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Pro-DEI Shareholder Proposals and Support Down for 2024

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The number of pro-DEI proposals submitted by shareholders decreased overall in the 2024 proxy season compared to the 2023 proxy season, according to data provided by Proxy Analytics. Average support for DEI proposals...more

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Corporate Governance Practices and Trends in Silicon Valley and at Large Companies Nationwide

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For two decades, Fenwick has reported on corporate governance statistics and trends among the S&P 100 and Silicon Valley’s top public companies (Fenwick – Bloomberg Law Silicon Valley 150 List), with the goal of educating...more

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2021 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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Gender Diversity in the Silicon Valley - A Comparison of Large Public Companies and Silicon Valley Companies - 2020 Proxy Season

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Fenwick’s gender diversity survey provides unique insight into women’s participation at the most senior levels of technology and life sciences public companies on the Fenwick – Bloomberg Law Silicon Valley 150 List (SV 150)...more

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Statutory – not Shareholder – Activism: Governor Newsom Signs California’s Diversity Mandate into Law

California has enacted the nation’s first diversity mandate for public company boards. As we previously reported, the new law (AB 979) builds upon California’s first- in-the nation statutory gender mandate for public company...more

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New ISS voting guidelines ramp up expectations for public companies

Last week Institutional Shareholder Services updated its proxy voting guidelines for annual shareholder meetings to be held on or after February 1, 2020. The updates take a major step forward to advocate greater gender...more

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Gender Diversity Survey—2018 Proxy Season Results

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The Fenwick & West Gender Diversity Survey provides unique insight into women’s participation at the most senior levels of public technology and life sciences companies in the Silicon Valley 150 Index (SV 150) and the large...more

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Board Diversity: Are Your Directors Ready for 2019?

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The Background: The spotlight on board diversity—particularly gender diversity—will continue to be a central theme in the 2019 proxy season. The Issue: Public company directors should anticipate that their board's...more

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