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Fenwick & West LLP

Proxy Voting Advisory Firms Address Severance Payments, Cybersecurity Risk Ownership and Share Ownership Guidelines in Updates to...

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Institutional Shareholder Services (ISS) and Glass Lewis, the leading proxy voting advisory firms in the United States, have announced updates and clarifications for their voting guidelines for the U.S. market for the 2024...more

Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati

Preparing for the 2023 Proxy Season

As we enter the 2023 proxy season, there are a number of new regulatory requirements, both technical and substantive, that have been implemented, and many more on the horizon. For example, many companies will need to comply...more

Bass, Berry & Sims PLC

A Summary of Certain Proxy Advisory Firm and Institutional Investor Board Diversity Policies - 2022

Institutional investors and proxy advisory firms continue developing and refining their policies regarding board diversity. While gender diversity on public company boards has been in focus for some time now, institutional...more

BCLP

Despite California Court Ruling, Board Diversity Remains Center Stage

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Despite a California superior court’s recent ruling against a 2020 California law (AB 979), the move toward increasing board diversity is alive and well, as proxy advisory firms, institutional investors, Nasdaq and others...more

White & Case LLP

ISS and Glass Lewis Issue 2022 Updates: Top Six Key Policy Changes and Take-Aways

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In the past few weeks, both major proxy advisory firms, Institutional Shareholder Services ("ISS") and Glass Lewis & Co. LLC ("Glass Lewis"), have issued their updated proxy voting guidelines for the 2022 proxy season. These...more

Bass, Berry & Sims PLC

A Summary of Certain Proxy Advisory Firm and Institutional Investor Board Diversity Policies

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Institutional investors and proxy advisory firms continue to develop and refine their policies regarding board diversity. While gender diversity on public company boards has been in focus for some time now, institutional...more

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP

Skadden's 2020 Insights

Despite political and economic uncertainties, markets and deal activity were resilient in 2019, and strong fundamentals remain in place heading into 2020. Companies continue to face a challenging litigation and enforcement...more

Bennett Jones LLP

2020 ISS and Glass Lewis Updates to Canadian Proxy Voting Guidelines

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Institutional Shareholder Services ("ISS") and Glass, Lewis & Co ("Glass Lewis") have both released their updates to their respective Canadian proxy voting guidelines for the 2020 proxy season. The ISS updates apply to...more

King & Spalding

Proxy Advisory Firms Issue Voting Policy Updates for 2020 Proxy Season

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Proxy advisory firms Institutional Shareholder Services (“ISS”) and Glass, Lewis & Co. (“Glass Lewis”) have issued updated proxy voting guidelines for the upcoming 2020 proxy season. Notable policy updates issued by one or...more

Blake, Cassels & Graydon LLP

2019 Proxy Advisory Firm Voting Guidelines: Canadian Highlights

In preparation for the upcoming proxy season, issuers should familiarize themselves with the Canadian proxy voting guidelines recently published by Institutional Shareholder Services Inc. (ISS) and Glass Lewis & Co. (Glass...more

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP

Navigating the Current Landscape of Shareholder Activism

On March 28, 2018, Skadden hosted the webinar “Navigating the Current Landscape of Shareholder Activism,” the fifth and final program in the 2017-18 SEC Reporting & Compliance and Corporate Governance Series. The panelists...more

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