On July 1, 2025, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit ended more than five years of uncertainty and confusion by ruling that proxy voting advice issued by proxy advisors is not a “solicitation” under...more
7/9/2025
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On December 11, 2024, the Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit issued a decision in Alliance for Fair Board Recruitment v. SEC vacating the SEC’s approval of Nasdaq’s board diversity rules. The rules required tabular...more
In an open meeting on Wednesday, March 6, 2024, the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) approved in a 3-2 vote a Final Rule on climate disclosures that will “require registrants to provide certain climate-related...more
3/7/2024
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Emerging Growth Companies ,
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