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KPMG Board Leadership Center (BLC)

Directors Quarterly: July 2025

As companies continue to respond to the impact of continuing tariff turbulence, a sweeping domestic policy bill in the Unites States, ongoing geopolitical risk, and expected slower global growth, boards must help management...more

Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati

Glass Lewis Launches 2025 Policy Survey

Glass Lewis recently announced the opening of its 2025 Policy Survey. The survey seeks input on several key governance topics including board diversity, executive compensation, ESG considerations, shareholder rights, and...more

Cooley LLP

AI Note-Taking: Many Things to Ponder

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AI note-taking is today’s topic du jour. The first thing to know about this topic is that you need to experience it for yourself to see why it’s so attractive. (I’ll run a blog soon summarizing how AI note-taking works in...more

Cooley LLP

ISS’ Global Benchmark Survey: The Primary Questions

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Last week, ISS launched its latest annual ‘Global Benchmark Policy Survey’ – responses are due by August 22nd. Here are the primary questions (I didn’t include the multiple-choice answers)...more

Latham & Watkins LLP

Recent Developments for Directors July 2025

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The D&O insurance market has become more favorable for insureds, with many insurers competing for placements, allowing enterprising companies and their counsel to negotiate expanded coverage and policy enhancements....more

Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati

ISS Launches Annual Benchmark Policy Survey

On July 24, 2025, Institutional Shareholder Services Inc. (ISS) announced the launch of its Annual Benchmark Policy Survey. The survey results will inform ISS’s policy development for 2026 and beyond. For the U.S. market, the...more

Thomas Fox - Compliance Evangelist

Regulatory Ramblings: Episode 74 - Global Women in AI/Corporate Director Liability: Discretionary, Not Fiduciary with Tram Anh...

The conversation begins with some background information on Prof. Steinberg’s book. As he puts it, “For centuries, directors and officers have been identified as fiduciaries, bearing a legal and ethical duty to act in the...more

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP

Insights: The Delaware Edition - July 2025

In this issue, we recap significant developments in the Delaware courts affecting corporations, their boards and managements. Don’t Call It a Comeback: A Decade Later, the Corwin Doctrine Still Packs a Knockout Punch - ...more

Cooley LLP

The Latest in ‘What Directors Think’

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The survey results from this “What Directors Think” publication from Corporate Board Member, Diligent Institute and FTI Consulting are based on the thoughts of more than 200 US public company directors. Here are a dozen...more

Foster Swift Collins & Smith

Corporate Leadership Considerations in the Age of AI

It is no surprise that generative artificial intelligence (“AI”) is changing the way companies all over the world operate. Some are embracing it with open arms and finding consistent opportunities to integrate AI into the...more

Hogan Lovells

Insuring AI risks: is your business (already) covered?

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In the rapidly advancing world of artificial intelligence (AI), businesses are encountering new frontiers of innovation whilst also facing novel risks, prompting the need for robust insurance solutions. This article offers...more

Fenwick & West LLP

Q1 2025 Venture Beacon: Key VC Market Trends

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In this edition of the J.P. Morgan Venture Beacon, we analyze venture deals from Series Seed through Series D+ to surface the real-time dynamics shaping today’s startup ecosystem. Produced in collaboration with J.P. Morgan |...more

KPMG Board Leadership Center (BLC)

Midyear observations on the 2025 board agenda

Disruption, volatility, and uncertainty aren’t new operating conditions by any means. But the assumptions that have long driven corporate thinking—the role of government, geopolitical norms, and consistency in US policies as...more

American Conference Institute (ACI)

[Event] Global Anti-Corruption, Ethics & Compliance - June 10th - 11th, New York, NY

ACI's Global Anti-Corruption, Ethics & Compliance – New York is your best opportunity to hear how companies are addressing the status of DOJ and SEC priorities, effective compliance and risk strategies, strengthening...more

KPMG Board Leadership Center (BLC)

Directors Quarterly: April 2025

With the post-election landscape still unfolding, navigating the policy and regulatory shifts underway—and assessing the potential upsides and downsides—requires boards and business leaders to be more agile, engaged, and...more

Cooley LLP

How will AI impact the boardroom?

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In this new paper from the Rock Center for Corporate Governance at Stanford, The Artificially Intelligent Boardroom, the authors discuss the potential impact of artificial intelligence on boardroom practices—impact that they...more

Kohrman Jackson & Krantz LLP

OpenAI's Governance Overhaul to Prevent Hostile Takeover

Strengthening Board Control - OpenAI is exploring governance changes that would grant its nonprofit board enhanced voting rights to prevent a hostile takeover by Elon Musk. This move follows Musk’s $97.4 billion bid, which...more

Stikeman Elliott LLP

ISS and Glass Lewis 2025 Canadian Benchmark Policy Guidelines

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Institutional Shareholder Services (“ISS”) and Glass Lewis have published their Canadian benchmark policy guidelines for the 2025 proxy season. Key updates focus on the board’s oversight of artificial intelligence (“AI”),...more

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ISS and Glass Lewis Release Proxy Voting Policy Changes for 2025

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Institutional Shareholder Services Inc. (“ISS”) recently released its updates to its Proxy Voting Guidelines. These updates will take effect for all annual meetings held after February 1, 2025....more

Davies Ward Phillips & Vineberg LLP

Governance Insights: 10 Legal Updates GCs, Boards and Investors Need to Know

The latest edition of Davies’ Governance Insights is now available. In this issue, we review 10 developments that general counsel and directors of Canadian public companies, and their investors, should know for 2025 and...more

Foley & Lardner LLP

SEC Actions in Review: What Officers and Directors Should Know for 2025

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As the regulatory landscape continues to evolve, public company officers and directors must stay abreast of the enforcement priorities and expectations of the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). Over the past year, the...more

Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP

Latest Changes to ISS and Glass Lewis Proxy Voting Guidelines

Institutional Shareholder Services (ISS) and Glass Lewis, two leading proxy advisory firms, recently announced updates to their U.S. proxy voting policies in advance of the 2025 proxy and annual meeting season. Public...more

Blake, Cassels & Graydon LLP

Le point sur les lignes directrices canadiennes en matière de vote par procuration pour 2025

À l’approche de la période de sollicitation de procurations de 2025, les émetteurs pourraient vouloir prendre connaissance des lignes directrices canadiennes en matière de vote par procuration émises par Institutional...more

KPMG Board Leadership Center (BLC)

Directors Quarterly: January 2025

The latest edition of Directors Quarterly features a summary of board and committee agenda priorities for 2025, financial reporting and auditing updates, post-election observations from around the world, and more. Read the...more

Blake, Cassels & Graydon LLP

2025 Proxy Advisory Firm Voting Guidelines: Canadian Highlights

In preparation for the upcoming 2025 proxy season, issuers should familiarize themselves with the updated Canadian proxy voting guidelines recently published by Institutional Shareholder Services Inc. (ISS) and Glass, Lewis &...more

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