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Public Chatter provides practical guidance—and the latest developments—to those grappling with public company securities law and corporate governance issues, through content developed from an in-house perspective.   

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December 6, 2023

In-House Corner: The Evolution of the Audit Committee

In this blog feature, our in-house readers share tips, anecdotes, and thoughts about topics that arise in their daily practice. This particular batch of thoughts is about the audit committee today:

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December 5, 2023 Quick Alerts

8 Things to Know Right Now

Here's our latest edition of our monthly feature – a quick snapshot of recent developments:
 

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December 4, 2023 Programs

Wednesday's Webcast: “Proxy Season Roundtable – What You Need to Know Now”

Join Perkins Coie's own Allison Handy, Kelly Reinholdtsen and Broc Romanek—and Proxy Analytics' Steve Pantina—as they covered the new cybersecurity and clawback rules – Year 2 of pay-for-performance – as well as shareholder engagement and shareholder proposal trends; proxy advisor and investor voting policy updates; and a bevy of practice tips that you can use for this upcoming proxy season.

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November 30, 2023 Programs

Next Week's Webcast: “Proxy Season Roundtable – What You Need to Know Now”

Join us next week for our webcast—"Proxy Season Roundtable: What You Need to Know Now"—set for Wednesday, December 6th (3:00-4:00 pm eastern).

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November 29, 2023

Corp Fin Issues 15 New (and Three Revised) CDIs!

Over the week leading up to Thanksgiving, Corp Fin issued a bunch of new CDIs – and three revised CDIs – in a variety of areas in several different tranches, including:

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November 28, 2023

The SEC's Share Repurchase Rule May Not Be Fixable…

A few weeks ago, I blogged that the Fifth Circuit had dealt the SEC a blow by ruling that the share repurchase disclosure rules it adopted back in May were "arbitrary and capricious" under the Administrative Procedure Act in response to a challenge bro

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November 27, 2023

Glass Lewis Announces ’24 Voting Policy Changes

Recently, Glass Lewis announced the release of its 2024 U.S.

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November 20, 2023 Programs

Upcoming Webcast: “Proxy Season Roundtable – What You Need to Know Now”

Join us for our webcast—"Proxy Season Roundtable: What You Need to Know Now"—set for Wednesday, December 6th (3:00-4:00 pm eastern).

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November 16, 2023

A Comparison of the Free Generative AI Tools

So the ultimate "winners" of which generative AI tools work the best for most people is yet to be determined. Those old enough to remember back to the 90s will recall that it took Google quite a few years to become the dominant search engine. Many of us used a variety of now-defunct search engines well before Google swept them all away.

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November 15, 2023

White House Issues Comprehensive Executive Order on Artificial Intelligence

As noted in this more-detailed Client Update, the White House recently issued its most extensive policy directive yet concerning the development and use of artificial intelligence through a 100-plus-page Executive Order titled "Executive Order on

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November 14, 2023 Programs

Upcoming Webcast: “Proxy Season Roundtable – What You Need to Know Now”

Join us for our webcast—"Proxy Season Roundtable: What You Need to Know Now"—set for Wednesday, December 6th (3:00-4:00 pm eastern).

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November 13, 2023 Programs

Video Archive: “How to Prepare Now for Shareholder Activism”

We have posted the video archive for our recent webcast - "How to Prepare Now for Shareholder Activism" – during which you can learn how to gear up for shareholder activism before it happens – and what to do when it does.

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November 9, 2023

Fifth Circuit Orders SEC to Fix “Arbitrary & Capricious” Share Repurchase Rule

Last week, the Fifth Circuit dealt the SEC a blow by ruling that the share repurchase disclosure rules it adopted back in May were "arbitrary and capricious" under the Administrative Procedure Act in response to a challenge brought by the U.S. Chamber of Commerce.

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November 8, 2023 Programs

Upcoming Webcast: “Proxy Season Roundtable – What You Need to Know Now”

Join us for our webcast—"Proxy Season Roundtable: What You Need to Know Now"—set for Wednesday, December 6th (3:00-4:00 pm eastern).

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November 7, 2023

Shareholder Proposals: Corp Fin Changes Incoming No-Action Request Process

Starting this week, Corp Fin has changed how it will accept no-action requests regarding exclusion of shareholder proposals under Rule 14a-8.

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