Practice Mobile Menu Trigger Overview Experience Team Insights Subscribe to insights November 11, 2014 Client Update A New Type of ESG Shareholder Proposal Targets How Investors Vote A new form of shareholder proposal focused on environmental and social issues does not ask the company to, for example, re... November 7, 2014 Client Update Risk Governance: Visual Memorandum on Final Guidelines Issued by the OCC The OCC has issued final risk governance guidelines that formalize its heightened expectations for large national banks an... November 7, 2014 Client Update ISS and Glass Lewis Policy Updates for 2015 Proxy Season In preparation for the 2015 proxy season, companies should be aware of the updates to the policies that govern how the two... November 7, 2014 Client Update ISS and Glass Lewis Release Changes to Their Voting Guidelines for the 2015 Proxy Season In preparation for the 2015 proxy season, companies should be aware of the updates to the policies that govern how the two... November 7, 2014 Client Update New York City Pension Funds Announce Filing of 75 Proxy Access Shareholder Proposals In what is being called the “Boardroom Accountability Project,” the New York City Comptroller, on behalf of the New Yo... November 6, 2014 Client Update Proxy Advisory Firms Issue Policy Updates for 2015 Proxy Season Both ISS and Glass Lewis have released their policy updates for the 2015 proxy season, with new guidelines for board adopt... November 5, 2014 Client Update Study on Proxy Access Claims Significant Benefits and Little Downside in Adopting Proxy Access; and is Cited in Shareholder Proposals A study by the CFA Institute has been quoted in shareholder proposals seeking proxy access for a particularly notable stat... November 4, 2014 Client Update Database of Fortune 500 Companies’ Compliance Codes and Policies A database of compliance policies for Fortune 500 companies, launched by the University of Houston Law Center, should help... October 31, 2014 Client Update Whole Foods Asks SEC Staff to Exclude Proxy Access Shareholder Proposal by Offering Up Its Own Alternative, Conflicting Proposal In a novel request, Whole Foods has submitted a no-action letter to the SEC seeking to exclude a proxy access shareholder ... October 29, 2014 Client Update Davis Polk Comment Letter to ISS on Its Draft Voting Policy on Independent Chair Shareholder Proposal We previously described ISS’ draft voting policy to be effective for 2015 meetings beginning next February. Please see o... Load More
November 11, 2014 Client Update A New Type of ESG Shareholder Proposal Targets How Investors Vote A new form of shareholder proposal focused on environmental and social issues does not ask the company to, for example, re...
November 7, 2014 Client Update Risk Governance: Visual Memorandum on Final Guidelines Issued by the OCC The OCC has issued final risk governance guidelines that formalize its heightened expectations for large national banks an...
November 7, 2014 Client Update ISS and Glass Lewis Policy Updates for 2015 Proxy Season In preparation for the 2015 proxy season, companies should be aware of the updates to the policies that govern how the two...
November 7, 2014 Client Update ISS and Glass Lewis Release Changes to Their Voting Guidelines for the 2015 Proxy Season In preparation for the 2015 proxy season, companies should be aware of the updates to the policies that govern how the two...
November 7, 2014 Client Update New York City Pension Funds Announce Filing of 75 Proxy Access Shareholder Proposals In what is being called the “Boardroom Accountability Project,” the New York City Comptroller, on behalf of the New Yo...
November 6, 2014 Client Update Proxy Advisory Firms Issue Policy Updates for 2015 Proxy Season Both ISS and Glass Lewis have released their policy updates for the 2015 proxy season, with new guidelines for board adopt...
November 5, 2014 Client Update Study on Proxy Access Claims Significant Benefits and Little Downside in Adopting Proxy Access; and is Cited in Shareholder Proposals A study by the CFA Institute has been quoted in shareholder proposals seeking proxy access for a particularly notable stat...
November 4, 2014 Client Update Database of Fortune 500 Companies’ Compliance Codes and Policies A database of compliance policies for Fortune 500 companies, launched by the University of Houston Law Center, should help...
October 31, 2014 Client Update Whole Foods Asks SEC Staff to Exclude Proxy Access Shareholder Proposal by Offering Up Its Own Alternative, Conflicting Proposal In a novel request, Whole Foods has submitted a no-action letter to the SEC seeking to exclude a proxy access shareholder ...
October 29, 2014 Client Update Davis Polk Comment Letter to ISS on Its Draft Voting Policy on Independent Chair Shareholder Proposal We previously described ISS’ draft voting policy to be effective for 2015 meetings beginning next February. Please see o...