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Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough LLP

Modern Bonus Structures: The Rise of Multi-Factor Incentive Plans

As investor expectations shift, regulatory pressure mounts, and business models evolve, compensation committees are moving away from short-term incentive plans that rely solely on a single financial performance measure. The...more

KPMG Board Leadership Center (BLC)

KPMG Board Insights Podcast: Trends and takeaways from the 2025 proxy season -Transcript

In this recent podcast, Trends and takeaways from the 2025 proxy season, KPMG Board Leadership Center (BLC) Senior Advisor Stephen Brown and Freshfields Partner Pamela Marcogliese discuss shareholder proposal trends and...more

KPMG Board Leadership Center (BLC)

Trends and takeaways from the 2025 proxy season

Proxy voting trends and outcomes, shareholder engagement, activism, and lessons for boards. KPMG Board Leadership Center Senior Advisor Stephen Brown and Freshfields Partner Pamela Marcogliese share their takeaways for...more

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Federal Court Upholds SEC Regulations From First Trump Administration That Discourage Activist (ESG) Investors

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In the first Trump Administration, the Securities and Exchange Commission promulgated certain rules that had the effect of erecting barriers to activist investors seeking to have shareholder proposals--often involving topics...more

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Shareholder Engagement by Investors May Trigger Requirement to Convert From Schedule 13D to 13G

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The SEC staff recently modified guidance indicating when “shareholder engagement” by an investor holding more than 5% of the stock of a public company constitutes “influencing control” that requires reporting on a long-form...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

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ESG Update: Two Court Decisions Highlight the Importance of the “G” in “ESG”

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ESG stands for “environmental, social, and governance.” Though often overlooked, two recent cases — Spence v. American Airlines and Exxon v. Arjuna Capital, LLC — focus on G’s place in the ESG initialism. Here, we break...more

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP

ESG in 2023: A Mid-Year Review

As predicted in our February 1, 2023, client alert, “ESG in 2022 and Predictions for 2023,” a global economic slowdown and ongoing backlash in the U.S. have slowed the momentum of some aspects of the environmental, social and...more

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP

Insights – June 2023

This edition of Skadden’s quarterly Insights looks at the latest trends in shareholder activism, the scrutiny companies are facing over their ESG disclosures and employment considerations for using AI in the workplace, among...more

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP

The Informed Board - Winter 2023

In the current environment, tax-free spinoffs may be the best option for companies focusing their business lines, we explain in this issue of The Informed Board. Spin-offs do not depend on third parties, and they preserve...more

White & Case LLP

Shareholders' General Meetings: The trend of shareholders' viewing ESG as important is steadily increasing

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Forty-eight Japanese companies received shareholder proposals in the June 2021 general meetings (162 proposals in total). This represents a modest decrease compared to last year, when 55 companies received shareholder...more

K2 Integrity

Preparing the Board for Activist Investors

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Regardless of a company’s success or confidence in its strategy, management, and board, there are few situations public companies face that are more daunting than an unsolicited approach by an activist investor. And with...more

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