Practice Mobile Menu Trigger Overview Experience Team Insights Subscribe to insights December 10, 2014 Client Update Early SEC Staff No-Action Decisions Resolves New Types of Exclusion Requests on Shareholder Proposals The SEC Office of Chief Counsel has determined that Whole Foods can exclude a shareholder proposal asking the board to ado... December 9, 2014 Client Update Darden Board Makes Significant Changes to Its Corporate Governance Practices After a bruising proxy contest, Darden Restaurants announced last month several meaningful changes to its corporate govern... December 5, 2014 Client Update District Court Rules Wal-Mart Should Not Have Relied on an SEC Staff Decision and Excluded a Shareholder Proposal in Its 2014 Proxy Materials The U.S. District Court for the District of Delaware determined that Wal-Mart should not have excluded a shareholder propo... December 2, 2014 Client Update SEC Urged to Delay Pay Ratio Rule Adoption by Some Members of House Financial Services Committee Last week, House Financial Services Committee Chairman Jeb Hensarling (R-TX), Representative Scott Garrett (R-NJ) and Repr... December 1, 2014 Client Update Changes in Board Composition for Large-Cap Companies (December 2014) The 2014 Spencer Stuart US Board Index for S&P 500 companies focuses on board composition, turnover and director successio... December 1, 2014 Client Update European Regulatory Snapshot: CRD IV Bonus Cap Likely Set to Stay The CRD IV package, comprising the Capital Requirements Directive IV[1] (CRD IV) and the Capital Requirements Regulation[2... November 24, 2014 Client Update PCAOB Addresses Concerns of Audit Committees and Expected Releases for 2015 Jay D. Hanson, a board member of the PCAOB, recently spoke about the PCAOB’s efforts to address issues raised by audit c... November 19, 2014 Client Update Panel Agrees to Rehear Conflict Minerals Case The D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals has granted the petitions for panel rehearing by the SEC and Amnesty International on th... November 18, 2014 Client Update Insights from Vanguard’s Chairman and CEO: Corporate Governance Should Not Be a Mystery Directors can provide more insight on how they govern their companies, and investors can give more information on how they... November 13, 2014 Client Update Reminder: Data Verification for New ISS QuickScore 3.0 Ends Friday The final day for companies to verify the data that will form the basis of their ISS QuickScore 3.0 is tomorrow, November ... Load More
December 10, 2014 Client Update Early SEC Staff No-Action Decisions Resolves New Types of Exclusion Requests on Shareholder Proposals The SEC Office of Chief Counsel has determined that Whole Foods can exclude a shareholder proposal asking the board to ado...
December 9, 2014 Client Update Darden Board Makes Significant Changes to Its Corporate Governance Practices After a bruising proxy contest, Darden Restaurants announced last month several meaningful changes to its corporate govern...
December 5, 2014 Client Update District Court Rules Wal-Mart Should Not Have Relied on an SEC Staff Decision and Excluded a Shareholder Proposal in Its 2014 Proxy Materials The U.S. District Court for the District of Delaware determined that Wal-Mart should not have excluded a shareholder propo...
December 2, 2014 Client Update SEC Urged to Delay Pay Ratio Rule Adoption by Some Members of House Financial Services Committee Last week, House Financial Services Committee Chairman Jeb Hensarling (R-TX), Representative Scott Garrett (R-NJ) and Repr...
December 1, 2014 Client Update Changes in Board Composition for Large-Cap Companies (December 2014) The 2014 Spencer Stuart US Board Index for S&P 500 companies focuses on board composition, turnover and director successio...
December 1, 2014 Client Update European Regulatory Snapshot: CRD IV Bonus Cap Likely Set to Stay The CRD IV package, comprising the Capital Requirements Directive IV[1] (CRD IV) and the Capital Requirements Regulation[2...
November 24, 2014 Client Update PCAOB Addresses Concerns of Audit Committees and Expected Releases for 2015 Jay D. Hanson, a board member of the PCAOB, recently spoke about the PCAOB’s efforts to address issues raised by audit c...
November 19, 2014 Client Update Panel Agrees to Rehear Conflict Minerals Case The D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals has granted the petitions for panel rehearing by the SEC and Amnesty International on th...
November 18, 2014 Client Update Insights from Vanguard’s Chairman and CEO: Corporate Governance Should Not Be a Mystery Directors can provide more insight on how they govern their companies, and investors can give more information on how they...
November 13, 2014 Client Update Reminder: Data Verification for New ISS QuickScore 3.0 Ends Friday The final day for companies to verify the data that will form the basis of their ISS QuickScore 3.0 is tomorrow, November ...