On January 31, 2025, Vanguard issued its proxy voting policy for US portfolio companies, following the publication of BlackRock’s proxy voting guidelines for benchmark policies – US securities in December 2024. The updates...more
On December 17, 2024, one of the two most influential proxy advisory firms, ISS, released its Proxy Voting Guidelines Benchmark Policy Changes for 2025: US, Canada, and Americas Regional, which provides updates to its voting...more
Institutional Shareholder Services (ISS) uses peer group data as one input in their analysis of a company’s executive pay program that may ultimately impact their vote recommendation for a company’s “say-on-pay” proposal...more
As businesses continue to navigate the health and economic challenges posed by the COVID-19 pandemic, annual shareholder meeting dates are approaching for most public companies. Accordingly, where annual director equity...more
In recent years, there has been an increase in Delaware breach of fiduciary duty claims (including stockholder demands and actual cases) asserted against public company boards alleging that the directors engaged in...more