SEC Proposal Would Curb Shareholder Resolutions
By definition, owning a share of stock gives the holder partial ownership of a company. Even though institutions like mutual funds and pensions contro...
The Proxy Adviser Strikes Back
It’s one of the defining conflicts in corporate governance today: the attempt to constrain the behavior of public companies by non-governmental “s...
Intelligize Unveils Playbook for ESG Shareholder Proposals
Sustainable packaging. Political spending. Executive compensation. These were just a few of the environmental, social and governance (ESG) matters ...
At SEC, Ordinary Business Gets Unusual
The SEC calls it “ordinary business.” But lately, it hasn’t felt too usual. On Oct. 16, the SEC Division of Corporation Finance, aka CorpFin,...
Will WeWork Debacle Be the End of Multi-class Shares?
Did Adam Neumann get the best going away present of all time? It seems like a fair question following last week’s announcement that the founder o...
Is “Transformation” Breeding Suspicion at PCAOB?
We’re hearing quite a bit lately about whistleblowers in the world of politics. Who’s ready for some whistleblowing in the controversial realm of ...