Glass, Lewis & Co. (Glass Lewis) filed a complaint in the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Texas on July 24, 2025, seeking to end SB 2337, which was recently signed into law in June and will become effective...more
7/29/2025
/ Constitutional Challenges ,
Disclosure Requirements ,
Diversity and Inclusion Standards (D&I) ,
Environmental Social & Governance (ESG) ,
First Amendment ,
Glass Lewis ,
Institutional Shareholder Services (ISS) ,
Investment Advisers Act of 1940 ,
New Legislation ,
Pending Litigation ,
Proxy Advisors ,
Regulatory Requirements ,
Securities Regulation ,
Shareholders
Texas has enacted significant legislation in the past few months designed to attract more corporations to its state and challenge Delaware’s dominance as the preferred state for incorporation. We are now seeing the first...more
7/28/2025
/ Amended Legislation ,
Constitutional Challenges ,
Corporate Governance ,
Corporations Code ,
Derivative Suit ,
Dormant Commerce Clause ,
Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA) ,
First Amendment ,
Glass Lewis ,
New Legislation ,
Pending Litigation ,
Proxy Advisors ,
Shareholder Litigation ,
Shareholders ,
State of Incorporation
On July 21, 2025, the California Supreme Court issued an opinion in EpicentRx, Inc. v. Superior Court of San Diego County, overturning the lower courts’ decision to decline enforcement of a forum selection clause requiring...more
Companies doing business in Texas and California should be aware of the following state law developments, which could affect them....more
7/21/2025
/ CARB ,
Carbon Emissions ,
Climate Change ,
Corporate Governance ,
Disclosure Requirements ,
Diversity and Inclusion Standards (D&I) ,
Environmental Social & Governance (ESG) ,
Greenhouse Gas Emissions ,
New Legislation ,
Publicly-Traded Companies ,
Reporting Requirements ,
Shareholders
Nevada advanced its quest to challenge Delaware as the go-to state for incorporation on May 30, 2025, when Gov. Joe Lombardo signed significant amendments to the Nevada Revised Statutes that govern corporations there....more
6/5/2025
/ Articles of Incorporation ,
Business Entities ,
Corporate Governance ,
Corporations Code ,
Delaware General Corporation Law ,
General Corporation Law ,
Incorporation ,
New Legislation ,
Proposed Amendments ,
Regulatory Reform ,
Shareholders ,
State of Incorporation
Not to be outdone by Delaware and Texas, the Nevada Senate voted unanimously on May 21, 2025, to adopt Assembly Bill No. 239 (AB 239), which provides for significant amendments to the Nevada Revised Statutes (NRS) governing...more
5/29/2025
/ Acquisitions ,
Amended Legislation ,
Board of Directors ,
Constitutional Amendment ,
Controlling Stockholders ,
Corporate Governance ,
Corporations Code ,
Fiduciary Duty ,
Mergers ,
Proposed Amendments ,
Shareholders ,
State Constitutions ,
State of Incorporation
On May 19, 2025, Texas Gov. Greg Abbott signed Senate Bill No. 1057 (SB 1057) into law....more
5/21/2025
/ Business Entities ,
Commerce Clause ,
Constitutional Challenges ,
Corporate Governance ,
Corporations Code ,
Governor Abbott ,
Internal Affairs Doctrine ,
New Legislation ,
Publicly-Traded Companies ,
Rule 14a-8 ,
Securities Exchange Act of 1934 ,
Shareholder Proposals ,
Shareholders
On May 14, 2025, Texas Gov. Greg Abbott signed the much-anticipated Senate Bill No. 29 (SB 29) into law....more
On March 25, Delaware adopted significant amendments to §§ 144 and 220 of the Delaware General Corporation Law which aim to provide greater clarity and predictability to corporate fiduciaries in light of certain recent...more
Some proxy advisors and institutional investors have made changes to their diversity policies and mandates, including the following ...more
3/31/2025
/ BlackRock ,
Board of Directors ,
Corporate Governance ,
Diversity ,
Diversity and Inclusion Standards (D&I) ,
Glass Lewis ,
Institutional Investors ,
Institutional Shareholder Services (ISS) ,
Proxy Advisors ,
Proxy Voting ,
Shareholders ,
State Street ,
Vanguard
The SEC published updated Compliance and Disclosure Interpretations on the filing of Schedules 13D and 13G/Shareholder Engagement....more
3/28/2025
/ Asset Management ,
CDIs ,
