As I blogged about in Part 1 last month, there are actions you should be taking now to prepare for the SEC’s new EDGAR Next, including becoming educated about what this is all about. Here are the last of the dozen questions you should be asking yourself – with a big hat tip to McKesson’s Jim Brashear for helping to sort this out: 5. What …
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This Thursday’s Webcast: “Hot Governance and Engagement Proxy Tips You Need to Know”
Join us this Thursday, December 12th for a webcast – “Hot Governance and Engagement Proxy Tips You Need to Know” – during which Beth Sasfai, Michael Mencher and Broc Romanek – as well as Proxy Analytics’ Steve Pantina – will discuss how you can prepare for another wild proxy season, including up-to-date advice to keep your proxy fresh and attuned to stakeholder demands – such as specific …
Proxy Season Prep: 15 Tips and Reminders for In-House Teams
Ahead of Thursday’s webcast – “Hot Governance and Engagement Proxy Tips You Need to Know” – check out this Cooley Alert from Michael Bergmann, Brad Goldberg, Ali Murata, Beth Sasfai and Michael Mencher with 15 proxy season tips. Also check out tomorrow’s webcast: “Tackling the Hot Spots in Periodic Reports and Earnings Releases.”
New SEC Chair Nominee is Paul Atkins
Former SEC Commissioner Paul Atkins has been selected as the new SEC Chair nominee. Paul served as a Commissioner from 2002 to 2008 and was a staffer at the SEC during the ’90s. Here are articles about this selection:
Shareholder Proposals: ISS-Corporate Tracks 10 Years of Trends
As we lurch toward the end of the year, it’s a good time to take stock of our lives. But also, it’s kind of nifty to compare where we are with shareholder proposals compared to a decade ago. This 13-page report from ISS-Corporate provides this trend data. Here are my top 10 takeaways from the trends:
Next Week’s Webcast: “Hot Governance and Engagement Proxy Tips You Need to Know”
Join us on Thursday, December 12th for a webcast – “Hot Governance and Engagement Proxy Tips You Need to Know” – during which Beth Sasfai, Michael Mencher and Broc Romanek – as well as Proxy Analytics’ Steve Pantina – will discuss how you can prepare for another wild proxy season, including up-to-date advice to keep your proxy fresh and attuned to stakeholder demands – such as specific …
What to Expect From the Mandatory Sustainability Disclosure Standards for Non-EU Companies
Here are four headline “Key Takeaways” about the draft sustainability reporting standards for non-EU parent companies from the European Financial Reporting Advisory Group (EFRAG), as pulled from this more detailed Cooley Alert penned by Emma Bichet and Jack Eastwood: By the way, here’s a 2-minute video about having a global strategic approach to ESG – and here’s another 2-minute video about adopting targets and goals …
Video Archive: “Cyber 8-K Report Debrief – Trends and Strategies”
Here is the video archive from last week’s webcast: “Cyber 8-K Report Debrief – Trends and Strategies.” Check it out to hear Dave Navetta, Michael Egan, Sarah Sellers, Asa Henin and Christian Lee analyze 8-K filing trends for cybersecurity incidents in the past year, offer strategies and considerations for companies when filing 8-Ks, and review our annual 8-K report covering these topics.
Upcoming Webcast: “Hot Governance and Engagement Proxy Tips You Need to Know”
Join us on Thursday, December 12th for a webcast – “Hot Governance and Engagement Proxy Tips You Need to Know” – during which Beth Sasfai, Michael Mencher and Broc Romanek – as well as Proxy Analytics’ Steve Pantina – will discuss how you can prepare for another wild proxy season, including up-to-date advice to keep your proxy fresh and attuned to stakeholder demands – such as specific …
Glass Lewis Updates Voting Policy Guidelines
Here is our alert penned by Michael Bergmann, Brad Goldberg, Ali Murata, Luci Altman and Michael Mencher about the 2025 voting policy guideline updates from Glass Lewis. Here is an excerpt from the alert: Board oversight of AI In the absence of material AI-related incidents, Glass Lewis will generally not make voting recommendations on the basis of a company’s AI oversight or disclosure. However, when …