The SEC concept release on the business and financial disclosure requirements in Regulation S-K is a whopping 341 pages. It would be appropriate to analogize it to the size of a phone bo...
While still early in the season, two ESG proposals have passed, in an unusual level of support for those types of resolutions.
A proposal from Amalgamated Bank to enhance board diversity ...
The SEC has published a proposed Nasdaq listing standard for public comment. Comments are due 21 days after publication in the Federal Register, which occurred yesterday.
If adopted, effe...
Since the SEC staff substantially narrowed the use of Rule 14a-8(i)(9) as a basis to exclude shareholder proposals in Staff Legal Bulletin 14H back in October 2015, which we previously di...
CII issued a recent policy statement focused on newly public companies, prompted by concerns about high-profile IPOs using dual-class shares. In 2015, dual-class IPOs raised twice as muc...
U.S. Senators Tammy Baldwin (D-WI) and Jeff Merkley (D-OR) have introduced The Brokow Act designed to increase oversight of activist hedge funds. Senators Bernie Sanders (I-VT) and Elizab...
The SEC Division of Corporation Finance issued a rare FAQ on a proxy rule yesterday, making clear that companies must provide details when listing shareholder proposals on proxy cards. Th...
Investors have expressed concerns about the length of director tenure for several years, pushing companies to focus on board succession planning and board refreshment processes. There ha...
A recent decision by the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois Eastern Division indicates that companies should be careful about providing some, but not all, of an exe...
According to an analysis by Bloomberg, since 2011, 5 of the biggest U.S. activist funds have nominated women just 7 times in seeking 174 board seats. Bloomberg examined Elliot Management...
