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Broadridge's "Final" E-Proxy Stats for the Proxy Season
Broadridge's "Final" E-Proxy Stats for the Proxy Season In our "E-Proxy" Practice Area, we have posted the latest e-proxy statistics from Broadridge. As of June 30th: - 653 companies have used voluntary e-proxy so far (this pretty much is the...

Broadridge's "Near-Final" E-Proxy Stats for the Proxy Season
Broadridge's "Near-Final" E-Proxy Stats for the Proxy Season In our "E-Proxy" Practice Area, we have posted the latest e-proxy statistics from Broadridge. As of May 31st: - 634 companies have used voluntary e-proxy so far (this pretty much is the...

Whip Clyburn on the Passing of Chairman Tom Lantos
Majority Whip James Clyburn on the passing of Chairman Tom Lantos: ?Tom Lantos was a great humanitarian and statesman who passionately advocated on behalf of the world?s poor and politically oppressed...

Gordon on Proxy Access
Proxy Contests in an Era of Increasing Shareholder Power: Forget Issuer Proxy Access and Focus on E-Proxy, by JEFFREY N. GORDON, Columbia Law School; European Corporate Governance Institute (ECGI), was recently posted on SSRN...

The Latest E-Proxy Stats
The Latest E-Proxy Stats Many of the companies I have spoken with continue to have a "wait and see" attitude about whether they will try voluntary e-proxy this year. The latest e-proxy statistics from Broadridge bear this out...

AFL-CIO Proxy Voting
The AFL-CIO has issued a new report, Facts about the AFL-CIO?s Proxy Votes, to explain how the AFL-CIO votes in corporate director elections. In summary, the AFL-CIO votes for corporate directors based on recommendations by an independent proxy advisor following proxy-voting guidelines that address corporate governance issues, and not union representation...

Living Wills and Powers of Attorney
Laws effecting the elderly

Virgin Atlantic Flight
Makes Emergency Landing

Great-West Lifeco Must Pay $456 Million In London Life Class Action
Great-West Lifeco Must Pay $456 Million In London Life Class Action

Rock Band Great White
Settles Over 2003 Station NightClub Fire

Great Escape Lodge and Indoor Water Park
Faces Class Action