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Securities Law Update - June 2024

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Welcome to the latest edition of Fenwick’s Securities Law Update....more

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Merit, Unmasked

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The ESG-DEI discussion continues to elicit shareholder interest, at least according to a recent report from The Conference Board about the upcoming proxy season. The report focuses on the political bent underpinning some...more

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Key Topics for the 2024 UK AGM Season

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This publication provides an overview of the top trending issues as we approach this year’s AGM and reporting season. We highlight key areas of AGM practices and reporting that will need to adapt to recent legal and...more

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Key Considerations for the 2024 Annual Reporting and Proxy Season: Your Upcoming Form 10-K

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Each year in our Annual Memo, White & Case's Public Company Advisory Group provides practical insights on preparing Annual Reports on Form 10-Ks, Annual Meeting Proxy Statements and, for FPIs, the Annual Report on Form 20-F....more

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ISS Releases 2024 Benchmark Policy Updates

On December 19, 2023, ISS Governance announced updates to its 2024 benchmark proxy voting policies. The full text of the updated benchmark policies for 2024 should be available later this month and will generally apply to...more

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Preparing for the 2024 Proxy and Annual Reporting Season: Key Issues and Considerations

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For the upcoming 2024 proxy and annual reporting season, there are a number of key issues to consider and keep an eye on for further developments as preparations commence. This alert provides an overview of these issues and...more

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Recent Developments for Directors - December 2023 Edition

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On October 7, 2023, California Governor Gavin Newsom signed into law two statutes that will require certain companies doing business in California to disclose their GHG emissions (SB 253) and climate-related financial risk...more

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Time to Get Ready for the 2024 Reporting Season

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As companies look ahead to the upcoming proxy and annual report season, the SEC has generated a number of new items to add to your compliance checklist – in addition to those covered in last year's list. Those items, along...more

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2023 Proxy Season Update: Shareholder Activism on “E” Topics

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What a difference a year makes. A highlight of the 2022 proxy season was the increased shareholder focus on a number of ESG topics, including more than 100 “E”-related shareholder proposals related to climate change,...more

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Proxy Advisory Firm Policy Updates for the 2023 Proxy Season

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In preparation for the 2023 proxy season, proxy advisory firms Glass Lewis and Institutional Shareholder Services (ISS) announced updates to their voting guidelines for investors, effective on January 1, 2023, and February 1,...more

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Reminders for the 2023 Annual Report and Proxy Season

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As public companies prepare their 2022 annual reports and 2023 proxy statements, they will need to contend with a host of new requirements and disclosure updates stemming from the current geopolitical and economic...more

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Institutional Shareholder Services and Glass Lewis Update Proxy Voting Guidelines for 2023

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Institutional Shareholder Services (ISS) and Glass, Lewis & Co. (Glass Lewis), the two leading providers of corporate governance research and proxy voting services, have published their updated proxy voting guidelines for...more

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Proxy Advisory Firms Issue 2023 Voting Guidelines

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Institutional Shareholder Services ("ISS") and Glass Lewis & Co. LLC ("Glass Lewis"), the two major proxy advisory firms, recently issued their updated proxy voting guidelines for the 2023 proxy season. These policy updates...more

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Preparing for the 2023 Proxy and Annual Reporting Season: Key Issues and Considerations

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Companies are beginning to look ahead to the upcoming 2023 proxy and annual reporting season, and there are a number of key issues to consider as preparations commence. This alert provides an overview of these issues and...more

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Glass Lewis and ISS Issue 2023 Updates

On November 17, 2022, Glass Lewis released its 2023 U.S. Policy Guidelines (U.S. Guidelines) and its 2023 ESG Initiatives Policy Guidelines (ESG Guidelines), effective for shareholder meetings on or after January 1, 2023. On...more

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ISS and Glass Lewis Issue 2023 Policy Updates

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Proxy advisory firms Institutional Shareholder Services (ISS) and Glass Lewis (GL) have issued their policy updates for the upcoming 2023 proxy season. In general, ISS’s updates build incrementally on positions the firm has...more

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2023 Canadian Policy Updates from ISS and Glass Lewis Focus on Diversity and Climate Risk

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Institutional Shareholder Services (ISS) and Glass Lewis Canadian company updates for the 2023 proxy season continue to focus on board diversity and oversight of climate risk. Other issues considered include overboarding,...more

Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP

ESG-Related Shareholder Proposals – Takeaways from the First Half of 2022

ESG-related shareholder proposals featured prominently in the most recent proxy season, with nearly 40% of large-cap public companies facing a shareholder vote on ESG topics in the last six months. We reviewed ESG-related...more

Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP

ESG Shareholder Proposals: Practical Guidance from Proxy, Legal, IR and Consulting Perspectives

On January 6, Katten Capital Markets partner Farzad Damania, along with Zally Ahmadi of D.F. King, George Lu of ADEC ESG Solutions and Ari Frankel of Solebury Trout, presented a program sharing their insights into the trends...more

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2021 Transactional Year in Review and 2022 Forecast: Emerging Developments in Corporate Governance, Impact of COVID-19, and...

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The enduring COVID-19 pandemic continued to impact corporate governance practices and trends in 2021, while other notable developments, including a surge in shareholder proposals, changes to the proxy rules, and increased...more

Kramer Levin Naftalis & Frankel LLP

ESG Voting Policy Updates for the 2022 Proxy Season

This client alert provides an overview of recent key updates on environmental, social and governance (ESG) matters from the leading proxy advisory firms and major institutional investors. We also address updated guidance by...more

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2022 Proxy Season - More Quick Hits

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In our November 2, 2021 blog post, we highlighted a number of considerations for the 2022 proxy season. Based on recent developments, the following are some additional items...more

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Quick Guide to ISS and Glass Lewis 2022 Proxy Season Updates: Board Diversity and ESG Take Center Stage

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Institutional Shareholder Services (“ISS”) and Glass Lewis recently released their respective policy updates for the 2022 proxy season. Key topics include board diversity and board oversight of environmental and social risks....more

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ISS, Glass Lewis Focus on ESG in 2022 Benchmark Proxy Voting Policies

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The policies aim to provide crucial guidance to public companies amid the growing importance of ESG in proxy voting. In late 2021, Institutional Shareholder Services (ISS) and Glass, Lewis & Co (Glass Lewis), the two...more

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Katten Partners Present 2022 Proxy Season Update

On December 2, Larry Levin and Alyse Sagalchik, partners in Katten's Capital Markets practice, along with Ernst & Young LLP and Meridian Compensation Partners (Meridian), shared updates for the 2022 proxy season as part of...more

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