Preparations for annual reporting on Form 10-K and the 2020 proxy season have begun in earnest for many companies. We have summarized certain governance and disclosure developments that should be considered in the course of...more
1/22/2020
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Board of Directors ,
Confidential Information ,
Corporate Governance ,
Corporate Social Responsibility ,
Critical Audit Matters (CAMs) ,
Disclosure Requirements ,
Diversity ,
Environmental Social & Governance (ESG) ,
Executive Compensation ,
Fixing America’s Surface Transportation Act (FAST Act) ,
Form 10-K ,
Hedging ,
Institutional Shareholder Services (ISS) ,
MD&A Statements ,
New Guidance ,
No-Action Letters ,
Overboarding ,
PCAOB ,
Proxy Season ,
Proxy Statements ,
Proxy Voting Guidelines ,
Regulation S-K ,
Risk Assessment ,
Securities ,
Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) ,
Woman Board Members ,
XBRL Filing Requirements
At the Securities and Exchange Commission’s (the “Commission”) open meeting yesterday, the Commissioners approved two new proposed rules in their ongoing efforts to modernize proxy solicitation and shareholder proxy access,...more
11/7/2019
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Corporate Governance ,
Proposed Rules ,
Proxy Access ,
Proxy Advisors ,
Proxy Solicitations ,
Proxy Statements ,
Proxy Voting ,
Proxy Voting Guidelines ,
Publicly-Traded Companies ,
Rule 14a-8 ,
Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) ,
Shareholder Proposals ,
Shareholders
On May 24, the Economic Growth, Regulatory Relief, and Consumer Protection Act (the “Act”) was signed into law. One of the purposes of the Act is to encourage capital formation by directing the Securities and Exchange...more
6/13/2018
/ Capital Formation ,
Corporate Governance ,
Initial Public Offering (IPO) ,
Nasdaq ,
NYSE ,
Preemption ,
Publicly-Traded Companies ,
Registration Statement ,
Regulation A ,
Reporting Requirements ,
Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) ,
Securities Exchange Act