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Video Archive: “Proxy Season Roundtable – What You Need to Know Now”

Here's the video archive for the webcast from last week—"Proxy Season Roundtable – What You Need to Know Now"—featu

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"Way-Too-Early" Proxy Season Stats...

Here are some "way-too-early" proxy season stats from Proxy Analytics' Steve Pantina, some of which were mentioned during last week's "Proxy Season Preview" webcast (the video archive for that program will be available and mentioned in this blog soon). Here is the shareholder proposal activity tracked through November 30th:

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The SEC Might Not Adopt Climate Rules Til Spring (Or Later)

It's that time of the year as the SEC revealed its latest Reg Flex Agenda last week.

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Corp Fin Director Erik Gerding Talks Risk Disclosure

Here's the entirety of this "White Collar Briefly" blog penned by Gina Buschatzke and Kathryn Campbell:

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

Join us this Wednesday, December 6th (3:00-4:00 pm eastern) for our 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 c

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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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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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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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Glass Lewis Announces ’24 Voting Policy Changes

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

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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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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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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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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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