The recent announcement that ISS has recommended against the election of the board of directors of Target because of the perceived failure to provide appropriate management of cyber-risk ...
On June 10, the PCAOB adopted Auditing Standard No. 18, which covers three key areas of increased risks for material misstatements: related party transactions, significant unusual transac...
Fifty-one shareholder resolutions asking that company boards be led by independent chair made it the most prevalent shareholder proposal topic in 2014, according to ISS. Four such proposa...
Facing a lawsuit alleging that shares were improperly awarded because of the failure to count abstentions in determining whether an equity plan received shareholder approval, Cheniere Ene...
Greenpeace International, WWF International and the Center for International Environmental Law sent letters to executives and directors of 32 major oil, gas and energy companies, warning ...
The WSJ is reporting that the SEC staff may issue guidance as early as this week to cause proxy advisory firms to disclose more information about potential conflicts of interests. Accordi...
Six governance groups, including the National Association of Corporate Directors, Tapestry Networks and the Center for Audit Quality, have issued a “call to action” urging companies t...
We all know that executive compensation information in proxy statements is getting longer, as a response to the say-on-pay vote. Recently, an E&Y report indicated that proxy statements o...
State Street Global Advisors’ (SSgA) 2014 voting policy on director tenure focuses on what it identifies as the need for “board refreshment.” The policy outlines situations that cou...
According to a recent speech by Chair White, one of the key decision points in nearly every enforcement action is who will be charged as a defendant. She disputed the notion that the SEC ...