Advocates for the disclosure of corporate political contributions stress the value of transparency when pressing companies to provide information on their political activities. More major...
Nasdaq has filed a petition with the SEC on behalf of itself as a public company as well as its public company clients asking the SEC to take action on proxy advisory firms. The petition ...
Director tenure has come under increasing focus, as indicated by CII’s new policies focused on board evaluation of tenure. There is no presumption that any specific term length is probl...
ISS received more than 500 responses on emerging issues that could make up its policy update for the 2014 season, with a total of 128 institutional investors and 350 corporate issuers. Ov...
After facing a books-and-records lawsuit by the state comptroller of New York over its lack of disclosure on political contributions, which we previously discussed here, Qualcomm is now 1...
As companies begin digesting the SEC’s proposed pay ratio rule (which we discuss here) and analyzing its impact, here are answers to some frequently asked questions. Final rules may aff...
TheCorporateCounsel.net hosted a Spreecast with Davis Polk’s Joe Hall and re: The Auditors’ Francine McKenna focused on the PCAOB’s new audit report proposal, which we address in th...
ISS has been commissioned by the IRRC Institute to update its 2011 research on shareholder engagement. A survey is available here and open to corporate issuers and investors. The survey c...
Crediting a whistleblower with providing information that led to recovery of substantial investor funds, the SEC announced that it has awarded a whistleblower more than $14 million. This ...
Since the SEC rules were struck down in 2011, proxy access shareholder proposals have not disrupted the corporate governance landscape as many had feared, but they are slowly gaining mome...
