In This Issue:
- EU Issues Guidelines on ‘Right to be Forgotten’
- FFIEC Observations on Bank Cybersecurity Provides Important Guidelines for Every Industry
- Remarks by Comptroller Curry Highlight OCC...more
12/1/2014
/ Automotive Industry ,
Banks ,
Cyber Threats ,
Cybersecurity ,
Data Breach ,
EU ,
Federal Trade Commission (FTC) ,
FFIEC ,
FTC v Wyndham ,
Google ,
NIST ,
OCC ,
Privacy Laws ,
Retailers ,
Right to Be Forgotten ,
Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC)
In This Issue:
- October: National Cyber Security Awareness Month
- New California Data Protection Law
- Obama Signs Cybersecurity Executive Order
- FTC Cautions Executives About Personal Liability for False...more
The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission’s (SEC) Divisions of Investment Management and Corporation Finance issued a Staff Legal Bulletin on June 30, 2014 that provides guidance on the responsibilities of investment...more
The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission’s Division of Corporation Finance issued a statement on the effect of a recent circuit court decision on the SEC’s conflict minerals rules. In an April 14 ruling, the U.S. Court of...more
On April 14, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit ruled that the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission’s conflict minerals disclosure requirements are unconstitutional and remanded the matter to...more
In This Issue:
- EU Parliament Cements Position on Privacy Protection Reform
- EU Parliament Passes Cybersecurity Directive
- SEC Holds Roundtable on Cybersecurity
- EU and APEC Introduce Guide for...more
3/28/2014
/ APEC ,
Class Action ,
Cybersecurity ,
Data Breach ,
Data Protection ,
Department of Justice (DOJ) ,
EU ,
EU Data Protection Laws ,
FCC ,
Privacy Laws ,
Privacy Policy ,
Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) ,
Small Business
The Securities and Exchange Commission recently held a roundtable on the issues and challenges cybersecurity presents for market participants and public companies. The roundtable is a means by which the SEC Commissioners can...more
In many ways, corporate governance in 2013 looked similar to corporate governance in 2012. Most public company directors were re-elected with shareholder support in excess of 90 percent of votes cast and only a handful of...more
In This Issue:
- Incorporate lessons from 2013 say-on-pay results
- Prepare for new Form SD (Specialized Disclosure) filing requirements
- Ensure compliance with revised listing standards related to compensation...more
12/10/2013
/ Audits ,
Board of Directors ,
Compensation Committee ,
Compliance ,
Corporate Governance ,
Disclosure Requirements ,
Dodd-Frank ,
Executive Compensation ,
Filing Requirements ,
Form SD ,
Forum Selection ,
Internal Revenue Code (IRC) ,
Pay Ratio ,
PCAOB ,
Say-on-Pay ,
Section 162(m) ,
Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) ,
Shareholder Votes ,
Shareholders
On November 21, 2013, Institutional Shareholder Services (ISS) released updates to its proxy voting policies effective for shareholder meetings taking place on or after February 1, 2014. The changes to ISS’ U.S. voting...more
On October 21, 2013, Institutional Shareholder Services (ISS) issued draft policy changes for 2014 that, if adopted, would become effective for shareholder meetings taking place on or after February 1, 2014. ISS is soliciting...more
The SEC has proposed rules to implement the “CEO pay ratio” disclosure requirements under Section 953(b) of the Dodd-Frank Act.
The proposed rules would require many SEC reporting companies to publicly disclose the...more
The SEC, by a 3-2 vote, proposed rules to implement the “CEO pay-ratio” disclosure requirements under the Dodd-Frank Act. The proposed rules would require certain SEC reporting companies to publicly disclose...more
A board’s decision as to whether, when and how to terminate the employment of a CEO and hire a successor is among the most critical decisions facing the board of any company — large or small, public or private, established or...more
The staff of the Division of Corporation Finance of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission recently issued long-awaited guidance on two of the more controversial provisions of the Dodd-Frank Act — the conflict minerals...more
As companies prepare for the 2013 annual meeting and reporting season, we have compiled an overview of the corporate governance and disclosure matters that companies should consider as they draft this season’s disclosure...more
2/19/2013
/ Annual Meeting ,
Audits ,
Compensation Committee ,
Compensation Consultant ,
Conflict Mineral Rules ,
Conflicts of Interest ,
Corporate Governance ,
Corporate Officers ,
Directors ,
Disclosure Requirements ,
Dodd-Frank ,
Executive Compensation ,
Form 10-K ,
Hedging ,
Institutional Shareholder Services (ISS) ,
Iran Threat Reduction and Syria Human Rights Act ,
Listing Standards ,
PCAOB ,
Political Contributions ,
Proxy Season ,
Resource Extraction ,
Say-on-Pay ,
Section 162(m) ,
Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) ,
Shareholder Proposals ,
XBRL Filing Requirements
The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) recently approved new New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) and Nasdaq Stock Market (Nasdaq) listing requirements relating to compensation committees of listed companies. The listing...more
Say-on-pay has contributed to an environment where shareholder engagement is an increasingly critical component of corporate governance.
In this section, we take a broad look at the corporate governance landscape to...more
Institutional Shareholder Services (ISS), an influential proxy advisory firm, annually updates the policies that underlie its voting recommendations to its institutional investor clients. On November 16, 2012, ISS issued its...more