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Diversifying the Boardroom: What Silicon Valley-Based and Other Large Public Companies Disclosed in 2022

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The intense focus on board diversity from a variety of stakeholders over the last several years has spurred many companies to examine the composition of their boards and to take action to diversify their boardrooms. While the...more

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Gender Diversity in the Silicon Valley - A Comparison of Large Public Companies and Silicon Valley Companies - 2020 Proxy Season

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Fenwick’s gender diversity survey provides unique insight into women’s participation at the most senior levels of technology and life sciences public companies on the Fenwick – Bloomberg Law Silicon Valley 150 List (SV 150)...more

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Financial Daily Dose 10.6.2020 | Top Story: Cybersecurity Pioneer John McAfee Arrested, Accused of Tax Evasion Over Crypto...

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The SEC has sued “cybersecurity pioneer John McAfee” for “promoting the sale of cryptocurrencies without disclosing that he was being paid to do so.” McAfee allegedly recommended “at least seven initial coin offerings to his...more

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Financial Daily Dose 11.11.2019 | Top Story: Twitter Screed Prompts Investigation of Apple Card Gender Discrimination

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Here’s about as 2019 as we can get in the financial world (with a healthy dose of 1950s-era gender discrimination for good measure): a series of tweets from tech entrepreneur David Heinemeier Hansson alleging gender...more

Mayer Brown Free Writings + Perspectives

Commissioner Peirce on Women on Boards

On June 28, 2019, Commissioner Peirce of the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) delivered a speech entitled “Baby on Board” at the Society for Corporate Governance National Conference. In her speech, Commissioner...more

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Not shockingly, the White House’s recent insistence on keeping tariffs in place on China (to ensure deal compliance) is proving to be a major stumbling block in negotiations on a grand trade deal between the US and China....more

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ISS Attempts to Legislate Common Sense: A Targeted Policy Aims to Introduce Gender Diversity to the Last All-Male Public Company...

Institutional Shareholder Services (ISS) recently released the results of its “2018 Governance Principles Survey” and previewed potential changes to it’s 2019 proxy voting policies. Among other things, given input and...more

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP

"Employment Flash - October 2016"

Spotlight on Whistleblower Protections - On October 24, 2016, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) issued a “risk alert” regarding SEC registrants’ compliance with Rule 21 F-17, which implements Section 21F of...more

Proskauer - Law and the Workplace

Comment Letter Requests SEC Require Public Companies To Furnish Gender Pay Ratio Data To Investors

In a February 1, 2016 comment letter to the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”), Pax Ellevate Management LLC Chair Sallie Krawcheck and Chief Executive Officer Joseph F. Keefe requested that the SEC take steps to...more

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Employment Law - October 2015

FTC Offers Employers Lesson in FCRA Compliance—And Limited Exceptions - Why it matters: A California employer recently received a lesson in Fair Credit Reporting Act (FCRA) compliance from the Federal Trade...more

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