Here’s an excerpt from this Cooley Alert that’s complete with all you need to know about the past proxy season penned by Beth Sasfai, Brad Goldberg, Michael Mencher and Vince Flynn: “Although the SEC staff’s withdrawal from its traditional role in the Rule 14a-8 no-action process created substantial uncertainty, 2026 voting results largely followed recent patterns. Governance proposals remained the best-supported category, averaging 34% support, …
A Dozen Things In-House Practitioners Are Saying About How AI Impacts Disclosure Practices
Over the past month, I’ve shared 48 anecdotes from in-house practitioners about how they’re using AI in their practice. Now I’ve started to ask in-house folks the question of “How much do you think AI will impact disclosure practices (including all the diligence leading up to making disclosure)?” Here are the first dozen responses that I have received: 1. “I think the impact will be …
All You Need to Know About the Past Proxy Season
Here’s an excerpt from this Cooley Alert that’s complete with all you need to know about the past proxy season penned by Beth Sasfai, Brad Goldberg, Michael Mencher and Vince Flynn: “ISS recommendations and shareholder support: ISS recommendations were closely associated with voting outcomes across every proposal category. Across all Russell 3000 companies, proposals backed by ISS averaged 33% support for environmental matters, 34% for …
Five Hot Tips for Director Travel and Reimbursement Policies
Companies cover director travel and other reasonable expenses associated with their board service – and some also cover guest travel and even purely personal flights for safety reasons. But how this is accomplished varies significantly by company, and sometimes it changes within particular companies as board composition morphs over time. Although not required, many companies have policies that help guide what is permissible – and …
Yet Another Dozen Things In-House Practitioners Are Saying About Using AI
Given that AI is top of mind for so many of us right now, I’ve started polling our in-house friends about how they’re using AI in their practice (here is the last set of anecdotes – up to 48 overall!). As one might expect, the perspectives and views are varied:
Board Committees: Figuring Out Which Committee Should Handle the New Hot Thing
It’s a generalization but the audit committee often wants to take on more than it should. And other board committees typically don’t take on as much. I don’t blame them. So what should you do when a topic becomes so mainstream and important that it needs a permanent home on a board committee? This is the process that’s used at some boards: It might well …
10 AI-Friendly Drafting Pointers for Earnings Release Drafters
A while back, I blogged about how analysts and investors are increasingly using AI tools to read and analyze earnings reports (10-Ks, 10-Qs, earnings releases and transcripts) to gain faster insights and identify investment opportunities. Here are 10 tips to consider when drafting an earnings release with the AI reader in mind: 1. Use clear and consistent terminology: Avoid jargon and ambiguous phrases, and use …
Yet Another Dozen Things In-House Practitioners Are Saying About Using AI
Given that AI is top of mind for so many of us right now, I’ve started polling our in-house friends about how they’re using AI in their practice (here’s my last blog with in-house anecdotes – and the one before that). As one might expect, the perspectives and views are varied:
Audit Committees: How to Help Solve an Unbearable Workload
One of the biggest problems that audit committees face is that their jurisdiction has steadily grown over the years such that they are now covering too many different areas and have an unsightly workload. What to do? The logical answer is to move oversight over some of the areas for which the audit committee doesn’t have to be involved to another board committee. Here are …
Another Dozen Things In-House Practitioners Are Saying About Using AI
Given that AI is top of mind for so many of us right now, I’ve started polling our in-house friends about how they’re using AI in their practice (here’s my first blog with in-house anecdotes). As one might expect, the perspectives and views are varied: