Practice Mobile Menu Trigger Overview Experience Team Insights Subscribe to insights February 25, 2014 Client Update Court Decides False Content in Supporting Statement is Material and Allows Exclusion of Shareholder Proposal In the first decision of the cases challenging John Chevedden’s shareholder proposals for this season, the first outside... February 18, 2014 Client Update Fifth Circuit Upholds Decision Against Chevedden as More Companies Seek 14a-8 Relief from Courts The Fifth Circuit has upheld a Texas federal district court decision from last May granting summary judgment to Waste Conn... February 14, 2014 Client Update Conversation with Vanguard about Its Perspectives on Governance Understanding the views of major shareholders becomes critical as companies head into the proxy season. We are fortunate ... February 11, 2014 Client Update Proxy Advisory Firms’ Policy Positions on Director Compensation Glass Lewis recently announced a policy of voting against members of the corporate governance committee at companies that ... February 11, 2014 Client Update UPDATE: Broadridge Reverses Announced Change Regarding Interim Vote Tallies in Proxy Contests Last Thursday, Broadridge announced that it will change its procedures for reporting of interim voting results for proxy c... February 10, 2014 Client Update Changes to Proxy Mechanics Could Affect Proxy Contests Broadridge has announced a new policy that during proxy contests, each party will only receive the interim results of vote... February 5, 2014 Client Update New ISS Policy Covers Novel Proposals on Proxy Vote Tallies and Vote Counting Methods A number of shareholder proposals this season are focused on aspects of proxy voting, leading ISS to adopt a new policy at... February 4, 2014 Client Update SEC Staff Grants Additional Time to Fix Shareholder Proposal Deficiencies The staff agreed that shareholder proposals at two companies, DTE Energy and NCR, could be excluded for failure to satisfy... January 31, 2014 Client Update SEC Staff Seeks More Succinct Disclosure on Stock Valuation for IPO Registration Statements At the recent Securities Regulation Institute, Keith Higgins, the head of the SEC Division of Corporation Finance, indicat... January 30, 2014 Client Update Shareholder Proposals Seeking Divestitures While notices of exempt solicitations are becoming more common, they usually do not involve a proponent’s tweets about t... Load More
February 25, 2014 Client Update Court Decides False Content in Supporting Statement is Material and Allows Exclusion of Shareholder Proposal In the first decision of the cases challenging John Chevedden’s shareholder proposals for this season, the first outside...
February 18, 2014 Client Update Fifth Circuit Upholds Decision Against Chevedden as More Companies Seek 14a-8 Relief from Courts The Fifth Circuit has upheld a Texas federal district court decision from last May granting summary judgment to Waste Conn...
February 14, 2014 Client Update Conversation with Vanguard about Its Perspectives on Governance Understanding the views of major shareholders becomes critical as companies head into the proxy season. We are fortunate ...
February 11, 2014 Client Update Proxy Advisory Firms’ Policy Positions on Director Compensation Glass Lewis recently announced a policy of voting against members of the corporate governance committee at companies that ...
February 11, 2014 Client Update UPDATE: Broadridge Reverses Announced Change Regarding Interim Vote Tallies in Proxy Contests Last Thursday, Broadridge announced that it will change its procedures for reporting of interim voting results for proxy c...
February 10, 2014 Client Update Changes to Proxy Mechanics Could Affect Proxy Contests Broadridge has announced a new policy that during proxy contests, each party will only receive the interim results of vote...
February 5, 2014 Client Update New ISS Policy Covers Novel Proposals on Proxy Vote Tallies and Vote Counting Methods A number of shareholder proposals this season are focused on aspects of proxy voting, leading ISS to adopt a new policy at...
February 4, 2014 Client Update SEC Staff Grants Additional Time to Fix Shareholder Proposal Deficiencies The staff agreed that shareholder proposals at two companies, DTE Energy and NCR, could be excluded for failure to satisfy...
January 31, 2014 Client Update SEC Staff Seeks More Succinct Disclosure on Stock Valuation for IPO Registration Statements At the recent Securities Regulation Institute, Keith Higgins, the head of the SEC Division of Corporation Finance, indicat...
January 30, 2014 Client Update Shareholder Proposals Seeking Divestitures While notices of exempt solicitations are becoming more common, they usually do not involve a proponent’s tweets about t...