Harvard Corporate Governance

APRIL 10, 2024

Posted by Andrew R. Droste, Columbia Threadneedle Investments, on Wednesday, April 10, 2024 Editor's Note: Andrew R. Droste is Head of Corporate Governance for North America at Columbia Threadneedle Investments. This post is based on his Columbia Threadneedle memorandum.

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Harvard Corporate Governance

AUGUST 17, 2023

Posted by Aaron Wendt and Krishna Shah, Glass, Lewis & Co, on Thursday, August 17, 2023 Editor's Note: Aaron Wendt is Director of U.S. Governance Policy and Krishna Shah is Director of North American Executive Compensation Research at Glass, Lewis & Co. This post is based on a Glass Lewis memorandum by Mr. Wendt, Ms.

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N Contracts

SEPTEMBER 8, 2022

This month’s Ncast Regulatory Brief podcast has got you covered. Ready for another month of regulatory changes, guidance, and news?

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Compliance 88

Benzinga

JANUARY 29, 2024

29, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Instinct Science, a leading software provider for veterinary hospitals, today announced that it has acquired VetMedux, a trusted education and point-of-care information company that owns Clinician's Brief and Plumb's Veterinary Drugs. DOYLESTOWN, Pa. and TULSA, Okla.,

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Mogin Rubin M&A

APRIL 14, 2023

The Federal Trade Commission recently filed an amicus brief in support of a generic drug maker’s antitrust case involving Apokyn®, a drug developed to treat late stages of Parkinson’s disease.

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Mckinsey and Company

JUNE 23, 2022

A new era is possible—one that sees growth and societal benefits as complementary goals that reinforce each other. Our weekly digest of McKinsey insights explores the topic.

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Law 360 M&A

JUNE 2, 2022

Prelogar's request to consolidate briefing schedules for two cases challenging the constitutionality of activities by the Federal Trade Commission and U.S. Supreme Court has granted ??U.S. Solicitor General Elizabeth B. Securities and Exchange Commission.

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N Contracts

JANUARY 12, 2024

The regulatory agencies – especially the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) – finished 2023 strong with a variety of enforcement actions, lawsuits, reports, final rules, and guidance.

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Compliance 98

Harvard Corporate Governance

NOVEMBER 13, 2023

The Match briefs, including several amicus briefs, have now been filed and argument has been set before the Court. [4] 3] The issue is the subject of further proceedings before the Delaware Supreme Court in the In re Match Group, Inc. Derivative Litigation appeal. 4] (more…)

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N Contracts

MAY 12, 2022

There’s no May-Day announcement in this month’s regulatory podcast, but as you’ll quickly see and hear our friends in Washington DC and the State houses have not been sitting still!

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Compliance 74

Harvard Corporate Governance

FEBRUARY 14, 2024

In brief Investors want companies to prioritize talent strategy and climate-related business transformation to build resilience in a dynamic business environment. Posted by Jamie Smith, EY, on Wednesday, February 14, 2024 Editor's Note: Jamie Smith is EY Americas Center for Board Matters Investor Outreach and Corporate Governance Director.

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N Contracts

APRIL 14, 2022

Happy Spring! We recorded this episode on April Fool’s Day, but as you’ll soon read, regulators were not fooling around in the month of March.

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Compliance 74

Appraisal Rights

JANUARY 28, 2021

Law360 reports here that Vice Chancellor Sam Glassock III has asked for supplemental motion-to-dismiss briefing on the role the implied covenant of good faith and fair dealing, as well as public policy arguments, should play in applying such provisions in stockholder agreements.

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Appraisal 52

Mckinsey and Company

JUNE 23, 2022

A new era is possible—one that sees growth and societal benefits as complementary goals that reinforce each other. Our weekly digest of McKinsey insights explores the topic.

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Harvard Corporate Governance

NOVEMBER 28, 2022

Source: “Shareholder Voting Trends (2018-2022),” The Conference Board , [link] org/topics/shareholder-voting/trends-2022- brief-1-environmental-climate-proposals and [link] board.org/topics/shareholder-voting/trends-2022-brief-2-human-capital- management-socialproposals.

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Harvard Corporate Governance

JANUARY 21, 2023

Whether you are an executive who has been meeting with the board regularly for years or you are in a new role that’s landing you on the agenda, these brief interactions play a huge role in the board’s view of your professional credibility. This post is based on their PwC memorandum.

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Benzinga

MAY 11, 2022

US Court Rules Against Elon Musk’s Infamous’ Funding Secured’ Tweet. District Judge Edward Chen of San Francisco ruled that Elon Musk’s 2018 tweets of secured funding to take Tesla, Inc (NASDAQ: TSLA ) private were inaccurate and reckless.

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Harvard Corporate Governance

DECEMBER 5, 2022

To determine progress, ISS Corporate Solutions assessed data on the Governance Quality Scores (GQS) of companies against a series of 11 cyber security GQS questions, including: “How often does senior leadership brief the board on information security matters?” senior leadership briefing boards on information security, only a minimal increase.

