In late December, the National Association of Manufacturers, the Chamber of Commerce and the Business Roundtable (the Appellants) filed a supplemental brief in the ongoing conflict minera...
Although the SEC permitted Whole Foods to exclude a shareholder proposal asking the board to amend its bylaws to allow for proxy access on the basis of a conflicting management proposal t...
The FAQs issued by ISS on its new Equity Plan Scorecard (EPSC) model indicate that the revised model will consider, and score, a range of positive and negative factors, rather than use a ...
ISS recently issued new FAQs on its 2015 policy updates. As we discussed in our memo, a key change relates to how ISS will make recommendations for companies with shareholder proposals se...
RR Donnelley’s survey from last year on how investors view proxy statements continues to be worth considering now, as companies begin preparing their public disclosure documents for the...
Professor Joseph Grundfest of Stanford Law School and SEC Commissioner Daniel Gallagher have co-authored an academic paper with the provocative title “Did Harvard Violate Federal Securi...
The NYSE has proposed to amend its listing requirements related to a company filing delinquent reports with the SEC. The proposal expands the NYSE’s existing late filer rule to include ...
As requested by the D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals on the conflict minerals case, the SEC has filed a brief addressing the three questions that the Court asked, which we previously discuss...
The SEC Office of Chief Counsel has determined that Whole Foods can exclude a shareholder proposal asking the board to adopt a proxy access bylaw to allow one or more shareholders owning ...
After a bruising proxy contest, Darden Restaurants announced last month several meaningful changes to its corporate governance practices, some of which will be voted on by shareholders at...
