The SEC proposes to eliminate the federal shareholder proposal process, expand companies’ discretionary voting authority with respect to shareholder proposals and modernize several long...
SEC Chairman Paul Atkins’ speech last week in Delaware sounded to many like a death knell for shareholder proposals under Rule 14a-8. In fact, it was far more strategic: the opening mov...
Since our client update on September 15, we have heard from many companies and advisors with questions about ExxonMobil’s innovative Retail Voting Program, which has clearly generated e...
Thousands of U.S. public companies hold annual shareholder meetings with multiple proposals to vote on, but most shareholders, especially retail investors, do not vote because they lack t...
House Republicans have set forth their agenda for the financial regulators. Our deck organizes, by agency, the full list of asks in ten recent letters signed by House Republicans. We ha...
We invite you to view our webinar featuring a discussion of key takeaways for companies in the context of legal scrutiny of corporate diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) programs. Topic...
Our 2024 IPO corporate governance survey reviews governance structures at the time of IPO for U.S.-listed IPOs of “controlled” and non-“controlled” companies between October 1, 20...
The SEC announced settled enforcement actions against several victims of the SolarWinds hack, alleging that they downplayed the extent to which they were impacted by the intrusions. The a...
