Tesla and GM face deep-sea mining shareholder proposals
Shareholder advocacy group As You Sow has filed proposals at Tesla and General Motors (GM) asking them to address concerns about...
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The week in GRC: SDNY launches whistleblower pilot program and Oregon pushes companies to stop thwarting shareholder activists
– The Financial Times (paywall) reported that according to a report by Lazard, companies faced a record number of attacks from...
Apple and Disney face shareholder proposals on AI
Apple and The Walt Disney Company are set to face votes at their 2024 AGMs on their use of AI after the SEC denied their requests...
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The week in GRC: Investor backs Disney in proxy battle and political polarization worries US business leaders in 2024
– The Wall Street Journal (paywall) reported that The Walt Disney Company won the support of a key shareholder in its fight with...
The week in GRC: DoJ official defends use of corporate settlements and Trian announces nominees to Disney’s board
– The Wall Street Journal (paywall) reported that the SEC is asking investment advisers how they use and oversee artificial...
Activism: ‘Mixed year’ comes to a close with rise in small-cap campaigns
Shareholder activists have seemingly found greater success with smaller-cap campaigns than when targeting mid and large-cap firms...
‘Like watching paint dry’: Buyback announcements slowest in years despite surprises from Snap, Bumble and Ferrari
Monitoring the market for share buybacks in 2023 has been likened to ‘watching paint dry’, as even the Q3 earnings season failed...
Investors ‘cautiously optimistic’ about M&A outlook for 2024
‘Cautiously optimistic’ was a phrase used around the event hall at this year’s M&A Forum, co-hosted by Governance Intelligence and...
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The week in GRC: Business groups challenge NLRB rule on contract workers and EY proposes US governance changes
– Reuters (paywall) reported that, according to the Thomson Reuters Institute, US law firms reigned in first-year associate hiring...
Say-on-pay support increases for first time in five years
Investors have shown their support for shifting company pay policies, with say-on-pay approvals increasing for the first time in...
