ISS has launched a new specialty Climate Voting Policy. Other specialty voting policies maintained by ISS include SRI, Sustainability, Faith-Based, Taft-Hartley, and Public Fund policies....more
This week, I have been writing about Section 308 of the California Corporations Code. Subdivision (b) of the statute authorizes the Superior Court to appoint one or more provisional directors when "the shareholders of a...more
If stubborn conviction is the hallmark of a successful entrepreneur, then Debbie Sterling is destined for greatness. As she builds a multimedia empire aimed at “reinventing girlhood as we know it,” she’s been paving her own...more
Chapter 1 of the California General Corporation Law includes a large number of definitions, beginning with “Acknowledged” (Section 149) and ending with “Written, in writing” (Section 195). It is easy to gloss over these...more
In July 2017, global index providers S&P Dow Jones (S&P DJI) and FTSE Russell (FTSE) announced changes to their index eligibility rules, with S&P DJI excluding from certain of its indices companies with multi-class capital...more
For the last six years, Amerco as included a rather unique stockholder proposal in its proxy statement. It’s there again this year. Basically, it asks the stockholders to ratify and affirm all decisions and actions by...more