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Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati

[Webinar] A Shift in ESG: Navigating Environmental and Social Issues Under the New Administration - A Three-Part Series - March...

Under the new administration, several shifts in E&S have impacted public companies across a number of different practice areas. In light of these developments, companies are taking a wide array of approaches to disclosure,...more

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After 1576 days, DC District Court holds proxy advisor rule invalid

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A Federal District Court has just held invalid the SEC’s rule regarding proxy advisory firms. The case dates back to 2019(!), when ISS sued the SEC and then-SEC Chair Jay Clayton in connection with the SEC’s interpretive...more

Perkins Coie

Preparing for the 2022 Public Company Reporting Season

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During 2021, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) adopted rule changes and provided public companies with useful guidance on various topics. In December, Institutional Shareholder Services (ISS) released its...more

Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati

SEC Requires Use of Universal Proxy Cards in Proxy Contests

On November 17, 2021, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) adopted rules that will require the use of a single "universal" proxy card in connection with most contested elections of directors. These rules, which have...more

Fenwick & West LLP

Glass Lewis Announces 2021 Proxy Voting Policy Guidelines

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Glass Lewis announced updates to its United States Proxy Voting Policy Guidelines late November 2020. The 2021 Proxy Voting Policy Guidelines include a variety of changes from the 2020 version, including new provisions...more

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SEC Adopts 2019 Proxy Voting Amendments, Minus the Bite

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On July 22, 2020, the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) adopted amendments to the proxy solicitation rules and issued guidance regarding the proxy voting responsibilities of investment advisers. The amendments, a...more

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SEC Adopts Final Rules Addressing Proxy Advisory Firms

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On July 22, 2020, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) adopted amendments to its proxy rules addressing proxy voting advice provided by proxy advisory firms, such as ISS and Glass Lewis. The amendments were originally...more

King & Spalding

SEC Views Proxy Advice as Solicitation under Federal Proxy Rules

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The nation’s largest shareholder advisory firm, Institutional Shareholder Services Inc. (“ISS”), recently filed suit against the SEC over new guidelines meant to give investors more transparency into how proxy advisory firms...more

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SEC Proposes Rule Changes for Proxy Advisory Firms

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On November 5, 2019, the SEC issued a release proposing amendments to the federal proxy rules that are intended to enhance the accuracy and transparency of information provided by proxy advisory firms to investors and...more

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SEC Takes First Step Toward Improving Accountability of Proxy Advisers

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The Background: The Securities and Exchange Commission ("SEC") published guidance affecting proxy advisory firms and the investment advisers that rely on them as a follow-up to its November 2018 proxy process roundtable. ...more

Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP

SEC Applies Fiduciary Duties Analysis to Voting Obligations

On August 21, 2019, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) voted 3 to 2 to adopt new interpretive guidance (the “Voting Interpretation”) applicable to investment advisers regarding their proxy voting responsibilities as...more

Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP

ISS Attempts to Legislate Common Sense: A Targeted Policy Aims to Introduce Gender Diversity to the Last All-Male Public Company...

Institutional Shareholder Services (ISS) recently released the results of its “2018 Governance Principles Survey” and previewed potential changes to it’s 2019 proxy voting policies. Among other things, given input and...more

Perkins Coie

Changing Proxy Rules: SEC Proposes to Require Universal Proxy Cards

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The SEC, by a two-to-one vote on October 26, 2016, proposed amendments to its proxy rules to require universal proxy cards in contested director elections at annual meetings of listed U.S. public companies. If adopted, the...more

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SEC’s Investor Advisory Committee Pushes For Oddly Named “Universal Proxy Ballots”

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In late July, the SEC’s Investor Advisory Committee issued a recommendation that the SEC ”explore relaxing the ‘bona fide nominee’ rule embodied in Rule 14a-4(d)(1) . . . to provide proxy contestants with the option (but not...more

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