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ISS has extended the comment period to provide feedback on its 2013 draft policies to November 9, 2012. Please see our comment letter to ISS here, with comments on the ISS proposed chang...
As of November 1, 2012, a total of 237 Dodd-Frank rulemaking requirement deadlines have passed. Of these 237 passed deadlines, 144 (61%) have been missed and 93 (39%) have been met with f...
The coming election coincides with increased efforts by the Center for Political Accountability (CPA), through letters and shareholder proposal campaigns, to cause companies to provide re...
On August 22, 2012, the SEC issued final rules to implement Section 1502 of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act, which requires companies that file Exchange Act ...
A Summary of Governance Resources
Our memos on two governance events last week the release of Staff Legal Bulletin 14G giving additional guidance on citing procedural deficiencies for ...
On Tuesday, October 16, Institutional Shareholder Services (ISS) proposed updates to its proxy voting guidelines for the 2013 proxy season.
ISS’s proposed policy would:
Recommend voti...
The SEC recently issued Staff Legal Bulletin No. 14G providing additional guidance on shareholder proposals submitted to companies pursuant to Rule 14a-8. The guidance is in response to s...
SEC Rules and Regulations
SEC Grants No-Action Relief to Exclude Tax Blocker from Definition of Investment Company
SEC Grants No-Action Relief from Surprise Examinations to Investmen...
Over the past two days, the CFTC staff has released a series of Q&As, FAQs and no-action documents that provide relief or clarity to market participants regarding the implications of the ...
Given say-on-pay votes, companies are interested in understanding how their shareholders view executive compensation. At the always informative NASPP conference, Michelle Edkins from Blac...