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...
1/7/2025 9:49:08 PM 2025 Reporting Season: Upcoming Disclosure Requirements for Your Form 10-K and Proxy Statement By Ran Ben-Tzur Amanda Rose David Bell Wendy Grasso Merritt Steele +2 more... Show less The following new disclosure will be required in companies’ upcoming Forms 10-K (FY 2024) and/or proxy statements: Upcoming Disclosure...
1/6/2025 11:17:29 PM Annual Evergreen Increases: Reminders for Your Form S-8 By Merritt Steele As we start the new year, many public companies are in the middle of preparing their annual reports on Form 10-K and registration...
12/20/2024 7:23:21 PM 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...
12/18/2024 4:14:47 PM 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...
12/18/2024 1:55:38 PM 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...
12/6/2024 9:29:15 PM 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...
12/3/2024 7:43:40 PM 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...
12/3/2024 7:04:38 PM 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...
12/3/2024 6:34:59 PM 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...
11/21/2024 7:15:38 PM 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...
11/19/2024 3:13:09 PM 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,...