As public company governance remains in the spotlight, we examined the governance structures of the 50 largest U.S. newly public companies at the time of their initial offerings. Our sur...
With ongoing pressure on companies that are past the IPO stage to update or modify their corporate governance practices to align with the views of some shareholders and proxy advisory fir...
The prepared statement on the Proxy Advisory Firm Reform Act by the CEO of Glass Lewis, KT Rabin, before the Subcommittee on Capital Markets and Government Sponsored Enterprises, explains...
A recent case interprets and demonstrates the importance of the requirements in advance notice bylaws.
The U.S. District Court in the Northern District of Texas granted a preliminary inju...
The SEC has extended to July 4, 2016, as the deadline for taking action on NASDAQ’s proposal requiring its listed companies to disclose any third-party compensation payments related to ...
The Proxy Advisory Firm Reform Act, introduced by Congressman Sean Duffy (R-Wisconsin), is on the agenda for a hearing on Tuesday by the House Financial Services Committee.
Under the pro...
When it first proposed disclosure of critical audit matters in auditors’ reports back in August 2013, the PCAOB faced an outcry. Now the regulator is making a second attempt, emphasizin...
At annual meetings so far this year, investors have already voted on more than 30 shareholder proposals asking companies to make proxy access rights available to shareholders who have own...
A recent Semler Brossy report that examined supplementary proxy materials on say-on-pay proposals since 2011 found no material impact on the vote outcome for companies that made those fil...
We are in the busiest annual meeting week of the year, with 350 meetings expected to take place during this week alone, making it the appropriate time to examine how investors view voting...
