Practice Mobile Menu Trigger Overview Experience Team Insights Subscribe to insights February 18, 2015 Client Update Proxy Access – a Decision Framework Proxy access is back in the news and back on the agenda for many U.S. public companies. Four years after the DC Circuit in... February 17, 2015 Client Update Whole Foods Delays Its Annual Meeting Due to SEC Decision on Its Proxy Access Proposal As a result of the SEC decision to withdraw its no-action letter decision granting Whole Foods the ability to exclude a pr... February 11, 2015 Client Update SEC Division Director Discusses Current Staff Review on Conflicting Shareholder Proposals, Wal-Mart Case and False and Misleading Exclusion Standard In a recent speech on shareholder proposals, Keith Higgins, the SEC director of the Division of Corporation Finance, indic... February 11, 2015 Client Update SEC Proposes Hedging Disclosure Rule On February 9, 2015, the SEC proposed a long-awaited rule on disclosure of company equity hedging policies, as required by... February 10, 2015 Client Update A Legal Challenge to a Bylaw Requiring Minimum Number of Shareholders Before Lawsuits Can Be Brought Imperial Holdings’ shareholders have sued the company and its board over a bylaw that the board adopted last November. T... February 9, 2015 Client Update SEC Releases Rule Proposal on Corporate Hedging Policies The SEC has released a rule proposal on disclosure of hedging by employees, officers and directors, as required under the ... February 6, 2015 Client Update Chamber Tells SEC that Its Decision Regarding Conflicting Proposals Places Companies in a Bind The Chamber of Commerce has sent a letter to SEC Chair White to “express significant concern” regarding the announceme... February 5, 2015 Client Update Trinity Responds in Wal-Mart Shareholder Proposal Case Trinity Wall Street (Trinity), the proponent of a shareholder proposal to Wal-Mart that is currently the subject of an app... February 4, 2015 Client Update SEC Concept Release on Audit Committees Predicted to be Issued in March It is difficult to make any predictions at this point about when the SEC may take any rulemaking-related actions, but the ... February 2, 2015 Client Update January Meetings Showcase Proxy Access and Director Tenure Proposals A proxy access proposal submitted by John Harrington received 53.46% of the votes cast in favor at Monsanto’s annual mee... Load More
February 18, 2015 Client Update Proxy Access – a Decision Framework Proxy access is back in the news and back on the agenda for many U.S. public companies. Four years after the DC Circuit in...
February 17, 2015 Client Update Whole Foods Delays Its Annual Meeting Due to SEC Decision on Its Proxy Access Proposal As a result of the SEC decision to withdraw its no-action letter decision granting Whole Foods the ability to exclude a pr...
February 11, 2015 Client Update SEC Division Director Discusses Current Staff Review on Conflicting Shareholder Proposals, Wal-Mart Case and False and Misleading Exclusion Standard In a recent speech on shareholder proposals, Keith Higgins, the SEC director of the Division of Corporation Finance, indic...
February 11, 2015 Client Update SEC Proposes Hedging Disclosure Rule On February 9, 2015, the SEC proposed a long-awaited rule on disclosure of company equity hedging policies, as required by...
February 10, 2015 Client Update A Legal Challenge to a Bylaw Requiring Minimum Number of Shareholders Before Lawsuits Can Be Brought Imperial Holdings’ shareholders have sued the company and its board over a bylaw that the board adopted last November. T...
February 9, 2015 Client Update SEC Releases Rule Proposal on Corporate Hedging Policies The SEC has released a rule proposal on disclosure of hedging by employees, officers and directors, as required under the ...
February 6, 2015 Client Update Chamber Tells SEC that Its Decision Regarding Conflicting Proposals Places Companies in a Bind The Chamber of Commerce has sent a letter to SEC Chair White to “express significant concern” regarding the announceme...
February 5, 2015 Client Update Trinity Responds in Wal-Mart Shareholder Proposal Case Trinity Wall Street (Trinity), the proponent of a shareholder proposal to Wal-Mart that is currently the subject of an app...
February 4, 2015 Client Update SEC Concept Release on Audit Committees Predicted to be Issued in March It is difficult to make any predictions at this point about when the SEC may take any rulemaking-related actions, but the ...
February 2, 2015 Client Update January Meetings Showcase Proxy Access and Director Tenure Proposals A proxy access proposal submitted by John Harrington received 53.46% of the votes cast in favor at Monsanto’s annual mee...