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Corporate Governance: Preparing for the 2021 AGM season—key insights from 2020 and areas for focus in 2021

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As companies look to plan their FY 2020 annual report and prepare for the 2021 AGM season, we have reflected on our experience in 2020. We summarise below key learnings and what we think will undoubtedly be on the agenda and...more

Allen Matkins

Do Public Pension Funds Breach Their Fiduciary Duties By Pursuing Social Issue Proposals?

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Yesterday, UCLA Law School Professor Stephen Bainbridge noted the publication of a recent study that reaches some devastating conclusions for public pension funds.  The study by Professor Tracie Woidtke at the University of...more

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Proxy Access: More File to Exclude Proposals

Since our last update, the following public companies have submitted no-action letters to exclude shareholder proposals submitted by the New York City Pension Funds because the proposal will “directly conflict” with the...more

Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP

Proxy Access Proposals: Recent Developments

Recently, New York City Comptroller Scott Stringer, who oversees five municipal public pension funds with $160 billion in assets, announced an initiative to give shareholders who meet specified criteria the right to nominate...more

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