In one of its first actions under the new Administration, the SEC staff issued new guidance that largely reinstated older guidance that had supported the ability of public companies to exclude shareholder proposals from their...more
2/21/2025
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BCLP hosted its annual CLE event, "Public Company Update and Other Trending Topics,” in St. Louis recently.
Some of the key issues covered by the event, along with some takeaway considerations for companies, include the...more
2/11/2025
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Among the many previously hypothetical concerns for companies that became actualized, or threatened to become actualized, during the height of the COVID-19 pandemic was the prospect of multiple members of the board or senior...more
Planning for the 2018 Proxy Season -
There are number of important considerations that public companies should be aware of as they begin preparing for the 2018 proxy season, including potential changes in law, pay ratio...more
11/22/2017
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On November 1, 2017, the staff of the Division of Corporation Finance issued Staff Legal Bulletin No. 14I (SLB 14I), providing guidance on the excludability of shareholder proposals under Exchange Act Rules 14a-8(i)(7)...more