Practice Mobile Menu Trigger Overview Experience Team Insights Subscribe to insights 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... November 3, 2014 Client Update Dodd-Frank Progress Report - November 2014 In this Report: In the past month, no rulemaking requirement deadlines passed, ten rulemaking requirements were finaliz... November 3, 2014 Articles & Books The Examiners: Repeat Chapter 11s Attributable to Variety of Factors COMMENTARY BY MARSHALL HUEBNER When a company files for Chapter 11 protection a second, third or even fourth time, who’s... 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 30, 2014 Client Update FINRA Proposes New "CARDS" Data Collection System The Financial Industry Regulatory Authority recently unveiled a detailed proposal to implement its controversial Comprehen... 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... October 27, 2014 Client Update Why Your Auditors May Be Asking Your Board About Related Party Transactions and Executive Compensation The SEC has approved Auditing Standard No. 18, adopted by the PCAOB in June. The standards become effective for audits of ... October 24, 2014 Client Update ISS Announces Upcoming Launch of Governance QuickScore 3.0 Companies may want to mark their calendars now for the period beginning 9 a.m. EST on November 3 through 8 p.m. EST on Nov... October 23, 2014 Client Update The Latest on Fee-Shifting Bylaws 24 companies have adopted fee-shifting bylaws since May, according to Professor John Coffee in his testimony before the SE... Load More
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...
November 3, 2014 Client Update Dodd-Frank Progress Report - November 2014 In this Report: In the past month, no rulemaking requirement deadlines passed, ten rulemaking requirements were finaliz...
November 3, 2014 Articles & Books The Examiners: Repeat Chapter 11s Attributable to Variety of Factors COMMENTARY BY MARSHALL HUEBNER When a company files for Chapter 11 protection a second, third or even fourth time, who’s...
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 30, 2014 Client Update FINRA Proposes New "CARDS" Data Collection System The Financial Industry Regulatory Authority recently unveiled a detailed proposal to implement its controversial Comprehen...
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...
October 27, 2014 Client Update Why Your Auditors May Be Asking Your Board About Related Party Transactions and Executive Compensation The SEC has approved Auditing Standard No. 18, adopted by the PCAOB in June. The standards become effective for audits of ...
October 24, 2014 Client Update ISS Announces Upcoming Launch of Governance QuickScore 3.0 Companies may want to mark their calendars now for the period beginning 9 a.m. EST on November 3 through 8 p.m. EST on Nov...
October 23, 2014 Client Update The Latest on Fee-Shifting Bylaws 24 companies have adopted fee-shifting bylaws since May, according to Professor John Coffee in his testimony before the SE...