Practice Mobile Menu Trigger Overview Experience Team Insights Subscribe to insights December 8, 2017 Client Update NYSE Requires Listed Companies to Delay Issuing Material News Immediately After Market Close Under a rule change that is effective immediately, a NYSE listed company is prohibited from issuing material news after th... December 7, 2017 Client Update As the Investor Stewardship Group Framework Goes into Effect, Investors Want Companies to Explain Their Governance Practices The Framework for U.S. Stewardship and Governance launched by the Investor Stewardship Group, which we previously discusse... December 6, 2017 Client Update SEC Approves NYSE Rule Delaying Companies from Issuing Material News After Exchange Closes, Except to Meet FD Compliance The SEC has approved a rule change to the NYSE Listed Company Manual Section 202.06 from a proposal it made back in August... December 4, 2017 Client Update Senator Pushes SEC Commissioner Nominees on Activism, Buybacks and Executive Pay, and May Delay Confirmation Process Senator Tammy Baldwin (D., Wis.) has placed a hold on the nomination of Robert Jackson and Hester Peirce as commissioners ... November 27, 2017 Client Update First No-Action Letter to Use New Staff Legal Bulletin 14I Apple has submitted a letter to the SEC Staff arguing that the company should be able to exclude a shareholder proposal be... November 27, 2017 Client Update Glass Lewis Updates Its Policy Guidelines The board should take action when director elections or say-on-pay votes receive less than 80% support, according to the G... November 17, 2017 Client Update ISS Policy Updates for 2018 Focus on Few Issues ISS has issued its policy updates, effective for meetings held on or after February 1, 2018. The updates are more limited ... November 10, 2017 Client Update What We Know So Far about the New SLB on Shareholder Proposals At a PLI conference, the Division of Corporation Finance Director Bill Hinman spoke about the new Staff Legal Bulletin (SL... November 9, 2017 Client Update Chairman Clayton Stresses Shareholder Engagement and Proxy Process as Part of Commission’s Long-Term Agenda; May Reopen Proxy Plumbing Concept Release In a speech yesterday, Chairman Clayton expressed interest in examining the proxy process, including investor participatio... November 8, 2017 Client Update Tax Reform Proposal - Uncertainty for Year-End Compensation Planning: What You Can Do to Prepare The proposed tax reform bill, known as the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act, in its current form would significantly upend compensati... Load More
December 8, 2017 Client Update NYSE Requires Listed Companies to Delay Issuing Material News Immediately After Market Close Under a rule change that is effective immediately, a NYSE listed company is prohibited from issuing material news after th...
December 7, 2017 Client Update As the Investor Stewardship Group Framework Goes into Effect, Investors Want Companies to Explain Their Governance Practices The Framework for U.S. Stewardship and Governance launched by the Investor Stewardship Group, which we previously discusse...
December 6, 2017 Client Update SEC Approves NYSE Rule Delaying Companies from Issuing Material News After Exchange Closes, Except to Meet FD Compliance The SEC has approved a rule change to the NYSE Listed Company Manual Section 202.06 from a proposal it made back in August...
December 4, 2017 Client Update Senator Pushes SEC Commissioner Nominees on Activism, Buybacks and Executive Pay, and May Delay Confirmation Process Senator Tammy Baldwin (D., Wis.) has placed a hold on the nomination of Robert Jackson and Hester Peirce as commissioners ...
November 27, 2017 Client Update First No-Action Letter to Use New Staff Legal Bulletin 14I Apple has submitted a letter to the SEC Staff arguing that the company should be able to exclude a shareholder proposal be...
November 27, 2017 Client Update Glass Lewis Updates Its Policy Guidelines The board should take action when director elections or say-on-pay votes receive less than 80% support, according to the G...
November 17, 2017 Client Update ISS Policy Updates for 2018 Focus on Few Issues ISS has issued its policy updates, effective for meetings held on or after February 1, 2018. The updates are more limited ...
November 10, 2017 Client Update What We Know So Far about the New SLB on Shareholder Proposals At a PLI conference, the Division of Corporation Finance Director Bill Hinman spoke about the new Staff Legal Bulletin (SL...
November 9, 2017 Client Update Chairman Clayton Stresses Shareholder Engagement and Proxy Process as Part of Commission’s Long-Term Agenda; May Reopen Proxy Plumbing Concept Release In a speech yesterday, Chairman Clayton expressed interest in examining the proxy process, including investor participatio...
November 8, 2017 Client Update Tax Reform Proposal - Uncertainty for Year-End Compensation Planning: What You Can Do to Prepare The proposed tax reform bill, known as the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act, in its current form would significantly upend compensati...