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With each passing day, the 2026 proxy season gets more interesting (and not in a positive way for proxy advisory firms).  On December 8, 2025, the Trump administration issued an executive order (the “Executive Order”) addressing the influence that proxy advisors “wield” to promote “radical politically-motivated agendas” (read more here).  The Executive Order instructed…

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The proxy and annual reporting season may seem a long way off. However, in light of the amount of work and planning that goes into the proxy statement, annual report, and annual meeting of shareholders, this is the ideal time to…

Although it may seem early, it is already time to start preparing for the 2026 annual report and proxy season.  While many disclosure requirements remain consistent from prior years, there has been a significant shift in the focus of, and discourse relating to, the priorities of the Securities and Exchange Commission.  Practitioners started to see…

On November 13, 2024, at the Practicing Law Institute’s 56th Annual Institute on Securities Regulation, panelists shared key updates from this year’s proxy season and highlighted emerging trends to watch in 2025.  Public companies experienced favorable voting outcomes across compensation, activism, shareholder proposals, and director elections in 2024. 

Activism and the Impact of the Universal
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May 21, 2024
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Join the Nasdaq Center for Board Excellence and connect with fellow board members and CEOs for a discussion about the transformative role of artificial intelligence, ethics, governance, and strategies for a competitive advantage. Together with Mayer Brown, we look forward to welcoming you and sharing…

We use generative AI to turn the first batch of 10-K filings describing cybersecurity into a model that can guide others in creating their own disclosure.

The SEC’s new rules on the disclosure of cybersecurity matters were finalized on July 26, 2023, and in effect since December 2023. Directors & Boards recently published a review…

Generative AI (i.e., AI creating original content using machine learning and neural networks) has captivated people everywhere, producing a range of responses from doomsday warnings of machines rendering humans extinct to rosy dreams where machines possess magical properties. In corporate boardrooms, however, a more sober conversation is occurring. It seeks a practical understanding of…