Practice Mobile Menu Trigger Overview Experience Team Insights Subscribe to insights October 15, 2014 Client Update Icahn Enterprises Notifies Public of Social Media Use as SEC Examines Possible Use of Universal Proxy Ballots Last Wednesday, an 8-K from Icahn Enterprises L.P. reported that its chairman, Carl Icahn, intends to use Tumblr, Facebook... October 15, 2014 Client Update ISS Publishes Draft 2015 Voting Policies for Comment, Focuses on Independent Chair Shareholder Proposal and Equity Plans ISS has published its draft 2015 voting policies for public comment, which are due on October 29. The final release is exp... October 13, 2014 Client Update SEC Pay Ratio Rules Expected by End of Year and Recent Comment Letter Challenges SEC Cost Assumptions SEC Chair White signaled that the proposed rules on CEO pay ratio would be adopted before the end of the year at a Senate ... October 7, 2014 Client Update SEC Corp Fin Director Discusses Disclosure Effectiveness Ideas Since some companies have made significant changes to the presentation of their proxy statements, Keith Higgins, Director ... October 6, 2014 Client Update Study Reflects Key Trends in Governance and Executive Compensation Practices at the Largest Companies 91% of big companies disclose the existence of anti-hedging policies and 66% mention anti-pledging policies, according to ... October 1, 2014 Client Update Rise in Corporate Political Spending Disclosure Shown in 2014 CPA-Zicklin Index The Center for Political Accountability has published the 2014 CPA-Zicklin Index, which rates 300 companies in the S&P 500... September 30, 2014 Client Update ISS Releases Policy Survey Responses for 2015 Proxy Season ISS released the results of its policy survey. The responses, from 105 individual institutional investors and 255 members ... September 25, 2014 Client Update Corporate Governance Update: Remuneration and Risk Management Two key publications have recently been issued which are relevant to UK listed companies in terms of their corporate gover... September 25, 2014 Client Update SEC Whistleblower Award Demonstrates International Scope of Program The most interesting element of the SEC’s latest whistleblower award, the largest so far at $30 million, may be the leng... September 23, 2014 Client Update Treasury Issues Long-Awaited Anti-Inversion Guidance The Treasury Department and the IRS yesterday released Notice 2014-52 (the “Notice”), which describes regulations that... Load More
October 15, 2014 Client Update Icahn Enterprises Notifies Public of Social Media Use as SEC Examines Possible Use of Universal Proxy Ballots Last Wednesday, an 8-K from Icahn Enterprises L.P. reported that its chairman, Carl Icahn, intends to use Tumblr, Facebook...
October 15, 2014 Client Update ISS Publishes Draft 2015 Voting Policies for Comment, Focuses on Independent Chair Shareholder Proposal and Equity Plans ISS has published its draft 2015 voting policies for public comment, which are due on October 29. The final release is exp...
October 13, 2014 Client Update SEC Pay Ratio Rules Expected by End of Year and Recent Comment Letter Challenges SEC Cost Assumptions SEC Chair White signaled that the proposed rules on CEO pay ratio would be adopted before the end of the year at a Senate ...
October 7, 2014 Client Update SEC Corp Fin Director Discusses Disclosure Effectiveness Ideas Since some companies have made significant changes to the presentation of their proxy statements, Keith Higgins, Director ...
October 6, 2014 Client Update Study Reflects Key Trends in Governance and Executive Compensation Practices at the Largest Companies 91% of big companies disclose the existence of anti-hedging policies and 66% mention anti-pledging policies, according to ...
October 1, 2014 Client Update Rise in Corporate Political Spending Disclosure Shown in 2014 CPA-Zicklin Index The Center for Political Accountability has published the 2014 CPA-Zicklin Index, which rates 300 companies in the S&P 500...
September 30, 2014 Client Update ISS Releases Policy Survey Responses for 2015 Proxy Season ISS released the results of its policy survey. The responses, from 105 individual institutional investors and 255 members ...
September 25, 2014 Client Update Corporate Governance Update: Remuneration and Risk Management Two key publications have recently been issued which are relevant to UK listed companies in terms of their corporate gover...
September 25, 2014 Client Update SEC Whistleblower Award Demonstrates International Scope of Program The most interesting element of the SEC’s latest whistleblower award, the largest so far at $30 million, may be the leng...
September 23, 2014 Client Update Treasury Issues Long-Awaited Anti-Inversion Guidance The Treasury Department and the IRS yesterday released Notice 2014-52 (the “Notice”), which describes regulations that...