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ISS Barely Changes Its Proxy Voting Guidelines for 2024
Just before Christmas, ISS announced its 2024 Benchmark Policy Updates, which will be effective for meetings on or after February 1, 2024.
8 Things to Know Right Now
Here's our latest edition of our monthly feature – a quick snapshot of recent developments:
The Fifth Circuit Officially Vacates the SEC’s Share Repurchase Rule
Corp Fin Director Erik Gerding Speaks on Cyber Incident Disclosure
Yesterday, we blogged about four CDIs that Corp Fin issued last week on the "limited disclosure exception" to the obligation of reporting material cybersecurity incidents under Item 1.05 of Form 8-K.
Corp Fin (and the DOJ and FBI) Issue Cybersecurity “Limited Disclosure Exception” Guidance
We got some guidance from Corp Fin, the Department of Justice and the FBI last week related to the SEC's new cybersecurity disclosure rules adopted back in July (this blog covers what those rules require).
Preparing for the 2024 Public Company Reporting Season
Hot off the press! Our popular Client Update regarding the upcoming proxy season.
Think Public and Large Companies Are Entirely Exempt From the Corporate Transparency Act? Think Again.
Here's the intro from this Client Update: "Key portions of the Corporate Transparency Act (CTA) will take effect on January 1, 2024, requiring an estimated 30 million "reporting companies" to disclo
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
"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:
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.
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:
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:
8 Things to Know Right Now
Here's our latest edition of our monthly feature – a quick snapshot of recent developments:
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
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).