Corporate Governance

Draft House Version of Bailout Bill: Includes "Say on Pay" and Shareholder Access
Draft House Version of Bailout Bill: Includes "Say on Pay" and Shareholder Access The latest version of the House "bailout" legislation includes provisions for a "say on pay" vote, limits on severance, clawbacks and shareholder access to the proxy for...

Washington DC Event: Stockholders at the Wheel: Shareholder Access Rule
Stockholders at the Wheel: Shareholder Access Rule Federalist Society Corporations, Securities, and Antitrust Practice Group Tuesday, September 23, 2008 12:00 PM - 2:00 PM National Press Club 529 14th St...

Brown on SEC & Corporate Governance
The SEC, Corporate Governance, and Shareholder Access to the Board Room, by J. ROBERT BROWN Jr., University of Denver Sturm College of Law, was recently posted on SSRN. Here is the abstract: In the shareholder governance area, one of the...

SEC Favors No Proxy Access
In the ongoing battle to get more shareholder access to corporate proxies, the SEC has just sent another blow to investors. According to a media report, the SEC sent dozens of ?no action? letters to number of public companies, including...

Shareholder Access and American Exceptionalism
Jay Brown approvingly quotes former SEC Chairman Arthur Levitt: All 40 of the largest markets outside of our own give shareholders the ability to nominate and remove directors. By reversing its decision from last year, this new SEC will make it very clear that it is not only at full strength, but strongly on the side of investors...

Goodbye to SEC Commissioner Paul Atkins
Jay Brown says good riddance: Atkins, in his six or so years on the Commission, managed to be on the opposite side of almost every shareholder friendly initiative of any great importance...

Miami Beach Drownings Result in $5.75 Million Settlement
Miami Beach Drownings Result in $5.75 Million Settlement

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Faces Class Action over Premium Access

Marvell
Settles Shareholder Class Action for $72 Million

Microsoft Corp.
allegedly failed to provide adequate access and service to Xbox Live and its subscribers.

Comverse Shareholder Settlement Agreed at $225 Million
Comverse Shareholder Settlement Agreed at $225 Million

Apeks Scuba Diving Regulator
Recalled Due To Missing Part