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Corporate Social Responsibility Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) Proxy Season

Corporate Social Responsibility refers to a business model that incorporates self-regulation mechanisms and aims to ensure better corporate compliance with ethical standards and international norms. Some... more +
Corporate Social Responsibility refers to a business model that incorporates self-regulation mechanisms and aims to ensure better corporate compliance with ethical standards and international norms. Some businesses approach the concept of corporate social responsibility more generally and define it as efforts to limit businesses' negative environmental and social impacts.  less -
Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati

[Webinar] A Shift in ESG: Navigating Environmental and Social Issues Under the New Administration - A Three-Part Series - March...

Under the new administration, several shifts in E&S have impacted public companies across a number of different practice areas. In light of these developments, companies are taking a wide array of approaches to disclosure,...more

Vinson & Elkins LLP

V&E Quarterly Securities & ESG Updates - Fall 2024

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The first half of 2024 was eventful in the world of environmental, social and governance (“ESG”). Although ESG continued to lose the market tailwinds that have pushed it forward in recent years, regulatory pressures both...more

Fenwick & West LLP

SEC Adopts Guidance Likely to Lead to More Policy-Related Shareholder Proposals

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On November 3, 2021, the Staff of the Securities and Exchange Commission’s Division of Corporation Finance issued Staff Legal Bulletin No. 14L (the New SLB), which will make it more difficult for companies to exclude social...more

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ESG Shareholder Proposals Will be More Difficult to Exclude After SEC Staff Interpretive Reversal

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On November 3, 2021, the staff (“staff”) of the Division of Corporation Finance (“Division”) of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) published Staff Legal Bulletin No. 14L which reverses a series of...more

Dorsey & Whitney LLP

Did You Remember These Developments for the 2020 SEC Reporting Season?

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Preparations for annual reporting on Form 10-K and the 2020 proxy season have begun in earnest for many companies. We have summarized certain governance and disclosure developments that should be considered in the course of...more

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Securities and Corporate Governance Update – March 2019

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SEC Penalizes Company for Non-Compliance with Equal or Greater Prominence Requirement in Earnings Releases - In late December, the SEC settled its first “equal or greater prominence” enforcement action under its non-GAAP...more

White & Case LLP

Reminders for Foreign Private Issuers for the 2019 Annual Reporting Season

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This memorandum outlines considerations for foreign private issuers ("FPIs") in preparation for the 2019 annual reporting season. Part I (pg. 2) provides a summary of certain key trends and insights from the 2018 US proxy...more

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Did you catch these developments for the 2019 proxy statement and Form 10-K?

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The 10-K and proxy season begins in a little over a month for companies with calendar fiscal year-ends. The following governance and disclosure developments should be considered in the course of preparing these filings....more

A&O Shearman

2019 Proxy Season – Quick Reference Guide

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’Tis the season, and no, we do not mean the holiday season. Although it may seem like you just filed your 2018 proxy, the 2019 proxy season is upon us. This quick reference guide, which is intended to supplement Shearman &...more

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP

Preparing for the Shareholder Proposal Season

On November 13, 2018, Skadden held our webinar “Preparing for the Shareholder Proposal Season.” The panelists were Peter da Silva Vint, Vice President of BlackRock’s Americas Investment Stewardship Group; Michael Garland,...more

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