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ISS and Glass Lewis Update 2024 Proxy Voting Guidelines

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Glass, Lewis & Co (Glass Lewis) and Institutional Shareholder Services (ISS) have each released updates to their Canadian proxy voting guidelines for the 2024 proxy season. The Glass Lewis updates apply to shareholder...more

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Making Distributions - No Need To Mind The GAAP

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UCLA Law School Professor Stephen Bainbridge recently commented Vice Chancellor Glasscock's recent memorandum opinion in In re The Chemours Co. Deriv. Litig., (Del. Ch. Case No. 2020-0786-SG, Nov. 1, 2021).  Professor...more

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Practical Tips to Prepare for Upcoming Quarterly Disclosures

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As companies close their books on the second quarter and prepare their second quarter disclosures, it is important to assess the continuing impact of COVID-19 on businesses, employees and financial results and provide...more

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Reevaluating the Board Risk Oversight Process: Implications of Marchand and Other Recent Developments | Insights | Skadden, Arps,...

On February 26, 2020, Skadden held a webinar titled “Reevaluating the Board Risk Oversight Process: Implications of Marchand and Other Recent Developments.” The panelists were Edward Micheletti, litigation partner and...more

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Key Takeaways for Investors From the Federal Reserve’s Final “Control” Rule

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On January 30, 2020, the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System (Federal Reserve) issued a final rule (Rule) that revises the Federal Reserve’s regulations related to determinations of whether a first company (an...more

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ISS Updates its U.S. Compensation and Equity Compensation Plan Policies for 2020

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In December 2019, Institutional Shareholder Services (“ISS”) published updates to its FAQs for its U.S. Compensation Policies and its policies related to U.S. Equity Compensation Plans with respect to annual meetings...more

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Preliminary Planning for the 2020 Proxy Season

Our preliminary list of important planning considerations for the 2020 proxy season is set forth below. Directors’ and Officers’ Questionnaires; Committee Charters - We have identified only a few possible changes to...more

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What Every InsurTech Should Know About Accountants

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You have now raised capital initially using a Convertible Promissory Note and soon, your Series A Preferred Stock; you now have a Board of Directors with three members – and there may be five including one or more Independent...more

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Securities and Corporate Governance Update – March 2019

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SEC Penalizes Company for Non-Compliance with Equal or Greater Prominence Requirement in Earnings Releases - In late December, the SEC settled its first “equal or greater prominence” enforcement action under its non-GAAP...more

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2018 SEC Comment Letter Trends & Disclosure Best Practices

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As we wind down the third quarter of 2018 and turn our attention toward year-end disclosures, it is helpful to review U.S Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) comment letter trends to improve financial statement...more

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Go West? What the NYSE Has to Offer for Gulf IPOs

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Saudi Aramco’s planned IPO has put the region’s companies in sharp focus for global investors. As GCC nations continue to experience shifts in economic activity, including less government spending, more companies (both state...more

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In Case You Missed It - Interesting Items for Corporate Counsel - August 2017

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A review of 2017 proxy season activity, including the trend toward adoptions of proxy access bylaws, is here. A suggestion that the big news of the 2017 proxy season was climate change proposals and the shift in Blackrock,...more

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Court Of Chancery Denies Inspection When The Board Has An Obvious Defense To A Claim Of Wrongdoing

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In general, the bar is low for exercising inspection rights to investigate claims of wrongdoing. Plaintiffs need provide only some evidence to suggest a credible basis from which the Court can infer possible mismanagement or...more

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A Baker's Dozen of Blue Chip CEO's and Leading Investors Speak Out on Corporate Governance: What Else Can be Offered to the...

A most curious press release sprouted up amidst summer's hot growing season: 13 leaders of public companies and investing firms have put forth self-professed governance principles for public companies. (See...more

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