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CSA Update Guidance on Virtual Shareholder Meetings

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The Canadian Securities Administrators (“CSA”) provided initial guidance on virtual shareholder meetings in February 2022 to: (i) assist reporting issuers in fulfilling their obligations under securities legislation; and (ii)...more

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Massachusetts Makes “Virtual Meeting” ‎Relief Permanent

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We previously issued a QuickStudy reporting that the Massachusetts legislature had extended to March 31, 2023 the COVID-19 pandemic relief that allowed Massachusetts public companies and Massachusetts non-profit corporations...more

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Corporate Briefing - May 2023

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Welcome to the Corporate Briefing, where we review the latest developments in corporate law that you need to know about. In this month’s issue, we discuss...more

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Bill Would Allow Shareholders To Phone It In

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Currently, the California Corporations Code prohibits a California corporation from conducting a meeting of shareholders solely by electronic transmission by and to the corporation, electronic video screen communication,...more

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Delaware Corporate Law Developments: What You Need to Know for 2023

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Delaware corporate law continually evolves, and 2022 was no exception. As the year draws to a close and proxy season approaches, here are highlights of significant changes that may impact 2023 annual meeting plans, among...more

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FTSE 350: July 2022 Snapshot of Arrangements for AGMs

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Key trends - We are now over half way through the year and moving towards the end of the AGM season. The trends which we identified at the start of the year have generally continued. Most companies have chosen to hold a...more

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FTSE 350: Snapshot of Arrangements for AGMs

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Refinitiv, Q1 2022 Adviser Rankings, US law firms, September 2021 We continue to track the approach FTSE 350 companies are taking to the holding of their AGMs. We have set out in our snapshot the approach companies have taken...more

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End of an Era for Virtual AGMs and EGMs of Irish Companies?

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Amongst the many pro-business responses of the Irish Government to the challenges presented by the onset of Covid-19 in 2020 was the swiftly-enacted Companies (Miscellaneous Provisions)(Covid-19) Act 2020 (the “Covid-19...more

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California Enacts Temporary, Yet Urgent, Law Allowing Virtual Only Shareholder Meetings

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Last year, the California legislature enacted AB 663 (Chen) in order to provide California corporations with greater flexibility to hold virtual-only meetings of shareholders.  Among other things, AB 663 amended Corporations...more

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Bill Would Urgently Remove Limitation On Virtual Shareholder Meetings And Allow Utopian Meetings

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The last sentence of California Corporations Code Section 600(e) imposes a significant limitation on the ability of California corporations to hold virtual-only meetings...more

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Ministerial Draft for the Introduction of the Virtual Annual General Meeting

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Up to now, the virtual Annual General Meeting has been a provisional solution due to the exceptional situation caused by the pandemic, with an end date of August 31, 2022 set in the so-called COVID-19 Act. The German Federal...more

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North Carolina General Assembly Now Allows Virtual-Only Shareholders’ Meetings

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In September 2021, the North Carolina General Assembly passed, and Governor Roy Cooper signed into law, Session Law 2021-162 (House Bill 320), Part I of which includes amendments to the North Carolina Business Corporation Act...more

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Entirely Virtual Shareholder & Member Meetings Now Permitted in New York

On November 8, 2021, Governor Hochul signed legislation to permanently amend the New York Business Corporation Law and New York Not-for-Profit Corporation Law. Under the new law, for profit and not-for-profit corporations...more

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Alaska Legislature Passes Bill Allowing Virtual Shareholder Meetings

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Dorsey Assists Alaska Corporations to Hold Annual Virtual and Hybrid Meetings - The Alaska Legislature unanimously passed Senate Bill 24, on March 22, 2021, allowing corporate shareholder meetings and nonprofit member...more

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Corporate Governance: le novità per la stagione assembleare 2021

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Le novità da considerare per l’imminente stagione assembleare e per aggiornare la corporate governance anche alla luce delle disposizioni introdotte per l’emergenza COVID-19. Le nuove modalità per l’assemblea dei soci tra...more

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Update: Auswirkungen der COVID-19-Pandemie im Gesellschaftsrecht

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Die Schutzmaßnahmen zur Vermeidung der Ausbreitung der COVID-19-Pandemie, insbesondere die Einschränkungen der Versammlungsmöglichkeiten von Personen, wirken sich nach wie vor auf die Handlungsfähigkeit von Unternehmen...more

Morrison & Foerster LLP

Update Capital Market Law: News About The Virtual General Meeting

The first season of virtual general meetings is over and the next one is imminent due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. The legislature has taken this as an opportunity to not only extend the set of instruments created at the...more

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Änderungen bei der virtuellen Hauptversammlung für die Hauptversammlungssaison 2021

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Der Gesetzgeber hat für die Hauptversammlungssaison 2021 punktuelle Änderungen an den Regelungen zur virtuellen Hauptversammlung beschlossen. Diese sind bei der Vorbereitung ab sofort zu berücksichtigen....more

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Blog: 2020 Working Group identifies best practices for virtual shareholder meetings

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Just in time for the new proxy season comes this Report of the 2020 Multi-Stakeholder Working Group on Practices for Virtual Shareholder Meetings from the Rutgers Center for Corporate Law and Governance, the Council of...more

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2021 Virtual Shareholder Annual Meetings

Many companies held virtual annual shareholder meetings in 2020.  This was principally the result of the COVID-19 pandemic and related state shutdowns or stay-at-home orders.  Typically, companies switched from the more...more

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ISS 2021 Policy Updates

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On Nov. 12, 2020, Institutional Shareholder Services (ISS) released its executive summary of its 2021 benchmark policy updates. The ISS 2021 global policy updates will be effective for meetings that occur on or after Feb. 1,...more

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ISS Provides A Roadmap For The 2021 Proxy Season

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Institutional Shareholder Services (ISS) has recently provided guidance outlining its approach to proxy voting advice for the 2021 proxy season. ISS adopted updates to its Benchmark Proxy Voting Guidelines (Voting Policy),...more

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ISS Policy Changes for 2021: Increased Expectations for Diversity and Accountability

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Institutional Shareholder Services (ISS) announced benchmark voting policy changes in the United States, increasing expectations for board racial and ethnic diversity, adding director accountability for environmental and...more

Harris Beach Murtha PLLC

From Distance Meetings to Diversity Reports: 2020 Updates for NY State Businesses

This year, forces such as COVID-19, current events and cultural groundswells have prompted society to re-examine everything from how we can safely gather to how we might best embrace and promote diversity. These concerns have...more

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SEC Schedules Open Meeting

The Securities and Exchange Commission announced that it will hold an open meeting on September 16, 2020, which will be webcast.  ...more

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