Stewart Landefeld has put his deep knowledge – of many decades – to use in putting together this excellent “Handling the Tricky Aspects of Director Departures” Guide. Check it out!
Upcoming Webcast: “Anatomy of a Proxy – Practice Tips from the Experts”
We have partnered with DFin to bring you a complimentary webcast – “Anatomy of a Proxy: Practice Tips from the Experts” – to be held on Wednesday, November 3rd from 2:00-3:00 pm eastern. Please register to catch this program live – or to be able to access the video archive.
During the webcast,
In-House Corner: Virtual Annual Meetings
Recently, we started a new feature of this blog – where our in-house readers share tips, anecdotes and thoughts about things that come up in their daily practice. Last week, we blogged about the practice of dealing with shareholder proposals. We will be blogging Part 2 on that topic soon [feel free to ping me
How Do the Accountants Fit Into “Materiality” Decision-Making?
In this blog, I noted that documenting your decision is key. That the memo documenting the decision is sometimes called a “SAB 99” memo, based on the SEC accounting guidance in that Staff Accounting Bulletin. Think disclosure controls.
So that begs the question? If a piece of SEC Staff accounting guidance is implicated, does
In-House Corner: Shareholder Proposals
Recently, we started a new feature of this blog – where our in-house readers share tips, anecdotes and thoughts about things that come up in their daily practice. The last pair of blogs focused on Section 16 compliance reminders.
This particular batch of thoughts is about the practice of dealing with shareholder proposals [we will
In-House Corner: Section 16 Compliance Reminders – Part 2
Last week, we started a new feature of this blog – 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 that first blog about the practice of sending compliance reminders to insiders about their Section 16 obligations that we now
How “Materiality” Will Ruin Your Life
“Ms. In-House Lawyer, can you tell me whether this is material?” If I hear that one more time (*shakes fist*). [This is one more in a series of blogs about “materiality” – here’s the last one.]
Determining whether something is “material” seems to dominate every question in every form. It shows up in
In-House Corner: Section 16 Compliance Reminders
Welcome to a new feature of this blog – where our in-house readers share tips, anecdotes and thoughts about things that come up in their daily practice. Feel free to ping me and join the group that shares their thoughts – they will be posted anonymously or with attribution, whichever you desire.
This particular batch
Making the Decision: Um, Is This “Material” or Not?
Your company has a pretty good risk management department. They’re good at bubbling up all sorts of issues to consider. They’re providing you with detailed analysis behind each of the risks. But they’re not SEC lawyers. That’s you. Little – and lonely – you (see my other blog about the loneliness of making the materiality
The Hard Truth About Disclosure Committees
Yes, my titles tend to be a tad dramatic (see my prior “materiality” blog). That’s the way to draw eyeballs, right? But in this case, it is a hard truth. Disclosure committees are not much of a committee at most companies.
The notion of a “disclosure committee” was born in 2002, when the SEC’s