3/31/2025 1:00:18 PM Proxy Advisors, Institutional Investors Shift Diversity Policies and Mandates By David Bell Ran Ben-Tzur Amanda Rose Wendy Grasso Merritt Steele +2 more... Show less Some proxy advisors and institutional investors have made changes to their diversity policies and mandates, including the following: ISS...
3/28/2025 1:00:58 PM SEC Updates CDIs on Schedules 13D and 13G Eligibility By David Bell Ran Ben-Tzur Amanda Rose Wendy Grasso Merritt Steele +2 more... Show less The SEC published updated Compliance and Disclosure Interpretations on the filing of Schedules 13D and 13G/Shareholder Engagement....
3/26/2025 1:00:24 PM SEC Updates Guidance on Excluding Shareholder Proposals By David Bell Ran Ben-Tzur Amanda Rose Wendy Grasso Merritt Steele +2 more... Show less The SEC rescinded Staff Legal Bulletin No. 14L and issued updated guidance on the exclusion of shareholder proposals under Rule 14a-8 and...
3/14/2025 7:56:31 PM Delaware Senate Unanimously Approves Proposed Corporate Law Amendments By Wendy Grasso On March 13, 2025, the Delaware Senate unanimously approved proposed amendments to the Delaware General Corporation Law, which would,...
3/11/2025 6:31:09 PM Judge Clarifies That Injunction Blocking Trump DEI Orders Applies to All Executive Agencies By Wendy Grasso As we previously reported, on February 3, 2025, a federal judge in Baltimore issued a preliminary injunction blocking key provisions of...
3/6/2025 11:12:40 PM Judge Validates Tesla Reincorporation By Wendy Grasso Following the decision that validated The Trade Desk’s reincorporation from Delaware to Nevada back in November 2024, the judge...
2/13/2025 3:20:05 PM The Life Sciences IPO Market Is Off to a Solid Start in 2025 - Is Your Company Ready? By Rob Freedman Various biotech companies have completed or launched their IPOs so far in 2025. As of early February, five sizeable life sciences...
2/10/2025 2:29:46 PM California’s Climate-Related Disclosure Laws Live To Fight Another Day By Wendy Grasso On February 3, 2025, the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California granted a motion to dismiss filed by the California...
2/5/2025 5:57:03 PM New York Reintroduces Climate Disclosure Bills By Wendy Grasso As in-scope companies prepare to begin publishing climate disclosures in California in 2026 (assuming these laws survive the ongoing...
1/28/2025 8:12:39 PM SEC Approves Nasdaq Proposal to Remove Board Diversity Rules By Wendy Grasso The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), as expected, has approved Nasdaq's recent proposal to remove the board diversity rule from...
1/23/2025 4:14:41 PM Nasdaq Proposes Eliminating Board Diversity Disclosure Rule By Wendy Grasso Last week, Nasdaq filed a proposed rules change with the Securities and Exchange Commission to remove the board diversity rule from...
1/17/2025 8:43:36 PM Study Suggests That Investors View ESG as a Luxury Item By Wendy Grasso Stanford Business recently posted an interesting article describing the results of a three-year study conducted to analyze American...