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...
According to a filing by Nabors, four directors received less than a majority of the shares voted (or withheld) and tendered their resignations, in accordance with the company’s majorit...
The question of whether companies should be required to disclose how long they have retained the same auditors may be part of the concept release on audit committees that the SEC plans to...
Last week, the Delaware House of Representatives unanimously passed a bill that amends the Delaware General Corporation law to prohibit stock corporations from inserting “fee-shifting?...
Of the 63 companies that opposed proxy access shareholder proposals and have announced voting results, 36 proposals received more support than in opposition and 27 proposals did not obtai...
Twenty-one comment letters have been submitted about the SEC’s proposed rules on disclosure of hedging by employees, officers and directors, including ours linked here.
The Council of I...
Continuing to add to the speculation that the pay ratio disclosure rules will be finalized by fall as we recently discussed here, the SEC issued a press release yesterday that the staff h...
According to the Regulatory Flexibility Agenda recently published, we can expect to see a host of governance rulemaking from the SEC on or before April 2016. However, the Agenda has gener...
Seven companies this proxy season are offering investors with alternative management and shareholder proposals on proxy access. The two competing proposals provide different ownership thr...
ISS is evaluating equity plan ballot proposals under a new “scorecard” approach this season, which we previously discussed here. Through May 12, ISS has supported 85.9% of equity plan...
