20 Dec, 2024 With Govt. Shutdown Looming, Today is Key Deadline To Request SEC Accelerate Effectiveness of Registration Statements By Merritt Steele The United States is facing another potential government shutdown going into this weekend. In such an event, the Division of Corporate...
19 Dec, 2024 Team Effort to Advance National Security By Patrick Grilli 'Tis the season for partnerships and collaborations to advance national security, including some recent, significant announcements. Take...
18 Dec, 2024 SEC Charges Retailer with Failing to Disclose Aircraft Perks By David Bell Ran Ben-Tzur Amanda Rose Michael Knobler Elizabeth Gartland Merritt Steele +3 more... Show less On December 17, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission announced it settled charges against fashion retailer Express, Inc. for...
11 Dec, 2024 EY Survey Reveals Emerging 'Say-Do' Gap between Sustainability Reporting and Investing By Wendy Grasso EY just released its 2024 Institutional Investor Survey, for which it surveyed 350 investment decision-makers from institutions around...
03 Dec, 2024 Is the SEC Cracking Down on Life Science Companies Misleading Investors? By Merritt Steele On December 3, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission settled charges against biotherapeutics company Kiromic BioPharma, Inc., its...
03 Dec, 2024 Your 2024 Proxy Season Debrief from Silicon Valley and Beyond By Wendy Grasso David Bell Over the last five years, stockholder activism has undergone significant transformation, shaped by changing market conditions, regulatory...
03 Dec, 2024 How to Use the DOJ ECCP to Bolster Your Compliance Program By Merritt Steele In September, the U.S. Department of Justice updated its Evaluation of Corporate Compliance Programs (ECCP) guidance, which is the...
27 Nov, 2024 New Structured Data Requirement for Schedules 13D/13G Takes Effect Dec. 18 By Merritt Steele Beginning December 18, Schedules 13D and 13G must be filed using an XML-based language. Filers will have the option of (1) using a...
21 Nov, 2024 ISS Analyzes Trends in Corporate Political Activity Disclosures and Related Shareholder Proposals Over the Past Decade By Wendy Grasso Institutional Shareholder Services (ISS) recently reported on trends in corporate political activity disclosures and related shareholder...
19 Nov, 2024 Accenture Report Reveals World’s Largest Companies Making Meaningful Progress Toward Net Zero, But Progress Is Not Fast Enough By Wendy Grasso Last week global professional services firm Accenture published its fourth annual Destination Net Zero report, in which it examined the...
19 Nov, 2024 Glass Lewis Releases 2025 Benchmark Policy Guidelines By Wendy Grasso Last Thursday, proxy advisory firm Glass Lewis released its 2025 Proxy Voting Policy Guidelines 2025 U.S. Benchmark Policy Guidelines,...
18 Nov, 2024 DARPA Extends Submission Deadline for RFI By Patrick Grilli Zohra Tejani Important opportunity for investors in the defense innovation and dual-use technology sectors! The Defense Advanced Research Projects...