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...
The U.S. District Court for the District of Delaware determined that Wal-Mart should not have excluded a shareholder proposal from its 2014 proxy statement, even after it received a favor...
Last week, House Financial Services Committee Chairman Jeb Hensarling (R-TX), Representative Scott Garrett (R-NJ) and Representative Bill Huizenga (R-MI) sent a letter to SEC Chair White ...
The 2014 Spencer Stuart US Board Index for S&P 500 companies focuses on board composition, turnover and director succession planning. The report concluded that companies that added three ...
Jay D. Hanson, a board member of the PCAOB, recently spoke about the PCAOB’s efforts to address issues raised by audit committees.
The board of the PCAOB began its outreach to audit c...
The D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals has granted the petitions for panel rehearing by the SEC and Amnesty International on the conflict minerals case, and have ordered the parties to file su...
Directors can provide more insight on how they govern their companies, and investors can give more information on how they cast their votes, so that there is less mystery from both sides,...
The final day for companies to verify the data that will form the basis of their ISS QuickScore 3.0 is tomorrow, November 14. The program closes after that time until the launch of QuickS...
A new form of shareholder proposal focused on environmental and social issues does not ask the company to, for example, report on reducing emissions. Instead, the proposal is focused on h...
