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Nasdaq Board Diversity Rules Officially Gone

As Cooley’s Cydney Posner notes in this blog, the SEC recently issued this order to approve a Nasdaq proposal “operative upon filing” rather than wait the traditional 30 days. The Nasdaq proposal removes the relevant board diversity provisions from its rules to reflect “a Federal court’s vacatur of the Commission’s order of August 6, 2021, approving rules related to Board diversity disclosures.” As we wrote …

Sustainability Reports Are Getting Longer – Is That a Good Thing?

As I get older, my motto has been “less is more.” That certainly works for a mindful lifestyle. And it also works for pickleball, as one learns to hit the ball softly and place it cleanly rather than banging away at it to earn points. Although there is a broad range of length for sustainability reports, Teneo reports that, among larger companies, the length of …

Video Archive: “2025 Proxy Season Preview (Including ISS and Glass Lewis Policy Updates)”

Here’s the video archive for the recent webcast – “2025 Proxy Season Preview (Including ISS and Glass Lewis Policy Updates)” – during which Cooley partners Ali Murata and Brad Goldberg, along with Compensia’s Mark Borges, led an overview of hot-button topics in proxy disclosures leading into the 2025 proxy season, including proxy advisors and institutional investor policy updates.

Climate and Sustainability Regulations: End-of-Year Review

Penned by Cooley’s Beth Sasfai, Emma Bichet, Michael Mencher and Jack Eastwood, here’s a comprehensive Cooley alert that offers a snapshot of where sustainability-related regulations stand here and abroad at this point in time. Here’s an excerpt about sustainability-focused legislation at the US state level: “As discussed in this September 2024 client alert, climate reporting continues to be a focus of state-level legislation, primarily led …

Video Archive: “Tackling the Hot Spots in Periodic Reports and Earnings Releases”

Here’s the video archive for the recent webcast – “Tackling the Hot Spots in Periodic Reports and Earnings Releases” – featuring Cooley’s Courtney Tygesson and Julia Boesch, who provided an overview of periodic reporting and earnings release requirements, as well as provided helpful tips and key considerations for drafting reports on Forms 10-K and 10-Q, earnings releases, and more.