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Sullivan & Cromwell Discusses Hot Topics in Corporate Governance
Corporate Governance, Surveys, Policies and Reports
- Lazard Report Finds Increased Shareholder Activism in Q1 2018: Lazard’s Quarterly Review of Shareholder Activism for Q1 of 2018 found increased activism by shareholders in terms of number of campaigns initiated, board seats
Is Corporate Short-Termism on the Rise in the U.S.?
Corporate short-termism has been much discussed over the past few decades, but has recently become a growing concern for the U.S. economy. Executives and politicians warn of increased market pressure on corporations to meet short-term performance metrics at the expense …
McDermott Will & Emery discusses ISS Issuance of Acceptable Parameters for Proxy Access Provisions
Institutional Shareholder Services Inc. (ISS) recently issued, in the form of Frequently Asked Questions, a further update to its 2016 proxy voting guidelines to outline the types of management-sponsored proxy access provisions that ISS will deem responsive to shareholder-supported …
Latham & Watkins discusses Pumping Up For Proxy Season: Supplemental and Amended Proxy Materials
In connection with a meeting of stockholders, many companies face the decision of whether and how to prepare and file supplemental or amended proxy materials.
The decision to supplement or amend, and how to deliver the message, is guided as …
Activist Investors and the Revaluation of Governance Rights
Equity ownership in the United States no longer reflects the dispersed share ownership of the canonical Berle-Means firm. Instead, in our new working paper, The Agency Costs of Agency Capital: Activist Investors and the Revaluation of Governance Rights, Ron …