For two decades, Fenwick has reported on corporate governance statistics and trends among the S&P 100 and Silicon Valley’s top public companies (Fenwick – Bloomberg Law Silicon Valley 150 List), with the goal of educating...more
1/10/2024
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The intense focus on board diversity from a variety of stakeholders over the last several years has spurred many companies to examine the composition of their boards and to take action to diversify their boardrooms. While the...more
4/11/2023
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Ethnicity ,
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Large Corporate Filers ,
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Nasdaq ,
NYSE ,
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Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) ,
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Fenwick has surveyed the corporate governance practices of the companies included in the Standard & Poor’s 100 Index (S&P 100) and the technology and life sciences companies included in the Fenwick – Bloomberg Law Silicon...more
1/20/2023
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Board of Directors ,
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Fees ,
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Publicly-Traded Companies ,
Stocks ,
Woman Board Members
Fenwick has surveyed the corporate governance practices of the companies included in the Standard & Poor’s 100 Index (S&P 100) and the technology and life sciences companies included in the Fenwick – Bloomberg Law Silicon...more
1/13/2022
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Sarbanes-Oxley ,
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On August 6, 2021, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission approved new listing rules regarding board diversity and disclosure, described in our prior Client Alert. The new rules will require a Nasdaq-listed company to...more
8/9/2021
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Minorities ,
Nasdaq ,
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Woman Board Members
Fenwick’s gender diversity survey provides unique insight into women’s participation at the most senior levels of technology and life sciences public companies on the Fenwick – Bloomberg Law Silicon Valley 150 List (SV 150)...more
4/1/2021
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Gender Equity ,
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Nasdaq has filed a proposal with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission to adopt new listing rules regarding board diversity and disclosure. The proposed rules would require a Nasdaq-listed company to have at least two...more
12/10/2020
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LGBTQ ,
Minorities ,
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Proposed Rules ,
Publicly-Traded Companies ,
Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) ,
Woman Board Members
In 2019, we published analysis to help tech and life sciences companies navigate U.S. tax law changes, an evolving IP landscape and new privacy regulations such as the California Consumer Privacy Act. We also tracked venture...more
1/8/2020
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California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) ,
Consumer Privacy Rights ,
Convertible Debt ,
Corporate Governance ,
Data Privacy ,
Debt Financing ,
Direct Listing ,
Diversity ,
Emerging Technology Companies ,
Employer Liability Issues ,
Foreign Tax Credits ,
Hiring & Firing ,
Independent Contractors ,
Intellectual Property Litigation ,
Intellectual Property Protection ,
Internal Revenue Code (IRC) ,
IRS ,
Life Sciences ,
Misclassification ,
New Guidance ,
Pharmaceutical Industry ,
Privacy Laws ,
Proposed Regulation ,
Proxy Season ,
Silicon Valley ,
Startups ,
Tax Credits ,
Tax Cuts and Jobs Act ,
Venture Capital ,
Withholding Tax ,
Woman Board Members
The Fenwick & West Gender Diversity Survey provides unique insight into women’s participation at the most senior levels of public technology and life sciences companies in the Silicon Valley 150 Index (SV 150) and the large...more
4/18/2019
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Governor Jerry Brown signed a bill into law on Sept. 30 that requires publicly held companies headquartered in California to include women directors on their board of directors. SB 826 requires California-based public...more
10/3/2018
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State Labor Laws ,
Woman Board Members ,
Women's Rights