More Companies Go Virtual With Shareholder Meetings
Annual shareholder meetings can turn into red-letter days on companies’ calendars. Investors flock to certain events to soak in the wisdom of a cele...
CCPA is Here to Stay
If you’ve been skimming through recent filings with the SEC, you might have noticed a handful of mentions of the CCPA. These aren’t references to ...
Litigation Finance Kerfuffle Points to Need for Clarity Around Emerging Asset Class
The practice of “litigation financing” has become a source of great controversy in the legal industry. If you almost fell asleep reading that sent...
Coming to Terms With Marrying Sustainability and Executive Compensation
In 1970, influential economist Milton Friedman made a bold proclamation in an essay for The New York Times that changed the face of business ethics. F...
KPMG Dinged $50M For Audit Inspection Scheme
The SEC called them unacceptable and astonishing. Now, KPMG gets to call them old news. We’re talking, of course, about the SEC’s allegations that...
Shareholders Shoot Down Climate Change Proposals at Exxon Meeting
As one of the world’s largest oil and gas manufacturers, Exxon Mobil always commands the attention of environmentalists from outside the company. Th...