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Executive compensation votes were comparatively calm in 2025. Among Silicon Valley's largest 150 companies (SV 150), average support for say‑on‑pay rose to 88.5% of votes cast (median 92.6%), up from 87.0% in 2024 and 84.8%...more
Stockholders submitted more proposals at Silicon Valley’s 150 largest public companies this year, but those proposals were less successful, according to our analysis of 2025 proxy season results among the SV 150 and the S&P...more
Shareholder activism is widespread among the largest U.S. public companies, with diverse activists pursuing campaigns on issues ranging from governance to policy through shareholder proposals and strategic voting. As...more
In our latest roundup, lab space real estate faces challenges, demand for data creates power brokers, the cost burden of sports stadiums, and more!...more
Silicon Valley thinks it knows how to fix law. Tech founders pitch me their vision weekly: AI-powered law firms where bots negotiate with bots, where marketing algorithms feed cases directly into language models, where human...more
Kilpatrick’s Siegmar Pohl, a partner in the firm’s San Francisco and Walnut Creek Offices, was a panelist on at the 10th German American Business Forum in Munich, entitled “Digital Transformation – AI and Silicon Valley...more
The Winter 2025 Allen Matkins/UCLA Anderson Forecast California Commercial Real Estate Survey highlights significant changes in California’s commercial real estate market, driven by the growing adoption of cloud computing,...more
Financial centres around the world have been hosts to branches and representative offices of international banks since as early as the 19th century. The term “branch” refers to a local establishment of a foreign financial...more
Over the last five years, stockholder activism has undergone significant transformation, shaped by changing market conditions, regulatory developments, and evolving societal expectations. Activism has continued to spread...more
To help you stay on top of the latest news, our AI practice group has compiled a roundup of the developments we are following....more
The Bankruptcy Code bars certain individuals or entities from filing for bankruptcy protection, generally because they do not reside or have a place of business or property in the United States, fail to satisfy certain debt...more
On April 30, 2024, the Silicon Valley Arbitration and Mediation Center published the 1st edition of its Guidelines on the Use of AI in Arbitration, which “shall apply when and to the extent that the parties have so agreed...more
Amidst challenges and conflicting demands from a variety of stakeholders, technology and life sciences companies have increased their voluntary disclosure regarding environmental, social and governance (ESG) concerns. Despite...more
There were 18,926 business bankruptcy filings in 2023. The number of companies that filed for bankruptcy with $1 billion or more in liabilities was 22. Some notable companies filed for bankruptcy including RiteAid, Vice...more
Our survey analyzed the terms of 171 venture financings closed in the fourth quarter of 2023 by companies headquartered in Silicon Valley. Fourth-quarter Bay Area venture capital financings remained largely flat from the...more
According to a February 22 ruling by the Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of New York, foreign banks with a U.S. branch or agency are ineligible for Chapter 15 recognition. The case before Chief Judge Glenn, In re...more
Paul Ayoub and Joseph Jannetty evaluate the Commercial Real Estate Outlook for 2024. They analyze key issues and data from the prior year to provide perspective on the challenges and opportunities in the real estate industry...more
The firm is pleased to present its 2023 Silicon Valley 150 Corporate Governance Report, which analyzes the governance of the Valley's largest public companies and reviews various matters regarding annual meetings held between...more
For two decades, Fenwick has reported on corporate governance statistics and trends among the S&P 100 and Silicon Valley’s top public companies (Fenwick – Bloomberg Law Silicon Valley 150 List), with the goal of educating...more
Deposit Insurance - Are the deposits at my bank FDIC-insured? Deposits held at FDIC-insured depository institutions are insured up to $250,000 per depositor for deposits held in the same “right and capacity.”...more
Third-quarter Bay Area venture capital financings reached the highest number in the past 12 months (188), including the most Series A financings (100) since Q2 2021. However, Q3 was notably consistent with the prior quarter,...more
Broadly considered, stockholder activism has been a significant phenomenon among the largest U.S. public companies, with activists of a variety of stripes waging campaigns on a wide range of issues including in the form of...more
Recently, the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (“FDIC”) issued a report from its Chief Risk Officer entitled FDIC’s Supervision of First Republic Bank. The FDIC was First Republic Bank’s primary federal banking agency,...more
Besides being a shock to the market, the 2023 bank failures caused many to ask whether the federal banking agencies had done enough to prevent them. Precisely what the agencies should have done, or should do moving forward,...more
Our survey analyzed the terms of 162 venture financings closed in the second quarter of 2023 by companies headquartered in Silicon Valley. Venture capital financings in Silicon Valley reached a seven-year low and down...more