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Law 360 M&A

MARCH 5, 2024

The mode of legal reasoning most students learn in law school, often called “Issue, Rule, Application, Conclusion,” or IRAC, erroneously frames analysis as a separate, discrete step, resulting in disorganized briefs and untold obfuscation — but the fix is pretty simple, says Luke Andrews at Poole Huffman.

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N Contracts

AUGUST 9, 2023

July was a month full of enforcement actions, litigation, and a few final rules. From the latest with the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) and the courts to three multi-million-dollar enforcement actions covering everything from consumer harm to risk management, there’s a lot to unpack.

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Law 360 M&A

MAY 18, 2022

Tesla CEO Elon Musk and allies at Twitter Inc. struck back at a proposed class action in Delaware's Chancery Court that asserts his $44 billion all-cash, board-approved offer for the social media giant requires a two-thirds stockholder vote under state laws to curb hostile takeovers.

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Appraisal Rights

FEBRUARY 11, 2019

Law professors who filed an amicus brief in support of petitioners in the Aruba case have provided a useful summary of their arguments in this blog post from the Harvard Law Corporate Governance Forum.

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Harvard Corporate Governance

SEPTEMBER 25, 2023

and internationally, some boards are obtaining briefings on the competitive landscape, potential regulatory risks and opportunities, and the increased time and cost required to engage in M&A transactions. Preparing for Heightened Antitrust Scrutiny With antitrust scrutiny intensifying in the U.S. more…)

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Law 360 M&A

JANUARY 18, 2024

A Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP partner told a Manhattan federal jury Thursday that a Black attorney who claims he was fired for airing diversity concerns had turned in "unusable" work, testimony that followed a brief bid to impugn the partner's own performance.

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N Contracts

DECEMBER 13, 2023

December is here, and so is another episode of Ncontracts’ Regulatory Brief covering all the major regulatory news, trends, and updates of the past month.

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Law 360 M&A

OCTOBER 13, 2023

The most notable legal changes affecting Connecticut financial institutions in the third quarter of 2023 included increased regulatory protections for consumers, an expansion of state financial assistance for underserved communities, and a panoply of tweaks to existing laws, says Brian Rich at Barclay Damon.

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NYT M&A

JULY 19, 2022

Britain sets a heat record.

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Mergers & Acquisitions 58

Harvard Corporate Governance

NOVEMBER 26, 2023

In brief, the Final Rules accelerate the filing deadlines for Schedules 13D and 13G, provide guidance on the formation of a “group” and provide guidance on the treatment of cash-settled derivatives. Jackson Jr., and Wei Jiang.

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Mckinsey and Company

APRIL 28, 2023

Retail sales, dining out, tourism, and property purchases have seen a healthy recovery in the first quarter of the year.

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Harvard Corporate Governance

SEPTEMBER 16, 2022

This policy brief discusses cybersecurity from the corporate governance standpoint and illustrates how Nasdaq can implement cybersecurity into its ESG Reporting Guide, which is used by many public and private companies globally. .; and Corporate Purpose and Corporate Competition (discussed on the Forum here ) by Mark J.

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Auto Dealer Valuation Insights

SEPTEMBER 1, 2023

It seems unlikely that Goldman Sachs intended to own United Capital’s mass affluent business for only four years after its $750 million purchase in 2019. Especially considering that Goldman went through the trouble of rebranding the business to Personal Financial Management in an effort to offer more products and services to retail investors.

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Equilest

MAY 3, 2023

Equitest's platform is designed to be user-friendly and accessible to businesses and investors of all sizes. Equitest is well known for the support it provides.

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N Contracts

JUNE 12, 2023

It’s going to be a long, hot summer – but will financial institutions be feeling the heat when it comes to regulatory compliance?

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Compliance 76

N Contracts

MARCH 8, 2023

February may be a short month, but you wouldn’t know that looking at the regulatory news that came out. From proposed regulations to court cases, the Ncontracts team of regulatory experts had a busy month tracking and analyzing the news.

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Compliance 52

Mckinsey and Company

OCTOBER 5, 2023

Are new concerns reshaping global expectations for growth? Our weekly digest of insights explores that topic and more.

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Harvard Corporate Governance

MAY 15, 2023

Following a brief decline during the pandemic, shareholder activism in the US rebounded to pre-pandemic levels in 2022 despite—or perhaps because of—volatile markets, depressed share prices and macro-economic uncertainty. Bebchuk, Alon Brav, Wei Jiang, and Thomas Keusch; and Who Bleeds When the Wolves Bite?

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Harvard Corporate Governance

MAY 14, 2023

Such concerns had merit, and for a brief time the nation’s economy plummeted into recession. As the pandemic spread and global commerce grinded to a halt, there were predictions that mass lockdowns would create a severe global recession (or worse).

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