Practice Mobile Menu Trigger Overview Experience Team Insights Subscribe to insights July 7, 2011 Client Update Spotlight on Shareholder Proposals: Majority Voting Proposals to elect directors by a majority vote fared well this season, averaging 56.6% at 31 companies as of early June. ... June 27, 2011 Client Update Spotlight on Shareholder Proposals: Declassification - June 2011 This is the first of a series of posts to discuss key shareholder proposals during proxy season 2011. While ISS reports... June 24, 2011 Client Update Perceived Pay-for-Performance Disconnect Brings Say-on-Pay Shareholder Derivative Suits Some shareholders are using lawsuits as a new tactic to fight what they perceive as an escalation in executive compensatio... June 21, 2011 Client Update Large Accelerated Filer Announces Triennial Frequency in Face of Majority Support for Annual The Dodd-Frank frequency vote is of course “nonbinding”, but companies that have “lost” the vote for triennial fre... June 9, 2011 Client Update Delaware Court Upholds 150-Day Advance Notice Requirement in Proxy Statement The Delaware Chancery Court recently rejected a challenge to an advance notice requirement for shareholder proposals that ... June 6, 2011 Client Update Strong Disagreement with SEC Proposed Rules on Compensation Consultant Disclosure and Conflicts Commenters to the SEC’s proposed rules on listing standards for compensation committees, including issuers, law firms, c... June 1, 2011 Client Update CII and Other Activists Target Compensation Committees Independence in SEC Proposed Rule The deadline for comments about the SEC proposed rules regarding compensation committees has passed, with 54 submissions s... May 27, 2011 Client Update Delaware Chancery Court evaluates 50/50 stock and cash deal under Revlon In an important development defining when Revlon duties apply to a mixed cash and stock deal, the Court of Chancery last w... May 25, 2011 Client Update SEC Adopts Final Whistleblower Rules Earlier today, in a divided 3-2 vote, the SEC adopted final rules to implement the whistleblower provisions of the Dodd-Fr... May 23, 2011 Client Update Announcing the Frequency of Say-on-Pay Questions have come up about whether companies can declare how frequently they intend to hold say-on-pay votes in the Form... Load More
July 7, 2011 Client Update Spotlight on Shareholder Proposals: Majority Voting Proposals to elect directors by a majority vote fared well this season, averaging 56.6% at 31 companies as of early June. ...
June 27, 2011 Client Update Spotlight on Shareholder Proposals: Declassification - June 2011 This is the first of a series of posts to discuss key shareholder proposals during proxy season 2011. While ISS reports...
June 24, 2011 Client Update Perceived Pay-for-Performance Disconnect Brings Say-on-Pay Shareholder Derivative Suits Some shareholders are using lawsuits as a new tactic to fight what they perceive as an escalation in executive compensatio...
June 21, 2011 Client Update Large Accelerated Filer Announces Triennial Frequency in Face of Majority Support for Annual The Dodd-Frank frequency vote is of course “nonbinding”, but companies that have “lost” the vote for triennial fre...
June 9, 2011 Client Update Delaware Court Upholds 150-Day Advance Notice Requirement in Proxy Statement The Delaware Chancery Court recently rejected a challenge to an advance notice requirement for shareholder proposals that ...
June 6, 2011 Client Update Strong Disagreement with SEC Proposed Rules on Compensation Consultant Disclosure and Conflicts Commenters to the SEC’s proposed rules on listing standards for compensation committees, including issuers, law firms, c...
June 1, 2011 Client Update CII and Other Activists Target Compensation Committees Independence in SEC Proposed Rule The deadline for comments about the SEC proposed rules regarding compensation committees has passed, with 54 submissions s...
May 27, 2011 Client Update Delaware Chancery Court evaluates 50/50 stock and cash deal under Revlon In an important development defining when Revlon duties apply to a mixed cash and stock deal, the Court of Chancery last w...
May 25, 2011 Client Update SEC Adopts Final Whistleblower Rules Earlier today, in a divided 3-2 vote, the SEC adopted final rules to implement the whistleblower provisions of the Dodd-Fr...
May 23, 2011 Client Update Announcing the Frequency of Say-on-Pay Questions have come up about whether companies can declare how frequently they intend to hold say-on-pay votes in the Form...