A number of business groups sent a letter to Chair White announcing the formation of the Corporate Governance Coalition for Investor Value (the Coalition). The group includes the America...
The United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit issued its opinion that permitted Wal-Mart to exclude a shareholder proposal that had asked the board to oversee policies to evalu...
EY Center for Board Matters reviewed the proxy statements of S&P 500 companies and found a dramatic increase in the number of companies that disclose shareholder engagement from five year...
On July 1, the SEC issued a concept release, a forerunner to a potential rulemaking proposal, seeking public comment on whether to expand disclosure requirements about audit committees. T...
A company’s reference to the next annual meeting date as “on or about” June 10 refers to an approximate or anticipated time frame, and not an actual specified date, held the Supreme...
On July 1, 2015, in a 3-2 vote, the SEC proposed a rule implementing Section 954 of the Dodd-Frank Act, which requires listed companies to implement clawback policies to recover incentive...
Jim McRitchie at corpgov.net provides an interesting discussion on whether he should withdraw his shareholder proposal at Whole Foods, since the company has now adopted proxy access.
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The SEC is seeking public comment through a concept release (Possible Revisions to Audit Committee Disclosures) that it issued yesterday on whether the disclosure of the role of the audit...
At an open meeting yesterday, the Commission voted to propose broad rules directing the national exchanges and associations to establish listing standards requiring companies to develop a...
The PCAOB is asking for public comment on whether to require audit firms to file a new form to make public the name of the engagement partner and information about other participants in t...
