Practice Mobile Menu Trigger Overview Experience Team Insights Subscribe to insights March 25, 2014 Client Update SEC Warns Against Agreements Restricting Whistleblowers and Continues to Discuss Reforms Focused Proxy Advisers and Disclosure Requirements Sean McKessy, the Chief of the SEC’s whistleblower office, recently warned companies not to be “creative” in trying ... March 25, 2014 Client Update Socially Responsible Investors Publicly Question Companies’ Decisions to Litigate Shareholder Proposals The SEC staff’s Rule 14a-8 process is being supported by perhaps an unlikely group. Twenty socially responsible investor... March 24, 2014 Client Update SEC Announces Agenda and Panelists for Roundtable on Cybersecurity The SEC has announced its agenda and panelists for the roundtable on cybersecurity to be held on Wednesday, March 26 at 9:... March 19, 2014 Client Update Will Shareholders Ask About the New COSO Framework at Annual Meetings? The list of possible topics that shareholders may raise at an annual meeting compiled by BDO USA includes many that compan... March 18, 2014 Client Update To Seek Withdrawal of the Proxy Access Proposal, Disney Amends Governance Guidelines on Independent Chair As reported, a proxy access proposal was withdrawn at Disney’s annual meeting today after the company made changes to it... March 12, 2014 Client Update Two Courts Dismiss Suits Against Chevedden’s Shareholder Proposals A string of corporate success in court cases seeking the exclusion of shareholder proposals, one of which we recently disc... March 10, 2014 Client Update Conversation with ISS about Issuer Engagement with ISS While shareholder engagement has become a best practice, companies frequently wonder whether they should also reach out to... March 10, 2014 Client Update NYSE Letters to Domestic and Foreign Listed Companies Remind Issuers of Key The NYSE has posted its annual letters to its domestic and foreign listed companies on its website, with timely reminders ... March 6, 2014 Client Update Recent PCAOB Developments on Proposed Standards On April 2-3, the PCAOB will host a public meeting, available via webcast, to discuss its proposal from August 2013 to inc... February 28, 2014 Client Update A Review of Corporate Governance Practices Globally The recently published OECD Corporate Governance Factbook examines the governance landscape across all 34 OECD member coun... Load More
March 25, 2014 Client Update SEC Warns Against Agreements Restricting Whistleblowers and Continues to Discuss Reforms Focused Proxy Advisers and Disclosure Requirements Sean McKessy, the Chief of the SEC’s whistleblower office, recently warned companies not to be “creative” in trying ...
March 25, 2014 Client Update Socially Responsible Investors Publicly Question Companies’ Decisions to Litigate Shareholder Proposals The SEC staff’s Rule 14a-8 process is being supported by perhaps an unlikely group. Twenty socially responsible investor...
March 24, 2014 Client Update SEC Announces Agenda and Panelists for Roundtable on Cybersecurity The SEC has announced its agenda and panelists for the roundtable on cybersecurity to be held on Wednesday, March 26 at 9:...
March 19, 2014 Client Update Will Shareholders Ask About the New COSO Framework at Annual Meetings? The list of possible topics that shareholders may raise at an annual meeting compiled by BDO USA includes many that compan...
March 18, 2014 Client Update To Seek Withdrawal of the Proxy Access Proposal, Disney Amends Governance Guidelines on Independent Chair As reported, a proxy access proposal was withdrawn at Disney’s annual meeting today after the company made changes to it...
March 12, 2014 Client Update Two Courts Dismiss Suits Against Chevedden’s Shareholder Proposals A string of corporate success in court cases seeking the exclusion of shareholder proposals, one of which we recently disc...
March 10, 2014 Client Update Conversation with ISS about Issuer Engagement with ISS While shareholder engagement has become a best practice, companies frequently wonder whether they should also reach out to...
March 10, 2014 Client Update NYSE Letters to Domestic and Foreign Listed Companies Remind Issuers of Key The NYSE has posted its annual letters to its domestic and foreign listed companies on its website, with timely reminders ...
March 6, 2014 Client Update Recent PCAOB Developments on Proposed Standards On April 2-3, the PCAOB will host a public meeting, available via webcast, to discuss its proposal from August 2013 to inc...
February 28, 2014 Client Update A Review of Corporate Governance Practices Globally The recently published OECD Corporate Governance Factbook examines the governance landscape across all 34 OECD member coun...