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Sunday Book Review: June 15, 2025. The Books on Corporate Governance Edition
Corporate Divorce – Preventing and Managing the Break-Up of a Business Partnership
Compliance into the Weeds: Of Wal-Mart, Tariffs and Stakeholder Capitalism
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Wolf Greenfield’s New Shareholders
Navigating Disputes Within Your Health Care Practice
When a co-shareholder purchases the debt obligations of the company without partners' knowledge
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JONES DAY TALKS®: Five Pillars of Series A Shareholder Rights: A Discussion for VC Investors
“Monsters, Inc.” y el buen gobierno corporativo
Marketing Minute Video with NP Strategy: Mastering Stakeholder Engagement
Conflictos de interés en Colombia, nueva regulación
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Only a short time has elapsed since President Trump named Mark T. Uyeda as Acting Chair of the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) on January 21, 2025. Already, however, the regulatory climate has shifted significantly...more
This article from Morningstar published on the Harvard Law School Forum on Corporate Governance examines three major trends of the 2024 proxy season regarding environmental, social and governance shareholder proposals. The...more
You may recall that, in January, ExxonMobil filed a lawsuit against Arjuna Capital, LLC and Follow This, the two proponents of a climate-related shareholder proposal submitted to Exxon, seeking a declaratory judgment that it...more
Notwithstanding legislative and executive action by several states in opposition to the supposed “woke” stances of some businesses on ESG and ESG investing—or perhaps because of it—this proxy season will see a significant...more
Following a brief decline during the pandemic, shareholder activism in the US rebounded to pre-pandemic levels in 2022 despite—or perhaps because of—volatile markets, depressed share prices and macro-economic uncertainty....more
Part I of our two-part series identifies our Public Company Advisory Group's 10 important considerations when preparing Annual Reports on Form 10-K in 2023, organized in two categories: 1. Six Housekeeping Considerations:...more
Institutional Shareholder Services ("ISS") and Glass Lewis & Co. LLC ("Glass Lewis"), the two major proxy advisory firms, recently issued their updated proxy voting guidelines for the 2023 proxy season. These policy updates...more
On November 15, 2022, Skadden held a webinar titled “Preparing for the 2023 Shareholder Proposal Season.” The panelists were Gianna McCarthy, Director of Corporate Governance for the New York State Common Retirement Fund (NYS...more
While balance sheet proposals saw a slight downturn, COVID-19 and FEFTA appear not to have dampened shareholders' desire to effect change via AGM proposals....more
For governance professionals, the fourth quarter of the fiscal year generally marks the kick-off for the next year’s annual meeting and proxy season. Over the past two years, public companies have seen a sharp rise in...more
When finalizing proxy materials for upcoming annual shareholder meetings, we recommend that public companies consider the following requirements under the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) rules and stock exchange...more
Historically, the proxy season for public companies ran from January through the spring, but it now has become a year-round concern. In a conversation with Mimesis Law’s Lee Pacchia, Foley Partner John Wilson explains how the...more