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SEC Enforcement – Top Seven Developments from June 2024
In June, four blockbuster court decisions were issued that will reshape the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission’s (the “SEC” or “Commission”) exercise of its authority in important ways. At the same time, regular business continued at the SEC as it brought a number of enforcement actions spanning several hot-button areas, including cybersecurity, artificial intelligence, and […]
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Tagged Chevron, Loper Bright, SEC v. Jarkesy, SEC v. SolarWinds, Supreme Court
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Data Breach Securities Class Actions: Record Settlements and Investor Claims on the Rise
Data Breach Securities Class Actions: Record Settlements and Investor Claims on the Rise Data breach related securities class action filings are on the rise. These lawsuits are based on allegations that companies misrepresented or misled investors about cybersecurity events, such as data breaches or security vulnerabilities, causing stock prices to fall when the truth is […]
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Tagged Cybersecurity, Data Breach, SEC, Shareholders
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Bridging the gap: Comparing board and C-suite perspectives
How effective is the board? It depends on who you ask In a time of change for many organizations, two recent PwC surveys show that boards and the C-suite don’t always see eye-to-eye on some key topics. We compared the results of our Annual Corporate Directors Survey (ACDS) and Board effectiveness: A survey of the C-suite. The findings […]
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Tagged Artificial intelligence, Board of Directors, C-suite, Executives
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California in Spotlight as Massachusetts Avoids Bill Targeting Private Equity in Healthcare
The Massachusetts legislative session for 2024 has come to a close without the passage of a bill that would have targeted private equity in healthcare. Introduced in May 2024, Massachusetts House Bill (HB) 4653 proposed to expand the reach of the Health Policy Commission (HPC) by requiring notice to the HPC of any transactions involving […]
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Tagged California, Healthcare, Massachusetts, Private equity
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Post-Doctoral and Graduate Corporate Governance Fellowships
The Program on Corporate Governance at Harvard Law School (HLS) is pleased to announce that it is seeking applications from highly qualified candidates who are interested in working with the Program as Post-Doctoral or Doctoral Corporate Governance Fellows. Applications are considered on a rolling basis, and the start date is flexible and can be negotiated […]
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Tagged Hiring
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Insider Trading by Other Means
For more than thirty years, one of the most prevalent strategies for insider trading has gone undetected and unaddressed. Our research uncovers the techniques by which executives and directors sell overvalued stock worth more than $100 billion per year, shifting losses to ordinary retail investors, without ever running the risk of prosecution or civil litigation. […]
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Posted in Academic Research
Tagged Board of Directors, Corporate governance, Insider trading, Securities Exchange Act
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The 2024 Proxy Season in 3 Charts
Now that the 2024 proxy-voting season is over, it’s time to zoom out, look at the major trends for the proxy-voting year that just ended, and assess what they could mean for the future. Most US asset managers have still yet to publish their voting records for the 2024 proxy year (which closed on June 30). […]
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Tagged anti-ESG, E&S, ESG, Proxy season, SEC
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Firm Boundaries and Voluntary Disclosure
A long literature examines the role of firms’ voluntary disclosures in facilitating monitoring and valuation by capital providers or withholding public information from competitors. However, little is known about how firms use their disclosures to coordinate with non-investor stakeholders. One particularly important set of non-investor stakeholders consists of firms’ supply chain partners, which are particularly […]
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Tagged disclosures, SEC, Stakeholders, Supply chain
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Weekly Roundup: August 9-15, 2024
A Proposal For Improving Trust In The Special Litigation Committee Process Posted by Mark Richardson (Labaton Keller Sucharow LLP) and Joel Fleming (Equity Litigation Group LLP), on Friday, August 9, 2024 Tags: Court of Chancery, SLC, Stockholder, Zapata Significant Amendments to the DGCL Are Set to Become Effective Posted by Amy Simmerman and Jason Schoenberg, […]
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Media reporting can make proxy season seem more dramatic than it is. While breathless coverage of board strife, impossibly high executive pay figures and shareholder activism at well-known companies is the norm, the overwhelming majority of director election and executive compensation proposals pass with majorities of 90% and upwards. The handful of proposals that fail […]
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Tagged Board of Directors, CEO compensation, CEOs, Shareholders, Shopify
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