433 resolutions have been filed so far on a wide range of environmental and social issues, a record number, according to Proxy Preview 2015, a publication by As You Sow, the Sustainable I...

With universal proxy cards as the recent focus of an SEC roundtable, CII asked the SEC to prioritize facilitating universal proxies on the SEC’s regulatory agenda. CII had already made ...

As is the practice from time to time, the Corporation Law Section of the Delaware State Bar Association has proposed amendments to the Delaware General Corporation Law (the DGCL) for the ...

The SEC announced a whistleblower award of nearly half a million dollars to a former company officer whose report of misconduct resulted in an SEC enforcement action. In order for a whist...

The CEO of Vanguard has issued letters regarding shareholder engagement to the independent chair or lead director of approximately 500 of Vanguard’s largest holdings. The letter is publ...

BlackRock has revised its U.S. proxy voting guidelines, following their annual review of governance and proxy voting trends. The guidelines are not expected to result in significant diffe...

On February 11, 2015, the Securities and Exchange Commission issued a final rule (the “Final Rule”) and proposed amendments (the “Proposed Rule”) on the reporting and public disse...

Several shareholder proposals this season ask boards to adopt clawback policies that would be triggered by any misconduct resulting in a violation of law or policy that causes significant...

Under its existing policy, ISS will recommend against the election of boards of directors who adopt bylaw or charter amendments that they view as materially diminishing shareholder rights...

More than half of the 64 investors who responded to a survey conducted by the Stanford Rock Center for Corporate Governance, RR Donnelley and Equilar between September and December 2014, ...