Harvard Corporate Governance

SEPTEMBER 12, 2022

The number of failed say-on-pay votes has increased meaningfully since 2018. Among the S&P 500, the number of failed votes has more than doubled since 2018 (18 in 2022 compared to seven in 2018), while the number among the Russell 3000 has increased from 54 in 2018 to 64 in 2022. However, broadly speaking, U.S.

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Appraisal Rights

FEBRUARY 2, 2018

2018 looks to be filled with further developments. A trio of Law360 articles have highlighted the robust appraisal activity of 2017 – and suggested some cases to watch in 2018. As courts wrestle with the specific circumstances of each case, we expect a busy 2018 in appraisal.

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Appraisal Rights

MAY 24, 2018

If adopted, the appraisal amendments would become effective August 1, 2018. We previously covered the proposed DGCL amendments, which would make changes to the appraisal statute with respect to intermediate-form mergers, and clarify requirements for disclosure with respect to the number of shares not voting for a merger.

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Cooley M&A

JANUARY 12, 2018

The January 12, 2018, edition of TechCrunch’s weekly venture capital-focused podcast, Equity, looks back at the past year’s M&A transactions and evaluates what’s in store for 2018. Listen to the podcast. Jamie Leigh.

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Cooley M&A

JANUARY 24, 2018

Trump’s agency appointments are setting the antitrust agenda in 2018.

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Burch & Co.

JUNE 6, 2018

The post AM&AA The Alliance 2018 Summer M&A Conference appeared first on Home. We will be meeting with M&A Advisors and Intermediaries as well as Private Equity groups while attending this conference. Our goal is to get a better understanding of the regional third party compliance needs and to expand our network of contacts.

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Harvard Corporate Governance

NOVEMBER 2, 2023

As described in the complaint, the SEC charged the former executives with orchestrating a fraudulent scheme to overstate revenue by recording revenue from non-binding purchase orders and concealing the practice from the company’s auditors.

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Harvard Corporate Governance

DECEMBER 7, 2023

In the S&P 500, the percentage of directors with such experience—as reported in the proxy statement or other disclosure documents—declined from 70 percent in 2018 to 59 percent in 2023. In the Russell 3000, the decline was even more pronounced, from 68 percent in 2018 to 55 percent in 2023. more…)

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Law 360 M&A

MARCH 28, 2024

million deal to bring an end to a yearslong battle with stockholders who alleged they were given misleading information about the global real estate company's 2018 acquisition of U.S. Brookfield Property Partners LP has reached a tentative $42.5 mall operator GGP Inc.

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Cooley M&A

FEBRUARY 8, 2018

What’s on tap for 2018 M&A? A recap of 2017 trends and the Cooley outlook on this year’s dealmaking: Buying Innovation: Retention and Non-Competes. For both old-line companies and tech giants, innovation is the name of the game.

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Harvard Corporate Governance

JULY 13, 2022

The impact of California’s landmark 2018 legislation requiring gender diversity on the boards of public companies headquartered in the state has been stunning. In 2018, nearly one-third of public company boards in California were composed of all men. However, progress has been uneven.

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Harvard Corporate Governance

AUGUST 1, 2023

Specifically, since 2018, the market has reacted positively to new activist situations, with attractive short-term share price outperformance, but relatively few activists have been able to sustain market-beating performance throughout the first year following a campaign launch. corporations are managed.

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Harvard Corporate Governance

AUGUST 18, 2022

This post presents a case study of US large and mid-cap equities and their subsequent three-year dividend growth, distinguishing among them based on their ESG ratings at the start of the study period, December 2018. The 2018 and 2021 dividends are used to calculate a three-year dividend growth rate. more…).

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Harvard Corporate Governance

FEBRUARY 2, 2024

As illustrated in Figure 1, among firms with mutual fund equity ownership and outstanding bonds, the percentage of firms with dual holdings increased from 38% in 2008 to 58% in 2018, and firm-level mutual fund dual holding intensity (MFDH) increased threefold. more…)

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Harvard Corporate Governance

FEBRUARY 21, 2024

1] The plaintiff-stockholders alleged that Tesla’s directors breached their fiduciary duties by awarding Musk performance-based stock options in January 2018 with a potential $55.8 A February 8, 2018 proxy statement (the “Proxy”) notified stockholders of a vote on the Grant, which was held on March 21, 2018. Tornetta et al.

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Harvard Corporate Governance

FEBRUARY 24, 2023

Introduction The more things change… On the board’s agenda first focused on the upcoming year’s “hot topics” in January 2018. [1] Of course, many matters have been added to board agendas since 2018 and will remain priority items in 2023.

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Harvard Corporate Governance

NOVEMBER 20, 2023

across the same period in 2018. This high level of departures should be creating an opportunity to accelerate progress on gender parity among CEOs—and it is, to an extent. In 2023 so far, 15% (on average) of those taking a CEO role have been women. This is up 9.7% more…)

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Appraisal Rights

MARCH 13, 2019

According this report from Cornerstone Research, the number of mergers where appraisal was demanded has returned to levels seen in 2012-2015, demonstrating a further decline from the spike in appraisal in 2016. We covered the start of the reversion in 2017 previously. To begin, a caution.

