That is the title of a law review article by Delaware Supreme Court Justice Leo Strine. Chief Justice Strine wades into the debate taken up by Professor Lucian Bebchuk, who strongly advoc...
While only 142 Russell 3000 companies have failed say-on-pay in the last three years from over 7,000 companies with those votes, 893 companies had to counter negative recommendations from...
The need for disclosure about cybersecurity breaches must be balanced against other factors, urged some of the panelists at the SEC’s roundtable on cybersecurity when the discussion foc...
Sean McKessy, the Chief of the SEC’s whistleblower office, recently warned companies not to be “creative” in trying “get people out of our programs.” He was referring to concern...
The SEC staff’s Rule 14a-8 process is being supported by perhaps an unlikely group. Twenty socially responsible investors, led by NorthStar Asset Management, Inc., have begun a campaign...
The SEC has announced its agenda and panelists for the roundtable on cybersecurity to be held on Wednesday, March 26 at 9:30 a.m. EST. The event will be webcast live as well as archived. ...
The list of possible topics that shareholders may raise at an annual meeting compiled by BDO USA includes many that companies would expect, such as questions about strategic business deci...
As reported, a proxy access proposal was withdrawn at Disney’s annual meeting today after the company made changes to its governance guidelines related board leadership.
According to a ...
A string of corporate success in court cases seeking the exclusion of shareholder proposals, one of which we recently discussed here, has ended with two wins for the defendants.
In decidi...
While shareholder engagement has become a best practice, companies frequently wonder whether they should also reach out to the proxy advisory firms. We talked to Marc Goldstein, head of i...
