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Crosscurrents—European Union Fails to Pass Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence Directive & SEC Bails on Scope 3 Requirements

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Introduction - With the adoption by 196 parties of the Paris Agreement in December 2015, legally binding international climate change arrived. The Paris Agreement requires increasingly aggressive five-year cycles climate...more

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Directors' Liabilities in Europe: a multi-jurisdiction survey on current set of rules and best practices

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Directors’ duties and liabilities have always been at the forefront of corporate governance. It has become a hot topic in the wake of new regulations in the field of sustainability, which directly impact directors’...more

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Recent Developments for UK PLCs - August Edition

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New Legislative Measures to Strengthen UK Corporate Reporting - On 19 July 2023, the draft Companies (Strategic Report and Directors’ Report) (Amendment) Regulations were laid in Parliament....more

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Additional Changes to Alberta's Business Corporations Act Now in Effect

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The Alberta Government's Business Corporations Amendment Act, 2021 (formerly Bill 84), which we wrote on in our previous insight Additional Changes Coming to Alberta's Business Corporations Act, was proclaimed into force on...more

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SEC Rules Establish New Requirements For Director Elections, Universal Proxy Cards And Enhanced Proxy Disclosures; Additional...

In a move we expect will pave the road for an increase in proxy contests, on November 17, 2021, the Securities and Exchange Commission adopted new Rule 14a-19 and amendments to existing rules under the Securities Exchange Act...more

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Ontario Announces New Beneficial Ownership Regime to Fight Illicit Financial Activities

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On November 4, 2021, Ontario’s 2021 Fall Economic Statement announced an intention to address tax evasion, money laundering and other illicit financial activities by amending Ontario’s Business Corporations Act to require...more

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Government of Canada Publishes First Report on Diversity Disclosure

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On April 7, 2021, the Government of Canada published Diversity of Boards of Directors and Senior Management of Federal Distributing Corporations. The report is the first report on the effect of the government's efforts to...more

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Compliance Perspectives: Compliance Challenges in India

It’s a very busy time for compliance professionals overseeing businesses operating in India, reports Arpinder Singh, India & Emerging Markets Leader at EY Forensic & Integrity Services. There are a dizzying number of new...more

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Top 10 Topics for Directors in 2020: Cybersecurity

Cybersecurity and Privacy - Despite cries from corporations and privacy advocates across America for a unified federal privacy law, the nation’s toughest privacy law—the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA)—went into...more

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Government Commission publishes revised Corporate Governance Code

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Following consultations, the Government Commission on the German Corporate Governance Code (the "DCGK") adopted the new version of the Code on May 9, 2019 and published it on May 22, 2019 (new version of the DCGK (in...more

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Proposed Changes to the CBCA: Directors Duties and Disclosure Obligations

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On April 8, 2019, the Federal Government introduced Bill C-97, An Act to implement certain provisions of the budget tabled in Parliament on March 19, 2019 and other measures, which includes proposed changes to the Canada...more

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California’s Gender Diversity on Boards Law and Its Broader Implications for Public and Private Companies

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In late 2018, California enacted SB 826, a first-in-the-nation law requiring that a public company headquartered in California have at least one woman on its board of directors. While the law is particularly important for...more

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All Aboard! California Law Requires More Female Representation on Boards of Directors

As part of its effort to close gender-based pay gaps, California will now require companies to increase female representation on boards of directors....more

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California looks to take the lead on gender diversity in the boardroom through new legislation

On September 30, 2018, despite voicing some reservations, California Governor Jerry Brown signed into law SB-826, mandating that publicly traded corporations have women on their boards. The new law will require all California...more

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Professor Bainbridge Asks "Would They Have Standing?"

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As has been widely noted, the constitutionality of SB 826, California's new gender quota law, is questionable. It remains to be seen who will bring the challenge and where. Yesterday, Professor Stephen Bainbridge raised the...more

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California Mandates Female Representation on Boards of Directors

On September 30, 2018, California Governor Jerry Brown signed legislation that is intended to ensure that public companies headquartered in California have at least one female director. This law, known as SB 826, provides for...more

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New Rules for CBCA Companies

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Companies incorporated under the Canada Business Corporations Act (CBCA) will need to consider new rules regarding director elections, diversity disclosure, shareholder communications and other matters....more

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