Continuing to add to the speculation that the pay ratio disclosure rules will be finalized by fall as we recently discussed here, the SEC issued a press release yesterday that the staff h...

According to the Regulatory Flexibility Agenda recently published, we can expect to see a host of governance rulemaking from the SEC on or before April 2016. However, the Agenda has gener...

On May 13, 2015, the SEC published proposed amendments and re-proposed rules on the application of certain Title VII requirements to cross-border security-based swap activities of non-U.S...

Seven companies this proxy season are offering investors with alternative management and shareholder proposals on proxy access. The two competing proposals provide different ownership thr...

On May 22, 2015, President Obama signed into law the Iran Nuclear Agreement Review Act of 2015 (INARA). INARA establishes a mechanism for Congressional review of any new agreement reached...

In New York v. Actavis PLC, No. 14-4624 (2nd Cir. May 22, 2015), the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit became the first appellate court to address a pharmaceutical ind...

ISS is evaluating equity plan ballot proposals under a new “scorecard” approach this season, which we previously discussed here. Through May 12, ISS has supported 85.9% of equity plan...

SEC Rules and Regulations SEC Proposes Rules to Modernize and Enhance Information Reported by Investment Companies and Investment Advisers Industry Update SEC Division of Investment Ma...

A group of nine public pension fund fiduciaries has filed a rulemaking petition with the SEC to ask for new disclosure about the gender, race and ethnicity of director nominees in proxy s...

In the first of what is promised to be a series, the PCAOB issued a communication to audit committees to highlight key areas of recurring concern in PCAOB inspections of large audit firms...