The SEC is seeking public comment through a concept release (Possible Revisions to Audit Committee Disclosures) that it issued yesterday on whether the disclosure of the role of the audit...
At an open meeting yesterday, the Commission voted to propose broad rules directing the national exchanges and associations to establish listing standards requiring companies to develop a...
The PCAOB is asking for public comment on whether to require audit firms to file a new form to make public the name of the engagement partner and information about other participants in t...
We previously discussed two elements of Chair White’s keynote speech on proxy matters at the National Conference of the Society of Corporate Secretaries and Governance Professionals her...
It comes as no surprise that Chair White addressed proxy matters in her keynote remarks at the Society of Corporate Secretaries and Governance Professionals’ National Conference, which ...
The SEC has announced that it will hold an open meeting on Wednesday, July 1, 2015, at 10:00 a.m. to consider whether to propose rules under Section 954 of the Dodd-Frank Act.
Section 954...
According to a filing by Nabors, four directors received less than a majority of the shares voted (or withheld) and tendered their resignations, in accordance with the company’s majorit...
The question of whether companies should be required to disclose how long they have retained the same auditors may be part of the concept release on audit committees that the SEC plans to...
Last week, the Delaware House of Representatives unanimously passed a bill that amends the Delaware General Corporation law to prohibit stock corporations from inserting “fee-shifting?...
Of the 63 companies that opposed proxy access shareholder proposals and have announced voting results, 36 proposals received more support than in opposition and 27 proposals did not obtai...
