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Stakeholder Engagement Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) Corporate Governance

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP

Making Sure Newly Cautious Shareholders Get the Information They Want

Key Points - Revised guidance from the SEC regarding ownership reporting is making institutional investors circumspect about raising issues with management. - Seeking to influence a company’s executive compensation, or...more

Latham & Watkins LLP

Shareholder Engagement Practices Under New SEC Guidance on Schedule 13G Eligibility: FAQs

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The SEC Staff recently issued new guidance (C&DI 103.12) on how a shareholder’s engagement with a company’s management could disqualify the shareholder from using the SEC’s short-form Schedule 13G....more

Mintz - Energy & Sustainability Viewpoints

Understanding ESG Ratings: Legal Insights & Perspectives

With environmental, social, and governance (ESG) principles garnering increased attention in corporate circles in recent years, there has been an accompanying rise in demand for analytical products that evaluate companies’...more

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP

Shareholder Proposal No-Action Requests in the 2023 Proxy Season: Companies Continue To Face a Challenging Environment

Following a tumultuous 2022 shareholder proposal no-action letter season, the 2023 season contained fewer surprises from the Staff of the Division of Corporation Finance (Staff) of the Securities and Exchange Commission...more

Bracewell LLP

Corporate Governance Considerations Under the SEC's Proposed Climate Disclosure Rules

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As we have noted previously, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission’s recently proposed rules governing climate-related disclosures, if adopted as proposed, would represent a sea change to the existing public-company...more

Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati

Preparing for the 2020 Reporting Season

With the 2020 reporting season just around the corner, there are several compliance “musts” to focus on, as well as items that can be addressed in the remainder of 2019 to make 2020 a little easier....more

Proskauer Rose LLP

SEC’s Division of Corporation Finance Revamps Administration of No-Action Requests Under Rule 14a-8 Regarding Shareholder...

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Changes May Create New Challenges for Public Companies, and Signal a Reduction of the SEC Staff’s Traditional Role As Arbiter Between Companies and Shareholders - On September 6, 2019, the SEC's Division of Corporation...more

Jones Day

Our Perspective: SEC Should Truly Take "No Action" on Rule 14a-8 Shareholder Proposal Requests

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The Background: The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission ("the SEC") has announced that it may no longer review no-action letter requests relating to shareholder proposals submitted to companies under Rule 14a-8. The SEC...more

Mayer Brown Free Writings + Perspectives

SEC Petitioned for an ESG Disclosure Rulemaking

On October 1, 2018, a public petition (Petition) was filed with the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) for a rulemaking on environmental, social and governance (ESG) disclosure. The Petition was authored by two law...more

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