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Appraisers Blog

APRIL 7, 2024

2018 to present is 6 years, we are supposed to keep them for 5 year unless it went to court, and then more years after the conclusion of the court. In reply to Baggins. Wow, interesting, If my memory serves me, when you review an appraisal you must review it based upon the USPAP that was in force in the year of the appraisal report.

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Harvard Corporate Governance

APRIL 11, 2022

The last time the SEC issued interpretive guidance for public companies on cyber risk was in 2018 ( see 2018 Commission Statement and Guidance on Public Company Cybersecurity Disclosures). [1]

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Harvard Corporate Governance

MARCH 29, 2024

We characterize over 6,500 trades in 975 firms from 1995 to 2018, representing many assets and market conditions. To enhance our understanding, we contribute in three ways: We manually collect data on individual trades and the resulting legal outcomes from 530 illegal trading investigations prosecuted by the SEC.

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Mckinsey and Company

OCTOBER 11, 2023

In 2018, we foresaw medical affairs playing a more strategic role and contributing greater patient impact. That future is now; there’s work to be done to realize it and reach the next level vision.

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Law Essentials M&A

MARCH 23, 2022

This blog is written by Salvee, B.A.LLB 4th Year, BVDU, New Law College, Pune

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Benzinga

APRIL 20, 2022

Pune, India, April 20, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The global seed treatment market is expected to expand remarkably on account of growth of the agriculture industry, offering insights into various factors driving the global market.

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Harvard Corporate Governance

MAY 15, 2023

Specifically, there was an approximately 36 percent increase in activist campaigns in 2022 compared to 2021, and 2022 was the busiest year for activists since 2018. Against this backdrop, we looked at the following developments that are shaping the activism landscape in the US so far in 2023. more…)

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Harvard Corporate Governance

APRIL 2, 2024

This is evidenced by an aggressive legislative agenda featuring 181 anti-ESG bills proposed or enacted between 2018 and 2023. ESG (Environmental Social Governance) is in the crosshairs of a conservative campaign against “woke capitalism”. Attacks on the legitimacy and practical possibility of ESG are starting to bear fruit.

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Harvard Corporate Governance

FEBRUARY 1, 2024

The plan offers Musk the opportunity to secure 12 total tranches of options, each representing 1% of Tesla’s total outstanding shares as of January 21, 2018. He claims that Tesla, Inc.’s s directors breached their fiduciary duties by awarding Elon Musk a performance-based equity-compensation plan.

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Harvard Corporate Governance

FEBRUARY 28, 2024

Nevertheless, shareholder activists proved to be highly impactful in 2023 in terms of their ability to influence boards, obtaining a record number of board seats since 2018. more…)

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Harvard Corporate Governance

AUGUST 23, 2023

for the first half of 2018. This high level of departures should be creating an opportunity to accelerate progress on gender parity among CEOs. This year, 13% of those taking a CEO role have been women, up from 2.4% But the picture varies significantly around the world: (more…)

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Gross Mendelsohn

DECEMBER 15, 2023

The employee, Amit Patel, was a mid-level employee who worked for the team for at least five full seasons, beginning in 2018. As first reported by The Athletic , a former employee in the finance department of the Jacksonville Jaguars is facing federal charges for allegedly stealing more than $22 million from the team over a four-year period.

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Harvard Corporate Governance

JUNE 29, 2023

Supreme Court’s 2018 ruling in Digital Realty Trust, Inc. Introduced by Senators Grassley (R-IA) and Warren (D-MA) on March 15, and cosponsored by Senators Collins (R-ME), Warnock (D-GA) and Cortez Masto (D-NV), this legislation is designed to make some important improvements to the SEC’s existing program.

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Norman Marks

MARCH 28, 2024

I have written a lot over the years about risk appetite and the value of risk appetite statements, both here on this blog and also in my books, especially World-Class Risk Management (2015) and Risk Management in Plain English: A Guide for Executives, Enabling Success through Intelligent and Informed Risk-Taking (2018).

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Benzinga

MARCH 29, 2023

First Deals In Crypto Began In 2018 When Bitcoin (CRYPTO: BTC ) lost its dubbing of an ominous bubble in 2018, many large players started entering the cryptocurrency market, dragging along with them the first M&As.

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NYT M&A

FEBRUARY 3, 2023

The case centers on whether investors lost money because they believed Mr. Musk’s social media posts about taking Tesla private in 2018.

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Law 360 M&A

FEBRUARY 2, 2024

The Delaware Supreme Court has upheld a decision ending consolidated derivative litigation by Baker Hughes stockholders who alleged a series of transactions in 2018 unfairly benefited GE, finding that the Court of Chancery had discretion to dismiss the case based on testimony of a one-member litigation committee.

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NYT M&A

JANUARY 20, 2023

The chief executive of Tesla testified in a federal civil trial about a 2018 plan to take the automaker private that fizzled out.

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Benzinga

APRIL 24, 2023

The retail giant acquired Eloquii in 2018 to boost its digital apparel brands. Walmart Inc (NYSE: WMT ) plans to sell its plus-size fashion brand Eloquii Inc to FullBeauty Brands. The financial terms of the transaction were not disclosed.

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