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ERISA Plan Fiduciaries’ Proxy Voting: Regulatory Updates
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
Investment managers required to file Form N-PX pursuant to Rule 14Ad-1 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, will face their initial Form N-PX filing deadline on August 31, 2024. Although the filing obligation...more
Following the death of George Floyd and mass protests against racial inequity in 2020 culminating years of slowly building stakeholder pressure on various aspects of diversity, many companies expressed their commitment to...more
On December 14, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) adopted amendments to Rule 10b5-1 under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and new disclosure requirements to enhance investor protections against insider trading....more
On July 13, 2022, the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) adopted amendments (the “Amendments”) to the rules governing proxy voting advice that were adopted in 2020. The Amendments rescind several rules governing...more
On June 13, 2022, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (1) adopted amendments (the “Amendments”) to the proxy rules related to proxy advisory firms and (2) released proposed rules (“Proposed Rules”) regarding the...more
Shareholder Proposal - Rule On July 13, 2022, the US Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) proposed amendments to revise three of the substantive bases for exclusion of shareholder proposals under Rule 14a-8 of...more