proxy access proposal submitted by Ken ... December 3, 2015 Client Update Thinking About Indemnity Protections after the "Yates Memo" On November 16, 2015, Deputy Attorney General Sally Quillian Yates gave a speech regarding the implementation of the Depar... December 2, 2015 Client Update Plurality Carve-Out in Majority Voting Standards Ethan Allen’s seven nominees for the company’s board received overwhelming support in the recent proxy contest against... November 24, 2015 Client Update Window Period Opens for Updating ISS and Glass Lewis About Changes to Peer Group Selection Beginning today, ISS is accepting updates to companies’ self-selected compensation benchmarking peers, if those companie... Load More
January 4, 2016 Client Update Congressional Bill Would Require Disclosure of Board-Level Cybersecurity Expertise The Cybersecurity Disclosure Act of 2015 sponsored by Senators Jack Reed (D-RI) and Susan Collins (R-ME) on December 17 is...
December 21, 2015 Client Update ISS Issues FAQs on Voting Policies, Including Proxy Access On Friday ISS issued new and updated FAQs to their proxy voting policies. Most notably, ISS indicated that it will evaluat...
December 21, 2015 Client Update SEC Re-Proposes Rules Implementing Dodd-Frank Disclosure Requirements for Resource Extraction Issuers On December 11, the SEC once again proposed rules to implement Section 1504 of the Dodd-Frank Act relating to resource ext...
December 17, 2015 Client Update Preparing Your 2015 Form 20-F This memorandum highlights some considerations for the preparation of your 2015 annual report on Form 20-F. As in previous...
December 16, 2015 Client Update PCAOB Adopts Rules Requiring Names of Engagement Partners and Other Firms Involved Yesterday, the PCAOB adopted new rules to require auditors to disclose the name of the audit engagement partner. The rules...
December 9, 2015 Client Update Changes in Board Composition for Large-Cap Companies (December 2015) Boards and investors continue to be deeply interested in board composition, a central topic in the 2015 Spencer Stuart US ...
December 8, 2015 Client Update Proxy Access Shareholder Proposal Exclusion Request Based on State Law Requirements for Record Holders to Present Proposals An interesting no-action letter request has been submitted to the SEC to exclude a proxy access proposal submitted by Ken ...
December 3, 2015 Client Update Thinking About Indemnity Protections after the "Yates Memo" On November 16, 2015, Deputy Attorney General Sally Quillian Yates gave a speech regarding the implementation of the Depar...
December 2, 2015 Client Update Plurality Carve-Out in Majority Voting Standards Ethan Allen’s seven nominees for the company’s board received overwhelming support in the recent proxy contest against...
November 24, 2015 Client Update Window Period Opens for Updating ISS and Glass Lewis About Changes to Peer Group Selection Beginning today, ISS is accepting updates to companies’ self-selected compensation benchmarking peers, if those companie...