A recent GAO report concluded that the SEC has no plans to require more climate-related disclosure.
In guidance issued in 2010, the SEC staff identified four categories of climate-related...
The Delaware Court of Chancery recently issued a 75-page opinion granting additional books and records related to the hiring and termination of Yahoo’s chief operating officer (COO), wh...
In two recent cases, the SEC affirmatively decided not to bring clawback actions under Section 304 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act (“SOX”) against executives who reimbursed their respective...
Vanguard has shifted its voting policy on proxy access proposals. The major institutional investor indicates that it will continue to evaluate proposals on a case by case basis but has lo...
The SEC has approved rule changes to allow the staff of Nasdaq’s listing qualifications department limited discretion to grant a listed company time to comply with the requirement to ho...
The battle over shareholder proposals is turning to the investors who make voting decisions about them.
Several investors lost the ability to exclude shareholder proposals that requested ...
Chair White covered a wide array of topics recently at a securities regulation conference, though the press immediately focused on her comments about the possibility of new rules for disc...
When companies engage with BlackRock’s corporate governance team, they may be asked about the company’s “strategic framework for long-term value creation,” according to the letter...
Shareholders at several companies will vote on proposals asking boards to adopt a payout policy that gives preference to share repurchases instead of cash dividends. The proponents’ sup...
The WJS’s interactive graph on the 4,500 directors in the S&P 500 provides an interesting compilation of the hot topics of the day, including the number of women on boards, director ind...
