Practice Mobile Menu Trigger Overview Experience Team Insights Subscribe to insights January 21, 2014 Client Update Governance Practices for IPO Companies: A Davis Polk Survey - January 2014 Amid the recent uptick in U.S. IPO transactions to levels not seen since the heady days of 1999 and 2000, Davis Polk’s p... January 15, 2014 Client Update Proxy Season 2014 Prep: Reviewing Publicly Available Proxy Advisory Firms’ Policies This week ISS posted a number of updated documents on their policies, including a revised set of summary guidelines and co... January 14, 2014 Client Update CII Petitions the SEC to Adopt Universal Proxy Cards in Contested Elections The Council of Institutional Investors (CII) has petitioned the SEC for the ability to “mix and match” director candid... January 13, 2014 Client Update NASDAQ Compensation Committee Certification Now Available Online NASDAQ has announced to its issuers that the compensation committee certification that it requires has been added to its l... January 9, 2014 Client Update Company Policies on Sharing Interim Voting Results and Seeking Board Diversity Two companies recently adopted interesting governance changes in response to shareholders. Verizon posted on its website a... January 8, 2014 Client Update SEC Reports Record Enforcement Actions and Other Activities in Its Past Year Recognizing the particular interest in the performance of its enforcement division, the Commission issued a press release ... January 2, 2014 Client Update SEC Staff Continues to Deny Rule 14a-8 Exclusion Requests Based on Misleading Supporting Statements Companies are frequently frustrated when the supporting statement of a shareholder proposal contains stale data, irrelevan... December 31, 2013 Client Update SEC Staff Report of Disclosure Requirements Contains Few Specific Recommendations The SEC staff recently issued a report, as mandated under the JOBS Act, on its review of the disclosure provisions under R... December 30, 2013 Client Update Auditor Rotation Becomes Mandatory in the EU A preliminary agreement reached between the European Parliament and EU Member States will require audit firms to rotate ev... December 30, 2013 Client Update SEC Staff Rejects Apple’s Attempts to Exclude Shareholder Proposal Submitted by “Proxy” The SEC Staff has denied Apple’s request to exclude a shareholder proposal on the basis that Rule 14a-8 does not permit ... Load More
January 21, 2014 Client Update Governance Practices for IPO Companies: A Davis Polk Survey - January 2014 Amid the recent uptick in U.S. IPO transactions to levels not seen since the heady days of 1999 and 2000, Davis Polk’s p...
January 15, 2014 Client Update Proxy Season 2014 Prep: Reviewing Publicly Available Proxy Advisory Firms’ Policies This week ISS posted a number of updated documents on their policies, including a revised set of summary guidelines and co...
January 14, 2014 Client Update CII Petitions the SEC to Adopt Universal Proxy Cards in Contested Elections The Council of Institutional Investors (CII) has petitioned the SEC for the ability to “mix and match” director candid...
January 13, 2014 Client Update NASDAQ Compensation Committee Certification Now Available Online NASDAQ has announced to its issuers that the compensation committee certification that it requires has been added to its l...
January 9, 2014 Client Update Company Policies on Sharing Interim Voting Results and Seeking Board Diversity Two companies recently adopted interesting governance changes in response to shareholders. Verizon posted on its website a...
January 8, 2014 Client Update SEC Reports Record Enforcement Actions and Other Activities in Its Past Year Recognizing the particular interest in the performance of its enforcement division, the Commission issued a press release ...
January 2, 2014 Client Update SEC Staff Continues to Deny Rule 14a-8 Exclusion Requests Based on Misleading Supporting Statements Companies are frequently frustrated when the supporting statement of a shareholder proposal contains stale data, irrelevan...
December 31, 2013 Client Update SEC Staff Report of Disclosure Requirements Contains Few Specific Recommendations The SEC staff recently issued a report, as mandated under the JOBS Act, on its review of the disclosure provisions under R...
December 30, 2013 Client Update Auditor Rotation Becomes Mandatory in the EU A preliminary agreement reached between the European Parliament and EU Member States will require audit firms to rotate ev...
December 30, 2013 Client Update SEC Staff Rejects Apple’s Attempts to Exclude Shareholder Proposal Submitted by “Proxy” The SEC Staff has denied Apple’s request to exclude a shareholder proposal on the basis that Rule 14a-8 does not permit ...