In this blog feature, our in-house readers share tips, anecdotes, and thoughts about topics that arise in their daily practice. Last year, we received so much feedback on the first two blogs relating to New Year’s resolutions that we have decided to add a third. Here are more New Years’ resolutions for 2023 from our

Broc Romanek
As a strategist for the firm’s Corporate & Securities practice, Broc Romanek has a deep understanding of the regulatory and environmental, social, and governance (ESG) marketplace. Prior to joining Perkins Coie, Broc served as editor at TheCorporateCounsel.net, CompensationStandards.com, and DealLawyers.com, where he oversaw and managed coverage on issues related to ESG, corporate governance, executive pay, deals, and market trends and analysis.
In addition to his nearly two decades of working as a journalist and publisher, Broc served as assistant general counsel at a Fortune 50 company, worked in the Office of Chief Counsel of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission’s (SEC) Division of Corporation Finance, was a counselor to former SEC Commissioner Laura Unger, and worked in private practice. He also is the author, or co-author, of four legal treatises, and has authored several books focused on the legal industry.
Preparing for the 2023 Public Company Reporting Season
In anticipation of the upcoming annual reporting and proxy season, this comprehensive new Update from Allison Handy, Erin Gordon, Kristina Daniels, Andrew Pence and Ken Nelson highlight the most significant new rules, policy changes, and proposed rules that you need to know. The Update addresses the following topics:
Understanding the XBRL Requirement for the SEC’s New Pay vs. Performance Rules
Recently, Toppan Merrill recorded this half-hour video about the XBRL requirement for the SEC’s new Pay vs. Performance rules (access to the video is free, but registration is required). Learn more in this short, Plain English video presentation about the iXBRL tagging requirements…
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”—featuring Perkins Coie’s own Allison Handy, Wendy Moore and Broc Romanek and Proxy Analytics’ Steve Pantina.
And don’t forget the video archive for the webcast from last month—“Top 15 Proxy Disclosure Areas to Focus …
Understanding the SEC’s New Clawback Rules
Check out this new Update from Sue Morgan, Kelly Reinholdtsen, and Susan Daley to learn all you need to know about the SEC’s new clawback rules…
SEC Settles “Record Penalty” Reg FD Case
As I’ve been covering the SEC doing this blogging thing for quite a while now, I can tell you on good authority that the SEC’s Enforcement Division has averaged roughly one Reg FD case per year since FD was adopted in the year 2000. The latest Reg FD action came a few days ago when…
New DOJ Guidance on Personal Devices and Third-Party Messaging Applications Applies to Any Company DOJ May Scrutinize
Here’s the intro from this memo by Perkins Coie’s Margaret Winterkorn Meyers and April Goff: “The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) recently released new guidance announcing several policy changes to further strengthen and clarify its approach to prosecuting corporate crime. The guidance, released through a memorandum by Deputy Attorney General Lisa Monaco (the Monaco Memo…
This Thursday’s Webcast: “Proxy Season Roundtable – What You Need To Know Now”
Tune in this Thursday, December 1st for our webcast: “Proxy Season Roundtable: What You Need to Know Now.” Join Perkins Coie’s own Allison Handy, Wendy Moore and Broc Romanek – and Proxy Analytics’ Steve Pantina – as they cover the SEC’s new pay-for-performance, clawbacks and Form N-PX rules, as well as shareholder engagement…
Next Week’s Webcast: “Proxy Season Roundtable – What You Need to Know Now”
Tune in next week, on Thursday, December 1st for our webcast: “Proxy Season Roundtable: What You Need to Know Now.” Join Perkins Coie’s own Allison Handy, Wendy Moore and Broc Romanek – and Proxy Analytics’ Steve Pantina – as they cover the SEC’s new pay-for-performance, clawbacks and Form N-PX rules, as well…
Upcoming Webcast: “Proxy Season Roundtable – What You Need to Know Now”
On the heels of our popular “Top 15 Proxy Disclosure Areas to Focus on This Season” webcast (archive now available), we have scheduled a companion webcast—“Proxy Season Roundtable: What You Need to Know Now”—set for Thursday, December 1st. Join Perkins Coie’s own Allison Handy, Wendy Moore and Broc Romanek—and Proxy…