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Return to Sender: The DOJ Withdraws a Decades-Old Letter to a Proxy Advisor

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For nearly four decades, Institutional Shareholder Services (ISS) held a piece of paper most public companies would envy: a 1987 business review letter from the U.S. Department of Justice saying the government had no plans to challenge its...

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SEC Overturns Curbs on Influence of Proxy Advisors

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Proxy advisory firms weren’t particularly popular with the Securities and Exchange Commission during the previous presidential administration. Quite the opposite, in fact, as the SEC passed rules in 2020 designed to blunt the influence of f...

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Securities and Exchange Commission Gets Active on Voting Rights

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With the most recent census and elections complete, legislatures in the 50 states have been digging into redistricting fights and other contentious voting rights matters. This month, the Securities and Exchange Commission decided to join th...

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SEC Hands Proxy Advisory Firms a Big Win

SEC Hands Proxy Advisory Firms a Big Win

SEC Hands Proxy Advisory Firms a Big Win

If you asked the boards of directors of public companies what they have against proxy advisory firms, they might come back with a question of their own: How much time do you have? Their complaints about proxy advisory firms, which make reco...

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Tesla Puts Risky Insurance Strategy in Reverse

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Elon Musk might be the ultimate polymath. By day, he’s the CEO of a revolutionary automaker. His side hustles include building tunnels, making flamethrowers, and of course selling underpants. But apparently, there’s a limit to the endeavors...

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