In a decision that may predict the outcome of the ongoing SEC conflict minerals court case, a divided U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit, sitting en banc, ruled that a regulation ...
As a result of the controversy regarding the availability of interim vote tallies during the 2013 proxy season, which we’ve previously discussed here, numerous companies received shareh...
A vast majority of companies have adopted similar practices and protocols for their earnings calls, but there were some notable differences and perhaps a few surprises, from the results o...
Approximately 60% of S&P 500 companies provide shareholders with the right to call special meetings. Coupled with the move away from classified boards and toward annual director elections...
As politicians spar over whether the seminal Dodd-Frank Act has achieved its objectives on its fourth anniversary that passed on Monday, and attempts continue to repeal many of its provis...
Yesterday, ISS announced the issuance of its 2015 proxy voting policy survey. Investors, issuers and their advisors are encouraged to respond to the survey by August 29. In prior years, f...
For actively helping two public company clients lobby congressional staff members about pending legislation, the SEC charged Ernst & Young (EY) with violating the auditor independence rul...
According to the ISS US preliminary postseason update, the win rate for dissidents, measured by whether they won at least one board seat through negotiations or a vote, was 59% at 22 cont...
The numbers keep changing, but the latest report indicates that six public (or soon-to-be-public) companies have adopted fee-shifting provisions in charters and bylaws since the Delaware ...
85% of directors at Russell 3000 companies who failed to receive majority support for their election remain on those boards two years later, a recent study by the Committee on Capital Mar...
