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...
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...
18 Dec, 2024 SEC Publishes Updated Fall 2024 Reg-Flex Agenda By Merritt Steele The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) recently published its Fall 2024 Reg-Flex Agenda. The SEC updated the anticipated...
06 Dec, 2024 Net-Zero Alliance Investors with Over $9.5 Trillion in Assets are Urging Mandatory Scope 3 Disclosures By Wendy Grasso The Net-Zero Asset Owner Alliance (the Alliance), an influential coalition of pension funds and insurance companies holding a combined...
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...
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 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,...
15 Nov, 2024 Fifth Circuit Rejects Challenge to SEC Rule 14a-8 No-Action Letter By Wendy Grasso Public companies can breathe a sigh of relief, at least for now, that the Securities and Exchange Commission's 14a-8 regulatory process...
28 Oct, 2024 More Companies are Disclosing Biodiversity Impacts By Wendy Grasso The year after the Global Biodiversity Framework (GBF) was adopted in 2022, the number of companies reporting on their nature and...
24 Oct, 2024 Middle-Market Companies Are Preparing for Sustainability Regulations While Monitoring Legal and Political Developments By Wendy Grasso According to a recently released preview of the RSM Middle Market Sustainability Survey 2024: US and Canada, 75% of middle-market...