Tesla Meeting, Compensation in Limbo
Tesla was supposed to hold its annual meeting on July 7. But then, when was the last time something involving Elon Musk went according to script? As M...
Amazon’s Virtual Meeting a Not-So-Prime Opportunity for Shareholders?
Amazon has only strengthened its grip on the retail market as much of the country shelters in place. While it becomes ever more central to the shoppin...
Severed Heads: Companies Split CEO, Chairman Roles
The saying goes that if you want a job done right, do it yourself. But public companies seem to have learned a different lesson. When things go wrong,...
“Overboarding,” Lack of Board Diversity Emerge as Governance Battlegrounds
As one of the largest asset managers in the world, BlackRock has leveraged its position in recent years to encourage better corporate governance and a...
Shareholder Proposals: The New Battleground in Managing Cyber-Risk?
“Today, the importance of data management and technology to business is analogous to the importance of electricity and other forms of power in the p...
Public Company Boards Prepare to Clean House (Members)
Any public company with a member of Congress sitting on its board can probably buy that farewell card and schedule the departure happy hour now. If am...