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Texas Hold ‘Em: New Law Requires Proxy Advisors to Show Their Cards if “Nonpecuniary” Factors Guide Voting Recommendations -...

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On June 20, 2025, Texas Governor Greg Abbott signed Senate Bill 2337 (“SB 2337”), a novel regulation that will require significant disclosure obligations for proxy advisors, such as ISS and Glass Lewis, for their voting...more

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Federal Court Halts Enforcement of Texas SB 2337 Regarding Proxy Advisor Disclosure of ESG or Other “Nonfinancial” Considerations

Enacted earlier this year and scheduled to take effect September 1, SB 2337 would impose new disclosure obligations on proxy advisory firms issuing recommendations regarding Texas-based public companies, including a...more

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Court Issues Preliminary Injunction for the Texas Proxy Advisor Law

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I recently blogged about how back in June, Texas passed a law – known as “Senate Bill 2337” – that mandates certain disclosures when proxy advisors recommend casting a vote for “non-financial reasons” or provide conflicting...more

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP

Federal Court Blocks Enforcement of Texas Proxy Advisor Disclosure Law

Following up on our recent post analyzing Texas’s new proxy advisor disclosure statute, S.B. 2337, we note a significant development: On August 29, 2025, Judge Alan Albright of the United States District Court for the Western...more

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Public Companies Faced Added Disclosure Scrutiny During This Proxy Season

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As the 2025 proxy season ends, public companies have had to navigate a more nuanced and demanding disclosure environment. New disclosure requirements, such as Item 402(x) of Regulation S-K, and increased scrutiny of—and...more

Fenwick & West LLP

Securities Law Update - August 2025

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Welcome to the latest edition of Fenwick’s Securities Law Update. This issue contains updates and important reminders on...more

Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP

Texas Passes Landmark Law Regulating Proxy Advisors: What Companies Need to Know

On June 20, 2025, Gov. Greg Abbott (R-TX) signed SB 2337, a new law that significantly alters the landscape for proxy advisory firms (e.g., Glass Lewis and Institutional Shareholder Service (ISS)) providing services to...more

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ISS Files Suit Against Texas SB 2337

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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

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Texas Hold ‘Em: New Law Requires Proxy Advisors to Show Their Cards if “Nonpecuniary” Factors Guide Voting Recommendations -...

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On June 20, 2025, Texas Governor Greg Abbott signed Senate Bill 2337 (“SB 2337”), a novel regulation that will require significant disclosure obligations for proxy advisors, such as ISS and Glass Lewis, for their voting...more

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Regulating Proxy Advisors: Court Rules Advice Is Not a ‘Solicitation’ and Texas Enacts Its Own Law

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On July 1, 2025, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit ended more than five years of uncertainty and confusion by ruling that proxy voting advice issued by proxy advisors is not a “solicitation” under...more

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Texas Hold ‘Em: New Law Requires Proxy Advisors to Show Their Cards if “Nonpecuniary” Factors Guide Voting Recommendations

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On June 20, 2025, Texas Governor Greg Abbott signed Senate Bill 2337 (“SB 2337”), a novel regulation that will require significant disclosure obligations for proxy advisors, such as ISS and Glass Lewis, for their voting...more

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Texas Enacts New Law to Regulate Proxy Advisory Firms

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On June 20, 2025, Texas Governor Greg Abbott signed Senate Bill 2337 ("SB 2337") to impose first-of-its-kind regulation and significant disclosure obligations on proxy advisors, such as ISS and Glass Lewis. SB 2337 aims to...more

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Texas Targets Proxy Advice Based on Nonfinancial Factors With SB 2337

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On June 20, 2025, Texas Governor Greg Abbott signed into law Senate Bill 2337 (SB 2337), which imposes new regulations on proxy advisory firms — such as ISS and Glass Lewis — when providing voting recommendations and other...more

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[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

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Special Time-Sensitive Complications for the 2025 Proxy Season

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As most public companies know, shareholder outreach is often an important part of the playbook when a company is seeking approval of compensation-related proposals at an annual meeting. A company may engage with shareholders...more

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Policy Updates and Considerations for Proxy Season

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Public companies find themselves rethinking disclosures relating to the diversity of their board and their director recruitment practices as they head into proxy season, given recent developments – including the US Court of...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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FRC Launches Progressive Consultation on Wide-Ranging Revisions to Its Stewardship Code

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The proposals seek to address engagement feedback which called for a more effective stewardship model that would support UK competitiveness and growth. On 11 November 2024, the Financial Reporting Council (FRC) launched...more

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Proxy Advisers Win by a Nose, Eclipse Conflict Disclosure Requirement

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In February, a federal district judge in the District of Columbia awarded proxy advisers a victory by vacating an SEC rule provision that they opposed....more

Keating Muething & Klekamp PLL

Securities Snapshot: 1st Quarter 2024 - New Climate-Disclosure Rules Subject to Heat of Legal Challenges

While your winter blues are hopefully melting away, recent rule making from the Securities and Exchange Commission is feeling the heat of several lawsuits. In this Snapshot, we review the legal challenges facing the SEC’s...more

Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP

Considerations for Company Insiders When Contemplating Pledging Shares

For many insiders at a newly formed public company, a large portion of their net worth is potentially tied up in holdings of their company’s publicly-traded shares. These insiders often face challenges obtaining liquidity...more

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Preparation for 2022 Fiscal Year-End SEC Filings and 2023 Annual Shareholder Meetings

Public companies initiating the year-end reporting process will need to consider, and in many cases take steps to address, a number of significant developments and issues. To assist companies in this process, Mintz has...more

Fenwick & West LLP

Proxy Advisors Update Voting Guidelines for 2023 Focusing on Board Diversity, Officer Exculpation and ESG Oversight

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Institutional Shareholder Services (ISS) and Glass Lewis, the leading proxy advisors in the United States, have announced updates and clarifications for their voting guidelines for the 2023 proxy season. Their voting...more

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A jam-packed Spring 2022 agenda for the SEC

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The SEC has posted its Spring 2022 Reg-Flex agenda and it’s crammed with pending and new rulemakings—and they’re all going to be proposed or adopted in October! (Ok, admittedly, that’s an exaggeration, but not much of one.)...more

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP

Annual Meeting Filing and Disclosure Reminders

As companies finalize materials for annual shareholder meetings, we recommend consideration of the following key requirements and disclosures: SEC proxy filing requirements; website and submission requirements; proxy...more

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