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DOL Proposes Expanded Use of ESG Factors in ERISA Plan Investment Decisions and Proxy Voting

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The U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) published a proposed regulation on October 14, 2021, that would clarify how fiduciaries of private sector employee benefit plans should apply ERISA’s fiduciary duties of prudence and loyalty...more

Morgan Lewis

ERISA Fiduciaries: DOL Proposed Rule Signals More Ease for ESG Investing

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The US Department of Labor on October 14 published in the Federal Register a “Notice of Proposed Rulemaking on Prudence and Loyalty in Selecting Plan Investments and Exercising Shareholder Rights.” The proposed rule, if...more

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To Vote, or Not to Vote, That is the DOL’s Proxy Voting Question for ERISA Fiduciaries

On September 4, 2020, the Department of Labor (“DOL”) published a proposed rule (the “Proposed Rule”) that would confirm its position that ERISA’s fiduciary duties of prudence and loyalty apply to an ERISA plan fiduciary’s...more

Dechert LLP

SEC Adopts New Rule to Allow Internet Availability of Investment Company Shareholder Reports

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The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC or Commission) has adopted new Rule 30e-3 under the Investment Company Act of 1940 (1940 Act)1 that provides an optional “notice and access” method to allow certain registered...more

Morrison & Foerster LLP - JOBS Act

Investor Advocate Recommends Rejection of NYSE Rule Change

Investor Advocate, Rick Fleming, announced last Friday the recommendation to reject the proposed NYSE rule change that would allow certain listed companies to sell additional shares to insiders and related parties without...more

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