Practice Mobile Menu Trigger Overview Experience Team Insights Subscribe to insights June 10, 2014 Client Update Topics for 10 Shareholder Proposals Evolve but Continue to Gain Shareholder Support Fifty-one shareholder resolutions asking that company boards be led by independent chair made it the most prevalent shareh... June 9, 2014 Client Update Recent Developments in Whistleblower Protections: Legal Analysis and Practical Implications Sarbanes-Oxley Act, Dodd-Frank and the Consumer Financial Protection Act impose overlapping anti-retaliation provisions th... June 5, 2014 Client Update Litigation Alleging Failure to Properly Count Abstentions for Determining Approval of Existing Equity Plan Causes Company to Delay Annual Meeting Facing a lawsuit alleging that shares were improperly awarded because of the failure to count abstentions in determining w... June 4, 2014 Client Update Environmental Groups Warn Directors and Executives of Possible Personal Liability for Opposing Climate Change Greenpeace International, WWF International and the Center for International Environmental Law sent letters to executives ... June 3, 2014 Client Update SEC Staff Guidance on Proxy Advisory Firms May be Issued This Week The WSJ is reporting that the SEC staff may issue guidance as early as this week to cause proxy advisory firms to disclose... May 29, 2014 Client Update Continuing Spotlight on Audit Committee Reports and the Preponderance of Other Functional Board Committees Six governance groups, including the National Association of Corporate Directors, Tapestry Networks and the Center for Aud... May 27, 2014 Client Update Expanded Disclosure of Audit Committee Information in Proxy Statements We all know that executive compensation information in proxy statements is getting longer, as a response to the say-on-pay... May 27, 2014 Client Update State Street’s Director Tenure Policy Contains Specific Lengths of Service Screens and May Result in Votes against Directors State Street Global Advisors’ (SSgA) 2014 voting policy on director tenure focuses on what it identifies as the need for... May 21, 2014 Client Update SEC Commissioners Emphasize Focus on Individuals, Including Lawyers, in Enforcement Cases, and Brings an Auditor Independence Action Against an Audit Partner According to a recent speech by Chair White, one of the key decision points in nearly every enforcement action is who will... May 19, 2014 Client Update Exxon Mobil and Royal Dutch Shell Encourage the SEC to Adopt Resource Extraction Disclosure Rules While the battle over the SEC’s conflict minerals reporting rules have been the subject of much attention, less focus ha... Load More
June 10, 2014 Client Update Topics for 10 Shareholder Proposals Evolve but Continue to Gain Shareholder Support Fifty-one shareholder resolutions asking that company boards be led by independent chair made it the most prevalent shareh...
June 9, 2014 Client Update Recent Developments in Whistleblower Protections: Legal Analysis and Practical Implications Sarbanes-Oxley Act, Dodd-Frank and the Consumer Financial Protection Act impose overlapping anti-retaliation provisions th...
June 5, 2014 Client Update Litigation Alleging Failure to Properly Count Abstentions for Determining Approval of Existing Equity Plan Causes Company to Delay Annual Meeting Facing a lawsuit alleging that shares were improperly awarded because of the failure to count abstentions in determining w...
June 4, 2014 Client Update Environmental Groups Warn Directors and Executives of Possible Personal Liability for Opposing Climate Change Greenpeace International, WWF International and the Center for International Environmental Law sent letters to executives ...
June 3, 2014 Client Update SEC Staff Guidance on Proxy Advisory Firms May be Issued This Week The WSJ is reporting that the SEC staff may issue guidance as early as this week to cause proxy advisory firms to disclose...
May 29, 2014 Client Update Continuing Spotlight on Audit Committee Reports and the Preponderance of Other Functional Board Committees Six governance groups, including the National Association of Corporate Directors, Tapestry Networks and the Center for Aud...
May 27, 2014 Client Update Expanded Disclosure of Audit Committee Information in Proxy Statements We all know that executive compensation information in proxy statements is getting longer, as a response to the say-on-pay...
May 27, 2014 Client Update State Street’s Director Tenure Policy Contains Specific Lengths of Service Screens and May Result in Votes against Directors State Street Global Advisors’ (SSgA) 2014 voting policy on director tenure focuses on what it identifies as the need for...
May 21, 2014 Client Update SEC Commissioners Emphasize Focus on Individuals, Including Lawyers, in Enforcement Cases, and Brings an Auditor Independence Action Against an Audit Partner According to a recent speech by Chair White, one of the key decision points in nearly every enforcement action is who will...
May 19, 2014 Client Update Exxon Mobil and Royal Dutch Shell Encourage the SEC to Adopt Resource Extraction Disclosure Rules While the battle over the SEC’s conflict minerals reporting rules have been the subject of much attention, less focus ha...