Practice Mobile Menu Trigger Overview Experience Team Insights Subscribe to insights March 3, 2015 Client Update BlackRock Issues U.S. Proxy Voting Guidelines for 2015 Season BlackRock has revised its U.S. proxy voting guidelines, following their annual review of governance and proxy voting trend... February 27, 2015 Client Update Evolution of Clawback Policies and Accounting Implications Several shareholder proposals this season ask boards to adopt clawback policies that would be triggered by any misconduct ... February 24, 2015 Client Update ISS Clarifies Its Unilateral Bylaw and Charter Amendments Policy as Related to Exclusive Forum and Fee Shifting Provisions and Other Bylaws Under its existing policy, ISS will recommend against the election of boards of directors who adopt bylaw or charter amend... February 23, 2015 Client Update Investors’ Views on Effective Proxy Statement Disclosures More than half of the 64 investors who responded to a survey conducted by the Stanford Rock Center for Corporate Governanc... February 19, 2015 Client Update ISS Issues FAQs on Proxy Access Proposals In its long-awaited FAQs, ISS indicates that it will generally recommend in favor of management and shareholder proposals ... February 19, 2015 Client Update NYSE Proposes Amending Rules on Timing of Broker Searches for Annual and Special Meetings to Clarify Alignment with SEC Rule The NYSE has proposed amending its rules on the solicitation of proxies through member organizations, as set forth in Sect... February 18, 2015 Client Update Delaware Legislature Urged to Address Fee-Shifting Bylaws Amalgamated Bank’s LongView Funds has written to several Delaware representatives, including the state governor, urging ... 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... Load More
March 3, 2015 Client Update BlackRock Issues U.S. Proxy Voting Guidelines for 2015 Season BlackRock has revised its U.S. proxy voting guidelines, following their annual review of governance and proxy voting trend...
February 27, 2015 Client Update Evolution of Clawback Policies and Accounting Implications Several shareholder proposals this season ask boards to adopt clawback policies that would be triggered by any misconduct ...
February 24, 2015 Client Update ISS Clarifies Its Unilateral Bylaw and Charter Amendments Policy as Related to Exclusive Forum and Fee Shifting Provisions and Other Bylaws Under its existing policy, ISS will recommend against the election of boards of directors who adopt bylaw or charter amend...
February 23, 2015 Client Update Investors’ Views on Effective Proxy Statement Disclosures More than half of the 64 investors who responded to a survey conducted by the Stanford Rock Center for Corporate Governanc...
February 19, 2015 Client Update ISS Issues FAQs on Proxy Access Proposals In its long-awaited FAQs, ISS indicates that it will generally recommend in favor of management and shareholder proposals ...
February 19, 2015 Client Update NYSE Proposes Amending Rules on Timing of Broker Searches for Annual and Special Meetings to Clarify Alignment with SEC Rule The NYSE has proposed amending its rules on the solicitation of proxies through member organizations, as set forth in Sect...
February 18, 2015 Client Update Delaware Legislature Urged to Address Fee-Shifting Bylaws Amalgamated Bank’s LongView Funds has written to several Delaware representatives, including the state governor, urging ...
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...