Board Governance

INTERVIEWTake Five: Proxy AccessAugust 31, 2010Corporate Board Member spoke with Claudia Allen, chair of Neal Gerber & Eisenberg's Corporate Governance Practice Group, about the SEC’s final rule on proxy access and its impact on nominating candidates, her take on whether or not the U.S. Chamber of Commerce will sue to block the new rule, and the increasing shift in the balance of power from the board to shareholders.

ARTICLEWill the SEC Tame the Proxy Advisory Firms? August 30, 2010Many corporate boards and business trade groups have observed with increasing alarm the growing influence of proxy advisory firms, in general, and one proxy advisory firm in particular, Institutional Shareholder Services (ISS).

ARTICLE2011 Proxy Season: The First 100 Days—How to Get Ready for the Brave New World of Say on Pay and Proxy Access August 27, 2010There are a number of pro-active steps companies should consider taking during the first 100 days of proxy season 2011 that will not be feasible, or at least not as productive, if attempted later in the proxy season.

WEB EXCLUSIVEFinancial Reform: Five Changes That Will Hit Reporting Companies First August 16, 2010Now that the Dodd-Frank Reform Act is the law of the land, regulators are hard at work developing a raft of new regulations to make the law operational. First up will be public companies.  They are already watching the SEC closely to prepare for five changes that will affect them as soon as early 2011.