Taking the board of directors on the road
A new level of board of director engagement has emerged. Directors’ involvement in a company’s strategic planning requires more...
Read More
Boardroom archive
Managing intellectual property assets: a governance assessment
June 2014 may prove to be a watershed period for how companies think about protecting their intellectual property assets. On June...
Read More
Recognizing the ESG element in investors' concerns
Investor interest in non-financial reporting continues to grow, as evidenced by the growth of shareholder proposals filed this...
Read More
Leveling with investors in the proxy statement
When George Orwell famously said ‘the great enemy of clear language is insincerity’, he wasn’t referring specifically to proxy...
Read More
SEC and others closely monitoring fee-shifting bylaws
The debate over board accountability is gaining ground with a noteworthy increase in the number of companies that have...
Read More
The outsized impact of counting abstentions on shareholder proposals
As we enter the thick of proxy season, it’s worth revisiting the structural bias against shareholder-sponsored proposals in most...
Read More
Concern over SEC's authority creep in FCPA enforcement
In cautionary articles about toughening FCPA enforcement by the Department of Justice and the SEC, a lot of attention has been...
Read More
Executive search firms must consider diversity when recruiting directors
Calling an executive search firm out when it fails to deliver a broad enough selection of candidates for a position on the board...
Read More
New rules for Canadian hostile takover bids
In mid-March, Canadian securities regulators are expected to release a draft proposal to address concerns that current rules for...
Read More
Investors seek more disclosure about board diversity efforts
The Thirty Percent Coalition is making another big push to expand the number of women serving on the boards of the largest US...
Read More
