Roundtable Discussion: Off-Channel Communications and Mobile Surveillance Policies - Surveillance, monitoring, escalation, and reporting are critical components to regulatory compliance and risk management. So is...more
In the wake of its recently issued rules regarding New York City Local Law 144 (“Local Law 144”), the New York City Department of Consumer and Worker Protection (DCWP) will be holding an educational roundtable on May 22,...more
ESG is an acronym and importantly a movement with a viewpoint. It is also an evolving concept which uses the first letters of three words as its name. Those words are Environmental, Social and Governance. ESG is a concept...more
Earlier this month, Institutional Shareholder Services ("ISS") released its annual global benchmark policy survey (the "ISS Survey"). The ISS Survey includes questions on "hot topics" in corporate governance, and its results...more
In conjunction with the publication of a staff report, “U.S. Credit Markets: Interconnectedness and the Effects of the COVID-19 Economic Shock,” the Securities and Exchange Commission announced a roundtable on October 14,...more
Last year, the Business Roundtable created quite a buzz when it released a new Statement on the Purpose of a Corporation that moved “away from shareholder primacy” as a guiding principle and opted in to a kind of “stakeholder...more
On June 30, 2020, Jay Clayton, SEC chair, and Bill Hinman, Director of Corporation Finance, hosted an investor roundtable seeking input from investors on how to improve disclosures during this period of COVID-19. The...more
On November 14, 2019, Skadden held a webinar titled “Preparing for the Shareholder Proposal Season” with panelists Amy Borrus, Deputy Director of the Council of Institutional Investors (CII); Marc Lindsay, Senior Strategist,...more
OECD and the U.S. Business Roundtable Release Reports Indicating that Trade Tensions May Be Affecting Growth on a Global Basis - The Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (“OECD”) and the Business...more
The Business Roundtable – a star-studded group of U.S. businesses – on August 19 announced a new definition of what a corporation should be, noting that they should operate for the “benefit of all stakeholders – customers,...more
On a Monday during the dog days of August 2019, a group of 181 chief executives signed a “Statement on the Purpose of a Corporation” affirming that the U.S.’s largest corporations have a “fundamental commitment” to “all...more
On Monday, the Business Roundtable announced the release of the Statement on the Purpose of a Corporation(The Statement). The new Statement was signed by 181 Chief Executive Officers (CEOs) who committed to lead their...more
In a press release issued today, the Business Roundtable announced the adoption of a new Statement on the Purpose of a Corporation, signed by 181 well-known, high-powered CEOs. What’s newsworthy here is that the Statement...more
The Background: The NYC Pension Funds, which led the largely successful campaign to implement proxy access rights across corporate America, have launched a new crusade to improve the diversity of corporate boards....more
On May 4, 2017, 15 business leaders gathered at Skadden’s Palo Alto office to discuss the current political and policy environments in the U.S. and abroad, as well as their implications for the technology sector. Participants...more
The following developments from the past month offer guidance on corporate law and governance law as they may be applied to nonprofit health care organizations: BUSINESS ROUNDTABLE GOVERNANCE GUIDELINES - In an...more
On Tuesday, June 2, New England Economic Partnership, The Massachusetts Business Roundtable, and the Brandeis International Business School held a conference at the Boston Federal Reserve titled “Building the Backbone of...more
On May 19-20, 2015, the NanoBusiness Commercialization Association (NanoBCA) held its 2015 DC Roundtable. The National Economic Council (NEC) and White House Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP) invited...more
On March 18, Commodity Futures Trading Commission staff will hold a public roundtable on cybersecurity and system safeguards testing. The roundtable will focus on improving system safeguards testing requirements, including...more
Does your locality have an ethics and compliance group that provides a level playing field for companies and organizations to discuss problems and share best practices? If you do not, it may be something that you wish to...more
Following through on its April 30 statement, the National Association of Manufacturers, joined by the U.S. Chamber of Commerce and the Business Roundtable, filed an emergency motion for stay of the SEC’s Conflict Minerals...more