3,001 whistleblower tips from all 50 states and 49 countries were provided to the SEC in the 2012 fiscal year, according to its annual report on the whistleblower program. The annual repo...
The SEC has announced the issuance of an exemptive order granting regulatory relief for SEC filers (public companies, investment companies, accountants, transfer agents and others) affect...
In early October, the American Petroleum Institute, Chamber of Commerce, Independent Petroleum Association of America and National Foreign Trade Counsel had filed a complaint and a petiti...
National Fuel Gas Company has sent a letter to the SEC regarding a common shareholder proposal that authorizes the Harvard Shareholder Rights Project (HSRP) to ask the companys board to...
ISS has extended the comment period to provide feedback on its 2013 draft policies to November 9, 2012. Please see our comment letter to ISS here, with comments on the ISS proposed chang...
The coming election coincides with increased efforts by the Center for Political Accountability (CPA), through letters and shareholder proposal campaigns, to cause companies to provide re...
A Summary of Governance Resources
Our memos on two governance events last week the release of Staff Legal Bulletin 14G giving additional guidance on citing procedural deficiencies for ...
The SEC recently issued Staff Legal Bulletin No. 14G providing additional guidance on shareholder proposals submitted to companies pursuant to Rule 14a-8. The guidance is in response to s...
Given say-on-pay votes, companies are interested in understanding how their shareholders view executive compensation. At the always informative NASPP conference, Michelle Edkins from Blac...
ISS has issued the results of its recent survey on corporate governance. The responses will form the basis for policy changes affecting the 2013 proxy season. Perhaps reflecting concern...
