The WSJ reported that the U.S. Chamber of Commerce will not be challenging the SEC pay ratio disclosure rules in court. Our memo on the final rules is here.
According to the article, the ...
More than half of the directors in PwC’s 2015 Annual Corporate Director’s Survey believe proxy access is appropriate for shareholders owning at least 5% of a company’s shares for at...
With the backdrop of the focus on next year’s presidential election and frequent reports regarding political spending, the Center for Political Accountability has published the 2015 CPA...
EY reports that in the next five years, almost 20% of directors at S&P 1500 companies may be poised to leave their boards. The estimate is calculated based on the number of directors who ...
CII indicated that shareholders plan to “get tough” on boards adopting what it calls “troublesome access provisions.” See here for the headline. CII’s data shows that one-third ...
The SEC plans to hold a vote on adopting a final resource extraction rule on or before June 27, 2016, which is within 270 days of the filing of a recent notice with the U.S. District Cour...
Just before the deadline on Friday, both the SEC and Amnesty International filed petitions for a review of the most recent court decision on the SEC’s conflict minerals rule. The petiti...
ISS has released the results of its survey, which will govern changes to its policies beginning with annual meetings after February 1, 2016. A draft of the updated policy will be issued o...
As has been widely mentioned by SEC Commissioners and Staff, the Staff has been undertaking a broad-based review of disclosure requirements, known as the Disclosure Effectiveness Initiati...
The New York Stock Exchange has amended its rules regarding the public release of material information, which will become operative on September 28. Most significantly, the amendments to ...
