Jim McRitchie at corpgov.net provides an interesting discussion on whether he should withdraw his shareholder proposal at Whole Foods, since the company has now adopted proxy access.    T...

On June 29, 2015, the European Securities and Markets Authority (“ESMA”) published an updated opinion on the additional information that it considers will need to be included in a “...

The SEC is seeking public comment through a concept release (Possible Revisions to Audit Committee Disclosures) that it issued yesterday on whether the disclosure of the role of the audit...

At an open meeting yesterday, the Commission voted to propose broad rules directing the national exchanges and associations to establish listing standards requiring companies to develop a...

The PCAOB is asking for public comment on whether to require audit firms to file a new form to make public the name of the engagement partner and information about other participants in t...

This spring, the Office of the Chief Counsel of the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) released three Chief Counsel Advice (CCA) memoranda regarding a variety of compensatory tax issues. Spec...

We previously discussed two elements of Chair White’s keynote speech on proxy matters at the National Conference of the Society of Corporate Secretaries and Governance Professionals her...

It comes as no surprise that Chair White addressed proxy matters in her keynote remarks at the Society of Corporate Secretaries and Governance Professionals’ National Conference, which ...

First appellate court decision applying FTC v. Actavis (S.Ct. 2013). Court finds rule of reason analysis should be applied where non-cash consideration - including agreement not to launch...

The SEC has announced that it will hold an open meeting on Wednesday, July 1, 2015, at 10:00 a.m. to consider whether to propose rules under Section 954 of the Dodd-Frank Act. Section 954...