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California has become the first state in the nation to require public companies to put female directors on their boards.

Putting together the best team for your business is anything but simple.

In 2011, public companies conducted their first shareholder advisory votes on executive compensation and also asked shareholders how often the company should conduct future say-on-pay votes. Companies were required to report the results of their shareholders meetings in a Current Report on Form 8-K within four business days after each meeting.

We have seen a change this year in the application by Glass Lewis of its policy relating to Post-IPO Governance. Historically, Glass Lewis was more lenient than ISS in issuing automatic withhold...

Conflicts of interest arise in any fiduciary relationship and perhaps no more so than in the financial services industry.

Institutional Shareholder Services ("ISS") recently announced "GRId 2.0," an update to its Governance Risk Indicators (GRId) ratings of corporate governance for U.S. public companies.

Indicators (GRId) ratings of corporate governance for U.S. public companies.

We are pleased to present our Year-End Tool Kit, which is intended to assist you in preparing for the upcoming annual reporting and proxy season.

On October 5, 2016, the SEC Advisory Committee on Small and Emerging Companies held a public meeting to discuss, among other things, board diversity for public companies.

My colleague, Heidi Lawson recently wrote a post on Securities Matters that analyzed the implications of the Justice department's newest initiative to prosecute executives for white collar crimes...

Steven Gilford and John Failla recently authored an article for "National Underwriter".

An annual audit of corporate insurance policies by insurance recovery lawyers has become the norm for most organizations. This audit helps identify which terms need to be included or excluded from off-the-shelf insurance products.

Partner Richard Hsu, a CIPP/US/E, CIPT and CIPM Certified Privacy Professional, Global Head of the Intellectual Property Transactions Group and Co-Head of the Privacy & Data Protection practice...

A company or group's financial distress causes significant turmoil for its owners, directors, managers, employees and often its suppliers and other creditors. For directors in particular, there are significant responsibilities...

The Securities and Exchange Commission has expanded exemptive relief from beneficial ownership reporting requirements under the Holding Foreign Insiders Accountable Act, adding three new qualifying jurisdictions to its list.

California Corporations Code Section 204(a)(4) permits the articles of incorporation to include a provision limiting the duration of a corporation's existence to a specified date.

Tornetta v. Musk, et al., C.A. 2018-0408-KSJM (Del. Ch. Jan. 30, 2024) Stockholders of Tesla, Inc. brought a derivative action against Elon Musk and six individual Tesla directors.

Between April 2008 and January 2010, Wyndham Worldwide Corporation suffered three data breaches that resulted in the theft of credit card information of over 600,000 customers.