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We are excited to announce the release of the 6th edition of our popular publication: “The Public Company Handbook.” This easy-to-read guide provides you with insight regarding legal and other board management issues facing public – or soon-to-be-public…
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This feature of our blog is where our in-house readers share tips, anecdotes and thoughts about things that come up in their daily practice. We received so much feedback on…
Continue Reading In-House Corner: Working During Vacations/Holidays – Part 2This feature of our blog is where our in-house readers share tips, anecdotes and thoughts about things that come up in their daily practice. We received so much feedback on…
Continue Reading In-House Corner: New Year’s Resolutions – Part 2Here is our last blog for this calendar year – enjoy your holidays! This feature of our blog is where our in-house readers share tips, anecdotes and thoughts about things…
Continue Reading In-House Corner: New Year’s ResolutionsThis feature of our blog is where our in-house readers share tips, anecdotes and thoughts about things that come up in their daily practice. This particular batch of thoughts is…
Continue Reading In-House Corner: Working During Vacations/HolidaysYesterday, the SEC proposed changes to Rule 10b5-1 plans that would add new conditions to the availability of the affirmative defense to insider trading liability – here are the SEC’s…
Continue Reading SEC Proposes Changes to Rule 10b5-1 Plans: 6 Things to KnowSEC Proposes Real-Time Reporting of Company Buybacks: 3 Things to Know
Yesterday, the SEC proposed a new reporting regime for company share repurchases. The proposals are summarized in the SEC’s press release (here’s the proposing release) – and will be…
Continue Reading SEC Proposes Real-Time Reporting of Company Buybacks: 3 Things to KnowBlackRock’s 2022 Voting Guidelines: Board Diversity, Climate Change and E&S Disclosures
Yesterday, BlackRock released its latest proxy voting guidelines for U.S. securities. It also released its Investment Stewardship Global Principles, along with a 2022 policy updates summary. Here are…
Continue Reading BlackRock’s 2022 Voting Guidelines: Board Diversity, Climate Change and E&S DisclosuresLast week, ISS posted a set of 11 updated FAQs for pandemic-related pay adjustments. The FAQs are updated from those that ISS originally posted in October 2020. Here are…
Continue Reading ISS Posts Updated Comp FAQs: Four Things to KnowHere is a crazy thing to be aware of. Ransomware actors are targeting companies involved in significant, time-sensitive financial events. Cyber criminals identify non-publicly available information, which they threaten to…
Continue Reading FBI Warns Your Deal Might Be Threatened by Ransomware!About a month after proposing changes to its voting policies, ISS announced its final voting policies for next year a few days ago (here is the final policy updates –…
Continue Reading ISS Finalizes Voting Policy Changes in Four Hot Areas for US CompaniesHere’s the video archive for the webcast from last week – “Proxy Season Roundtable – What You Need to Know Now” – featuring Perkins Coie’s own Allison Handy…
Continue Reading Video Archive: “Proxy Season Roundtable – What You Need to Know Now”This feature of our blog is where our in-house readers share tips, anecdotes and thoughts about things that come up in their daily practice. We received so much feedback on…
Continue Reading In-House Corner: Virtual Annual Meetings – Part 3