So far this season 44 shareholder proposals asking companies to appoint independent chairs of boards are on annual meeting ballots. None of the ones voted on have passed, although eight h...
Mylan recently publicly protested what may be a little known ISS policy that impacts the provision of draft reports to S&P 500 companies.
CalSTRS, the New York City Comptroller’s office...
A recent speech by the SEC Chief Accountant provided guidance for audit committees on several key areas of responsibilities in new developments, and on perennial issues of auditor evaluat...
Two letters from members of the House of Representatives directed Chairman Clayton to continue his predecessor’s efforts toward requiring companies to provide more information on the di...
On June 1, 2017, the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board approved a new audit standard that will introduce changes to the content of the auditor’s report on financial statements. ...
Dear Audit Committee Member:
Yesterday, the PCAOB decided to adopt a new auditor reporting standard that includes the communication of critical audit matters (CAMs). The rules are subje...
Among the settlement terms in the proxy contest between Arconic Inc. and Elliot Management is an agreement to reincorporate to Delaware due to the corporate governance provisions in the c...
Activist Stilwell Funds has sought to invalidate and enjoin the enforcement of HopFed Bancorp’s bylaws on director qualifications, filing suit in the Delaware Court of Chancery. The act...
Six years after the initial concept release, the PCAOB announced that it will hold an open meeting next Thursday, June 1, to consider adopting standards on the auditor’s report and prop...
Among the commenters who responded to then Acting Commissioner Piwowar’s request to examine the pay ratio disclosure rules, one company declared that the rule “is one more nail in the...
