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On October 29, the status quo fundamentally changed for consumer product safety enforcement. On that date, the Department of Justice (DOJ) announced the resolution of criminal charges against...

On July 22, 2011, a three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit vacated the proxy access rules pursuant to its ruling on the petition filed by the Business Roundtable and U.S. Chamber of Commerce (the "petitioners") for review of these rules.

A simple, non-controversial modification to your company’s bylaws could provide substantial value by reducing unnecessary legal fees and accelerating the resolution of legal disputes.

On Monday, April 3, the U.S. Supreme Court granted a petition for a writ of certiorari filed by plaintiffs in Jesner v. Arab Bank, No. 16-499.

"Raising capital privately is frequently a frustrating experience for many small to mid-size businesses," Stephen Goodman wrote in a recent article for Bloomberg Law's Securities Regulation & Law Report.

As predicted in my blog on Tuesday, a majority of the current Board (Chairman Pearce and Member Becker) adopted the Chairman's proposed changes to the rules governing elections without change.

A books and records demand made under Section 220 of the Delaware General Corporation Law, must state a "proper purpose", and the categories of documents sought must be "necessary and essential" to such stated proper purpose.

The recent decision of Barnes v. Telestone Technologies Corp., 8513-VCG highlights the importance of strictly complying with the statutory requirements in a books and records action under Section 220 of the Delaware General Corporation Law.

Determining the "date of grant" of an equity award is important if the issuer desires accurate accounting charges and compliance with applicable tax laws.

On September 30, 2020, California Governor Gavin Newsom signed into law Assembly Bill 979 (AB 979)

on September 30, 2018, California Governor Jerry Brown signed into law a landmark bill (SB 826) requiring boards of directors of California-based public reporting corporations to have a minimum number of female directors.

On September 30, 2020, California Governor Gavin Newsom signed into law a landmark bill (AB 979) requiring boards of directors of California-based public reporting corporations to have a minimum number of directors ...

Effective January 1, 2006, provisions of the California Corporations Code will be amended to enable interested directors to abstain when a board of directors approves an interested director transaction by written consent.

Fenwick corporate governance practice co-chair David Bell talked to Automotive News about the complexity of public companies' decisions about how much to disclose regarding a chief executive's health in the context of sick leave...

In December 2022, the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "SEC") adopted final amendments to Rule 10b5-1 under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 to, among other things, enhance disclosure requirements...

The New York Stock Exchange is eliminating discretionary voting by its broker members in all director elections, whether contested or uncontested.

It seems obvious that corporations do not waive privilege protection by disclosing privileged communications to their own board members.

A Washington federal judge dismissed challenges to Starbucks's Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion ("DEI") policies in a strongly worded opinion, making clear that politics don't belong in his courtroom.