Practice Mobile Menu Trigger Overview Experience Team Insights Subscribe to insights 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 ... January 12, 2015 Client Update CII Challenges Companies’ Own Proxy Access Proposals and SEC Staff’s Decision on Whole Foods’ Shareholder Proposal According to the Council of Institutional Investors (CII), the 2015 proxy season is off to an “explosive start” becaus... January 7, 2015 Client Update Conflict Minerals Case Continues as Appellants File Supplemental Brief In late December, the National Association of Manufacturers, the Chamber of Commerce and the Business Roundtable (the Appe... January 5, 2015 Client Update Whole Foods and Other Companies’ Own Versions of Proxy Access Proposals Although the SEC permitted Whole Foods to exclude a shareholder proposal asking the board to amend its bylaws to allow for... Load More
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 ...
January 12, 2015 Client Update CII Challenges Companies’ Own Proxy Access Proposals and SEC Staff’s Decision on Whole Foods’ Shareholder Proposal According to the Council of Institutional Investors (CII), the 2015 proxy season is off to an “explosive start” becaus...
January 7, 2015 Client Update Conflict Minerals Case Continues as Appellants File Supplemental Brief In late December, the National Association of Manufacturers, the Chamber of Commerce and the Business Roundtable (the Appe...
January 5, 2015 Client Update Whole Foods and Other Companies’ Own Versions of Proxy Access Proposals Although the SEC permitted Whole Foods to exclude a shareholder proposal asking the board to amend its bylaws to allow for...