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...
Strong independent leadership will be a key focus of State Street’s 2016 corporate governance engagement program, according to a letter that the investor sent to board members.
All comp...
At SEC Speaks 2016, the SEC Enforcement Division indicated that they are interested in investigating public companies’ failure to disclose cyber breaches.
No such case has been brought ...
At SEC Speaks 2016, the Staff in the Division of Corporation Finance discussed the goal of finalizing the three proposed executive compensation rulemakings remaining under the Dodd-Frank ...
This is the first of a multipart series on SEC updates related to corporate governance areas discussed during the recent SEC Speaks conference.
The SEC Staff in Corporation Finance is con...
A recent GAO report concluded that the SEC has no plans to require more climate-related disclosure.
In guidance issued in 2010, the SEC staff identified four categories of climate-related...
The Delaware Court of Chancery recently issued a 75-page opinion granting additional books and records related to the hiring and termination of Yahoo’s chief operating officer (COO), wh...
In two recent cases, the SEC affirmatively decided not to bring clawback actions under Section 304 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act (“SOX”) against executives who reimbursed their respective...
Vanguard has shifted its voting policy on proxy access proposals. The major institutional investor indicates that it will continue to evaluate proposals on a case by case basis but has lo...
