As discussed in our previous memo, in January 2013, the SEC approved amendments to the NYSE and Nasdaq listing standards relating to compensation committees and their advisers. Unless the...
According to a press release from the Association of BellTel Retirees, 53% of shareholders at Verizon supported a proxy access proposal asking the company to amend its bylaws allowing sha...
While the tug-of-war over getting the SEC to adopt future rules requiring companies to disclose political contributions, and dueling legislative initiatives encouraging or prohibiting suc...
The D.C. Circuit has dismissed for lack of jurisdiction the case brought by the American Petroleum Institute and others against the SEC rules requiring certain companies to disclose payme...
With over 50 S&P 500 meetings scheduled for this week, the proxy season begins in earnest. Similar to last year, the Wells Fargo meeting on Tuesday appears to be one of the first targets...
The NYSE has removed its proposed rule filing to the SEC to eliminate its separate voting standard for matters requiring shareholder approval from its website, which we had previously dis...
Perhaps owing to more controversy than expected, the SEC has filed a notice to solicit additional comments on Nasdaq’s proposal to require that listed companies establish and maintain a...
Following up on our earlier report, yet another group is determined to require public companies to disclose sustainability issues in SEC filings. The Sustainability Accounting Standards B...
Companies seeking approval of equity compensation plans as required under NYSE rules have often struggled to understand, and describe in proxy statements, the application of the NYSE voti...
Recent controversy surrounding Hewlett-Packards board elections have put the spotlight on referendums for directors, with the New York Times alone running three stories on the subject o...
