Since July 21, 2010, when President Obama signed into law the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act (the “Act”), U.S. regulatory agencies have been engaged in an i...
With the vast majority of this year’s annual shareholder meetings for U.S. public companies behind us (at least for those with calendar-year fiscal years), we wanted to update the findi...
Some shareholders are using lawsuits as a new tactic to fight what they perceive as an escalation in executive compensation. Shareholders are likely to find these suits difficult to push...
May is high season for annual shareholder meetings for U.S. public companies, so we wanted to update the findings that we shared in our last memo on the subject. As of the end of last we...
As US public companies launch into the height of the annual meeting season, we review the current landscape on say-on-pay, including current vote levels and a summary of companies with fa...
Today is the deadline for comments in response to the SEC’s proposed rules directing the national securities exchanges to adopt listing standards relating to the independence of compens...
The SEC has just extended the deadline for comments in response to its proposed rules directing the national securities exchanges to adopt listing standards regarding the independence of ...
On March 30, 2011, the SEC proposed rules to implement the Dodd-Frank Act’s requirements regarding the independence of compensation committees and their advisers. The proposed rules are...
Yesterday seven federal agencies jointly finalized a proposed rule under Section 956 of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act that would subject financial institut...
A proposed rule issued under Section 956 of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act would subject financial institutions with $1 billion of assets to substantive and...
