The Texas Legislature recently has taken Texas-sized steps intended to make the state a more attractive place for companies to form, reincorporate, or relocate, further advancing Texas’s efforts to rival Delaware as a...more
7/8/2025
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Corporate Governance ,
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Incorporation ,
Jury Trial ,
Legislative Agendas ,
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Regulatory Reform ,
Shareholder Rights ,
Shareholders ,
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Texas
On July 1, 2025, a federal court of appeals held that the SEC's regulation of proxy advice exceeded its authority and the SEC's 2020 proxy advisor regulations are not valid. The court closely tracks the district court's...more
7/2/2025
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Corporate Governance ,
Judicial Review ,
Lack of Authority ,
New Legislation ,
Proxy Advisors ,
Proxy Solicitations ,
Proxy Voting ,
Regulatory Authority ,
Securities Exchange Act ,
Securities Regulation ,
Shareholders ,
State and Local Government
Proxy advisors, and specifically ISS and Glass Lewis, are in the business of advising asset managers on whether to vote for or against the thousands of director nominees and proposals that are presented to shareholders each...more
5/2/2025
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Asset Management ,
Corporate Governance ,
Directors ,
Glass Lewis ,
Institutional Shareholder Services (ISS) ,
Investment Management ,
Proposed Legislation ,
Proxy Advisors ,
Proxy Season ,
Proxy Voting ,
Regulatory Oversight ,
Securities Regulation ,
Shareholders ,
Texas
For those who use “March Madness” to describe proxy season rather than basketball, they'll immediately know that the “economic relevance” exclusion under Rule 14a-8(i)(5) is something of a lore in the SEC's shareholder...more
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The Background: On October 10, 2023, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the "SEC") adopted amendments to the rules that govern beneficial ownership reporting for investors, marking the first update to...more
10/18/2023
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Business Ownership ,
Financial Markets ,
Internal Reporting ,
Investment Adviser ,
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Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) ,
Securities Exchange Act ,
Securities Regulation ,
Shareholders