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Corporate Governance Diversity and Inclusion Standards (D&I) Audits

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New Framework for Ensuring Accountability and Comparability in DEIA Efforts

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On July 25, 2024, the Civil Rights Audit Standards (the Standards) were published by an independent committee led by PolicyLink, a leading national research and action institute dedicated to racial and economic equity and...more

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Practical Tips for Employers Seeking to Create or Expand Workplace DEI Programs

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Almost all decision makers at companies can agree that having the right people for the job is paramount to running a successful operation. Many of these decisionmakers believe that having a robust and legally compliant DEI...more

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UK Corporate Briefing - March 2024

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Welcome to the Corporate Briefing, where we review the latest developments in UK corporate law that you need to know about. In this month’s issue, we discuss...more

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Crisis of Trust: Corporate Governance Update 2023

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Following a series of accounting and audit scandals in recent years and what has been described as a “crisis of trust”, the UK Government, regulatory bodies, and institutional investor groups have set out to reform the UK’s...more

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Financial Reporting Council’s Annual Review of Corporate Governance Reporting: Continued Progress, but Room to Improve

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We are experiencing a period of financial turmoil not seen for decades. At the risk of stating the obvious, the intense damage inflicted on government coffers by responding to a pandemic, coupled with the fallout from the...more

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2022 Corporate Governance Practices and Trends

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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

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2022 Proxy Season Review: Increased Shareholder Focus on Racial Justice

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The 2022 proxy season has highlighted shareholders’ ever-growing focus on diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI).  In 2021, a new trend emerged as 13 shareholder proposals were filed calling on companies to conduct “civil...more

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Racial Equity Audits: The New ESG Frontier

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Investors and shareholders are more frequently requesting racial equity audits of large companies to demonstrate their attention to ESG and DEI goals. Moore & Van Allen PLLC attorneys Valecia M. McDowell and Elena F. Mitchell...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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Holland & Knight's China Practice Newsletter: November-December 2021

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Holland & Knight invites you to read our China Practice Newsletter, in which our authors discuss pertinent Sino-American topics - HIGHLIGHTS: Preference Claims Clawbacks in Bankruptcy Can Disrupt a Construction...more

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New ISS 2021 Factors for Governance QualityScore Address Investor Hot Topics

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ISS recently released updated methodology for its Governance QualityScore (GQS) rating system for institutional investors. The new factors relate to areas of emerging concern to investors, with 11 of the 17 new factors...more

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