On April 2-3, the PCAOB will host a public meeting, available via webcast, to discuss its proposal from August 2013 to include additional information in the audit report as noted in our c...
The recently published OECD Corporate Governance Factbook examines the governance landscape across all 34 OECD member countries, with detailed charts and links by subject matter for given...
In the first decision of the cases challenging John Chevedden’s shareholder proposals for this season, the first outside of a Texas court and reviewing a new issue, the District Court i...
The Fifth Circuit has upheld a Texas federal district court decision from last May granting summary judgment to Waste Connections allowing the company to exclude a shareholder proposal su...
Understanding the views of major shareholders becomes critical as companies head into the proxy season. We are fortunate to get insights from Glenn Booraem, Principal & Fund Controller a...
Glass Lewis recently announced a policy of voting against members of the corporate governance committee at companies that adopt bylaws disqualifying director nominees who receive third-pa...
Last Thursday, Broadridge announced that it will change its procedures for reporting of interim voting results for proxy contests, so that each soliciting party will only receive the resu...
Broadridge has announced a new policy that during proxy contests, each party will only receive the interim results of votes cast for its own proxy card, reports the WSJ. Companies and dis...
A number of shareholder proposals this season are focused on aspects of proxy voting, leading ISS to adopt a new policy at the end of January on how it will evaluate these proposals.
A no...
The staff agreed that shareholder proposals at two companies, DTE Energy and NCR, could be excluded for failure to satisfy the ownership requirements, but noted that the companies had fai...
