Joseph A. Hall

The SEC signaled increased unwillingness to allow companies to exclude shareholder proposals from proxy statements.

The FSOC Climate Report views “climate-related financial risk as an emerging threat to the financial stability of the United States.” Here are our 10 key takeaways on a critical step ...

The SEC’s renewed request for comments on its clawback rule suggests an aggressive approach to recovery of incentive-based compensation.

A proposed NYSE amendment would eliminate the requirement to include abstentions as “votes cast” against a company’s proposal. Instead, companies would be able to follow their own gov...

An enforcement action against an alternative data provider for misrepresenting its practices offers lessons both for trading firms that use alternative data and public companies that sell...

Changes are on the horizon for a risk management tool widely used by both insiders and companies

The SEC filed an enforcement action against a company for disclosing the risk that it “could” have a data privacy breach when it knew it already had experienced a breach. The action a...

Nasdaq’s new board diversity rules, approved by the SEC on August 6, will require listed companies to have diverse board members or explain why they do not. In addition, the rules will ...

The SEC’s request for public input on climate disclosures attracted 297 institutional comments totaling 3,290 pages.  The views range from questioning the SEC’s authority to imploring...

The SEC filed an enforcement action involving a public company’s cybersecurity disclosure. The action highlights the need for executives responsible for SEC reporting to be informed pro...