Practice Mobile Menu Trigger Overview Experience Team Insights Subscribe to insights January 30, 2015 Client Update Glass Lewis Summarizes its Approach to Proxy Access Proposals According to Glass Lewis, approximately 100 companies will face proxy access shareholder proposals in 2015. In a blog post... January 27, 2015 Client Update SEC Announces Roundtable on Proxy Voting The SEC has announced that it will host a roundtable on February 19 on ways to improve the proxy voting process. The round... January 27, 2015 Client Update Wal-Mart Appeals Ruling Requiring the Company to Include a Shareholder Proposal About Its Products Wal-Mart Stores is appealing to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit to vacate a mandatory injunction that requ... January 26, 2015 Client Update BRT Urges Restraint by ISS and Glass Lewis for Proxy Access and Other Proposals if Companies Rely on the SEC Rule without Benefit of No-Action Letters The recent statement from Chair White that the SEC staff will not issue any decisions this season on no-action letters ask... January 23, 2015 Client Update New Procedures for Shortened Debt Tender Offers; Relief Extended to High-Yield Debt A new no-action letter from the SEC staff substantially revises the rules applicable to shortened debt tender offers and e... January 22, 2015 Client Update Talking to Tapestry’s Compensation Committee Leadership Network Davis Polk partner Ed FitzGerald and I spoke in December with Tapestry’s Compensation Committee Leadership Network (CCLN... January 16, 2015 Client Update Chair White Statement Regarding Controversial Staff Decisions on Proxy Access Proposals Causes SEC Staff to Express No Views on 14a-8(i)(9) During Proxy Season The SEC has issued a statement, which, although no mention of the proxy access proposals is specifically made, addresses t... January 14, 2015 Client Update SEC Announces Its Examination Office will Review Proxy Advisory Firm Recommendations and Disclosure The SEC announced its Office of Compliance Inspections and Examinations’ (OCIE) priorities for 2015, which focus on thre... January 14, 2015 Client Update Vanguard’s View on Proxy Access Proposals Vanguard has indicated that they are in the process of adding language to their proxy voting guidelines to communicate the... January 13, 2015 Client Update Report on SEC Comment Letter Trends Highlight Issues for 10-K Disclosure Deloitte recently published a 127-page report on SEC comment letter trends that companies may find useful as they prepare ... Load More
January 30, 2015 Client Update Glass Lewis Summarizes its Approach to Proxy Access Proposals According to Glass Lewis, approximately 100 companies will face proxy access shareholder proposals in 2015. In a blog post...
January 27, 2015 Client Update SEC Announces Roundtable on Proxy Voting The SEC has announced that it will host a roundtable on February 19 on ways to improve the proxy voting process. The round...
January 27, 2015 Client Update Wal-Mart Appeals Ruling Requiring the Company to Include a Shareholder Proposal About Its Products Wal-Mart Stores is appealing to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit to vacate a mandatory injunction that requ...
January 26, 2015 Client Update BRT Urges Restraint by ISS and Glass Lewis for Proxy Access and Other Proposals if Companies Rely on the SEC Rule without Benefit of No-Action Letters The recent statement from Chair White that the SEC staff will not issue any decisions this season on no-action letters ask...
January 23, 2015 Client Update New Procedures for Shortened Debt Tender Offers; Relief Extended to High-Yield Debt A new no-action letter from the SEC staff substantially revises the rules applicable to shortened debt tender offers and e...
January 22, 2015 Client Update Talking to Tapestry’s Compensation Committee Leadership Network Davis Polk partner Ed FitzGerald and I spoke in December with Tapestry’s Compensation Committee Leadership Network (CCLN...
January 16, 2015 Client Update Chair White Statement Regarding Controversial Staff Decisions on Proxy Access Proposals Causes SEC Staff to Express No Views on 14a-8(i)(9) During Proxy Season The SEC has issued a statement, which, although no mention of the proxy access proposals is specifically made, addresses t...
January 14, 2015 Client Update SEC Announces Its Examination Office will Review Proxy Advisory Firm Recommendations and Disclosure The SEC announced its Office of Compliance Inspections and Examinations’ (OCIE) priorities for 2015, which focus on thre...
January 14, 2015 Client Update Vanguard’s View on Proxy Access Proposals Vanguard has indicated that they are in the process of adding language to their proxy voting guidelines to communicate the...
January 13, 2015 Client Update Report on SEC Comment Letter Trends Highlight Issues for 10-K Disclosure Deloitte recently published a 127-page report on SEC comment letter trends that companies may find useful as they prepare ...