Corporate Governance ,
Disclosure Requirements ,
Institutional Investors ,
Investment Management ,
Reporting Requirements ,
Schedule 13D ,
Schedule 13G ,
Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) ,
Shareholders
On March 13, 2025, the Delaware Senate unanimously approved proposed amendments to the Delaware General Corporation Law, which would, among other things, provide a new safe harbor for “interested” transactions involving...more
On February 17, 2025, Senate Bill No. 21 was introduced in the Delaware State Senate to amend the Delaware General Corporation Law (DGCL)....more
2/24/2025
/ Acquisitions ,
Board of Directors ,
Business Entities ,
Complex Corporate Transactions ,
Controlling Stockholders ,
Corporate Governance ,
Delaware General Corporation Law ,
Directors ,
Fiduciary Duty ,
Interested Parties ,
Mergers ,
Proposed Amendments ,
Proposed Legislation ,
Safe Harbors ,
Shareholder Rights ,
Shareholders
This case stems from the proposed reincorporations of Tripadvisor, Inc. and Liberty TripAdvisor Holdings, Inc. from Delaware to Nevada, which were first presented to the corporations’ respective stockholders for approval in...more
2/7/2025
/ Appeals ,
Board of Directors ,
Corporate Governance ,
Corporate Misconduct ,
Corporate Restructuring ,
DE Supreme Court ,
Delaware ,
Enforcement Actions ,
Entire Fairness Standard ,
Fiduciary Duty ,
Securities Litigation ,
Shareholder Approval ,
Shareholders ,
TripAdvisor
Last week, Nasdaq filed a proposed rules change with the Securities and Exchange Commission to remove the board diversity rule from Nasdaq's Listing Rules....more
1/23/2025
/ Board of Directors ,
Corporate Governance ,
Disclosure Requirements ,
Diversity ,
Diversity and Inclusion Standards (D&I) ,
Nasdaq ,
Proposed Rules ,
Reporting Requirements ,
Rulemaking Process ,
Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) ,
Shareholders
Corporate governance practices vary significantly among public companies. This reflects many factors, including:
..Differences in their stage of development, including the relative importance placed on various business...more
Public companies can breathe a sigh of relief, at least for now, that the Securities and Exchange Commission's 14a-8 regulatory process for excluding shareholder proposals remains intact....more
11/18/2024
/ Corporate Governance ,
Kroger ,
No-Action Letters ,
Proxy Season ,
Proxy Statements ,
Publicly-Traded Companies ,
Rule 14a-8 ,
Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) ,
Securities Exchange Act ,
Shareholder Proposals ,
Shareholders
Institutional Shareholder Services (ISS) recently released its “U.S. Shareholder Proposals: A Decade in Motion,” in which it examines trends in shareholder proposals submitted at U.S. companies from July 2014 to June 2024, as...more
Teneo Insights recently published its fourth annual “State of U.S. Sustainability Reports,” which analyzes 250 sustainability reports from S&P 500 companies published this year through July 30, seeking to understand how...more
9/30/2024
/ Artificial Intelligence ,
Compliance ,
Environmental Social & Governance (ESG) ,
EU ,
IFRS ,
Information Reports ,
Materiality ,
Publicly-Traded Companies ,
Risk Assessment ,
Risk Management ,
Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) ,
Shareholder Proposals ,
Shareholders ,
Sustainability ,
Sustainable Business Practices ,
Task Force on Climate-related Financial Disclosures (TCFD)
On July 17, 2024, Delaware Gov. John Carney signed into law significant amendments to the Delaware General Corporation Law (DGCL), which will become effective on August 1, 2024. The amendments were articulated in Delaware...more
7/25/2024
/ Amended Legislation ,
Board of Directors ,
Commercial Contracts ,
Contract Terms ,
Corporate Governance ,
Delaware General Corporation Law ,
Effective Date ,
Governor Carney ,
New Legislation ,
Shareholder Activism ,
Shareholder Approval ,
Shareholders ,
Shareholders' Agreements
The number of anti-Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion proposals submitted by shareholders increased overall in the 2024 proxy season compared to the 2023 proxy season, according to data provided by Proxy Analytics. However,...more