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Mintz On Air: Practical Policies – Same Rules, Different Disclosures: Public Company DEI Reporting in a New Federal Legal Paradigm

In the latest episode of the Mintz On Air: Practical Policies podcast, Member Jen Rubin is joined by Member Anne Bruno to discuss public company DEI reporting in today’s evolving federal legal landscape. This episode is part...more

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[Podcast] Mintz On Air: Practical Policies – Same Rules, Different Disclosures: Public Company DEI Reporting in a New Federal...

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In the latest episode of the Mintz On Air: Practical Policies podcast, Member Jen Rubin is joined by Member Anne Bruno to discuss public company DEI reporting in today’s evolving federal legal landscape. This episode is part...more

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Summer 2025 V&E Quarterly Governance and Sustainability Updates

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We have seen, a mere few months into President Trump’s second term, a remarkably transformational set of priorities across the federal government, which have had dramatic impacts on the private sector generally and public...more

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Pressures on DEI Initiatives Lead Public Companies to Revise Risk Factors

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It is no secret that companies are grappling with how to address countervailing pressures on diversity initiatives in this first quarter of the second Trump administration. This issue is front and center as U.S. public...more

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ISS Indefinitely Halts Consideration of Diversity Factors When Making Proxy Voting Recommendations

On February 11, 2025, Institutional Shareholder Services (ISS) announced that it is suspending the consideration of diversity factors when making voting recommendations for directors at U.S. public companies. ISS’s press...more

Perkins Coie

Proxy Season and the Administration’s New DEI Order

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As part of its campaign promise to target diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) programs and practices, the new administration issued a January 21, 2025, Executive Order entitled “Ending Illegal Discrimination and Restoring...more

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AI and ESG How Companies Are Thinking About AI Board Governance

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Questions around the governance of artificial intelligence (AI) have come to the fore via recent, prominent US shareholder proposals and first-of-their kind enforcement actions, which we describe in depth here. It is in this...more

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP

The Informed Board - Winter 2024

The oversight obligations of boards continue to expand. Recent enforcement actions and new laws in areas such as cybersecurity, artificial intelligence and supply chains create new challenges for boards, as we explain in this...more

Womble Bond Dickinson

North Carolina Business Corporation Act Now Permits Fully Virtual Shareholders' Meetings

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On September 20, 2021, North Carolina Governor Roy Cooper signed House Bill 320 into law, permitting North Carolina corporations to hold shareholders’ meetings solely by means of remote communication under the North Carolina...more

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North Carolina Permanently Authorizes Virtual Only Shareholders’ Meetings

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As discussed in our March 17, 2020 and April 3, 2020 client alerts, the COVID-19 pandemic significantly impacted the ability of North Carolina corporations to hold in-person meetings of shareholders. Because the North...more

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Risk factor reminders for upcoming 10-Qs

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As companies prepare upcoming periodic reports, they should focus on carefully reviewing and updating their risk factors. Some of the considerations may include...more

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Congress A Step Closer to Making Corporate ESG Disclosure Mandatory

On June 16, 2021, the U.S. House of Representatives passed legislation that would impose new ESG due diligence and disclosure requirements on publicly traded companies. H.R. 1187, the ESG Disclosure Simplification Act of...more

Stinson - Corporate & Securities Law Blog

Minnesota Governor Signs Executive Order Regarding Annual Meetings of Minnesota Public Companies

Minnesota Governor Tim Walz has signed Emergency Executive Order 20-43 addressing the annual meeting requirements of Minnesota public companies as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic....more

Womble Bond Dickinson

Remote Shareholders’ Meetings Authorized and Encouraged for North Carolina Corporations in COVID-19 Environment

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On April 1, 2020, North Carolina Governor Roy Cooper issued Executive Order No. 125, which permits and encourages corporations incorporated in North Carolina to conduct all or any part of a shareholders’ meeting solely by...more

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Effective Collaboration with the Governor Nets Pragmatic Solution to COVID-19 Corporate Issues in Alaska

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On March 19, Dorsey attorneys successfully obtained an emergency order from the Governor of the State of Alaska, which temporarily suspends certain state laws during the coronavirus public health crisis, and allows all Alaska...more

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