ISS QuickScores are now publicly available on companies’ Yahoo Finance pages, under the Business Summary link. The Corporate Governance section reports, as of March 1, 2013, a company?...
So far, as we launch into the proxy season, only a handful of companies have filed additional soliciting materials to dispute proxy advisory firm recommendations. These materials were alm...
At its meeting last week, Disney’s proxy access proposal received 40% in support. As we previously discussed here, the SEC Staff did not permit the company to exclude the proposal from...
In another move that more closely aligns Nasdaq listing standards with those of the NYSE, Nasdaq has filed a proposed rule change with the SEC that would require its listed companies to h...
Professor Joseph Grundfest at Stanford Law School and The Rock Center for Corporate Governance suggests that the SEC should not initiate enforcement action against Netflix in his article,...
Companies with shareholder proposals are often frustrated by what they view as offensive, or merely wrong, supporting statements that accompany the resolutions. The supporting statements ...
Companies can now obtain their ISS QuickScore via the ISS data verification site. The QuickScores will also be provided on companies’ ISS proxy research reports, and beginning the secon...
With annual meeting season looming, SEC Commissioner Luis Aguilar recently advocated for improved proxy disclosure, noting that many companies “continue to fall short of providing the r...
In our recent client alert, “Recent Developments in Executive Compensation,” an open question was the fate of Gordon v. Symantec Corp. (and similar cases) after the court denied a pre...
New York State Comptroller Thomas P. DiNapoli on Friday issued a press release announcing that the New York State Common Retirement Fund has withdrawn the lawsuit it filed in early Januar...
