Practice Mobile Menu Trigger Overview Experience Team Insights Subscribe to insights September 24, 2018 Client Update SEC Charges Former CEO and Company with Fraud for Denying Reputational Impact on Business SeaWorld and two of its former executives, including the CEO, agreed to pay more than $5 million to settle fraud charges. ... September 21, 2018 Client Update SEC Schedules November 15 for Proxy Process Roundtable The SEC announced that the staff will host a roundtable on the proxy process on November 15. The participants, time and t... September 20, 2018 Client Update ISS Releases Responses to Policy Survey ISS announced the results of its high-level policy survey. The results will inform the new and updated policies for the 20... September 19, 2018 Client Update Senator Warren Introduces Bill to Mandate Disclosure of Climate Risk in SEC Filings The Climate Risk Disclosure Act, introduced by Senator Warren, would require the SEC to issue rules for every public compa... September 17, 2018 Client Update Commissioner Jackson Defends Proxy Advisory Firms On the heels of the SEC staff rescinding the letters to proxy advisory firms, Commissioner Jackson decried the influence o... September 14, 2018 Client Update SEC Chairman Clarifies the Role of SEC Staff Views and Statements, Reinforced in Other Remarks and Statements on the Same Day Yesterday, Chairman Clayton released a statement that while the SEC staff might express their views in myriad ways, ultima... September 13, 2018 Client Update Glass Lewis Reports to Incorporate SASB Standards Yesterday Glass Lewis announced that its proxy voting reports will include guidance from the standards developed by the Su... September 13, 2018 Client Update In Advance of Roundtable, SEC Withdraws Letters on Investment Advisers’ Reliance on Proxy Advisory Firms for Voting Recommendations The SEC issued a statement today announcing that its Division of Investment Management has rescinded the letters issued in... September 5, 2018 Client Update The New York City Comptroller's Office Continues Focus on Board Matrices and Enhanced Disclosures on Board Recruitment and Board Evaluations The Office of the New York City Comptroller Scott M. Stringer (NYC Comptroller), as part of the Boardroom Accountability P... September 4, 2018 Client Update SEC Consider Capital Raising Enhancements, Including Concept Release on Exemptive Offerings In a recent speech, SEC Chairman Jay Clayton said “To sum up my remarks in a sentence, we have taken a lot of steps inte... Load More
September 24, 2018 Client Update SEC Charges Former CEO and Company with Fraud for Denying Reputational Impact on Business SeaWorld and two of its former executives, including the CEO, agreed to pay more than $5 million to settle fraud charges. ...
September 21, 2018 Client Update SEC Schedules November 15 for Proxy Process Roundtable The SEC announced that the staff will host a roundtable on the proxy process on November 15. The participants, time and t...
September 20, 2018 Client Update ISS Releases Responses to Policy Survey ISS announced the results of its high-level policy survey. The results will inform the new and updated policies for the 20...
September 19, 2018 Client Update Senator Warren Introduces Bill to Mandate Disclosure of Climate Risk in SEC Filings The Climate Risk Disclosure Act, introduced by Senator Warren, would require the SEC to issue rules for every public compa...
September 17, 2018 Client Update Commissioner Jackson Defends Proxy Advisory Firms On the heels of the SEC staff rescinding the letters to proxy advisory firms, Commissioner Jackson decried the influence o...
September 14, 2018 Client Update SEC Chairman Clarifies the Role of SEC Staff Views and Statements, Reinforced in Other Remarks and Statements on the Same Day Yesterday, Chairman Clayton released a statement that while the SEC staff might express their views in myriad ways, ultima...
September 13, 2018 Client Update Glass Lewis Reports to Incorporate SASB Standards Yesterday Glass Lewis announced that its proxy voting reports will include guidance from the standards developed by the Su...
September 13, 2018 Client Update In Advance of Roundtable, SEC Withdraws Letters on Investment Advisers’ Reliance on Proxy Advisory Firms for Voting Recommendations The SEC issued a statement today announcing that its Division of Investment Management has rescinded the letters issued in...
September 5, 2018 Client Update The New York City Comptroller's Office Continues Focus on Board Matrices and Enhanced Disclosures on Board Recruitment and Board Evaluations The Office of the New York City Comptroller Scott M. Stringer (NYC Comptroller), as part of the Boardroom Accountability P...
September 4, 2018 Client Update SEC Consider Capital Raising Enhancements, Including Concept Release on Exemptive Offerings In a recent speech, SEC Chairman Jay Clayton said “To sum up my remarks in a sentence, we have taken a lot of steps inte...