Recently, Institutional Shareholder Services (ISS) and Glass Lewis released revisions to their respective proxy voting guidelines for 2020. The ISS and Glass Lewis updates applicable to U.S. companies are discussed separately...more
11/21/2019
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The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission has proposed amendments to the proxy solicitation rules, directly targeting proxy advisory firms (Release No. 34-87457). Consistent with the updated interpretative guidance the SEC...more
11/19/2019
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The Fenwick & West Gender Diversity Survey provides unique insight into women’s participation at the most senior levels of public technology and life sciences companies in the Silicon Valley 150 Index (SV 150) and the large...more
4/18/2019
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A Comparison of Silicon Valley Public Companies and the Large Public Companies of the S&P 100 -
This comprehensive report covers trends in stockholder voting at annual meetings in the 2018 proxy season among the technology...more
10/15/2018
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This companion supplement to the Fenwick survey, “Corporate Governance Practices and Trends: A Comparison of Large Public Companies and Silicon Valley Companies,” covers trends in stockholder voting at annual meetings in the...more
10/31/2017
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The Fenwick & West Gender Diversity Survey provides unique insight into women’s participation at the most senior levels of public technology and life sciences companies in the Silicon Valley 150 Index (SV 150) and the large...more
3/10/2017
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A Comparison of Silicon Valley Public Companies and Other Large Bay Area Public Companies -
This companion supplement to the Fenwick survey, Corporate Governance Practices and Trends: A Comparison of Large Public...more
A Comparison of Large Public Companies and Silicon Valley Companies -
As outside legal counsel to a wide range of public companies in the technology and life sciences industries, many of which are based in Silicon...more
11/11/2016
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Shareholder activism has been a significant phenomenon amongst the largest U.S. public companies, with activists of a variety of stripes waging campaigns on a wide range of issues. As such activism has continued to grow, it...more
A Comparison of Large Public Companies and Silicon Valley Companies -
As outside legal counsel to a wide range of public companies in the technology and life sciences industries, many of which are based in Silicon...more