Weekly Roundup: November 18-24, 2022

Weekly Roundup
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This roundup contains a collection of the posts published on the Forum during the week of November 18-24, 2022

Remarks by Commissioner Uyeda at the 2022 Cato Summit on Financial Regulation

Posted by Mark T. Uyeda, U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, on Friday, November 18, 2022

Tags: Asset management, Disclosure, ESG, Financial regulation, SEC enforcement, Stewardship

Remarks by Commissioner Peirce before FINRA’s Certified Regulatory and Compliance Professional Dinner

Posted by Hester M. Peirce, U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, on Friday, November 18, 2022

Tags: Alternative entities, compliance, Disclosure, Financial regulation, Index funds, Mutual funds, Shareholder voting

SEC Releases Final Rules Regarding Clawback Policies for Public Issuers

Posted by Jamin Koslowe, Gregory T. Grogan, Karen Hsu Kelley, Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP, on Saturday, November 19, 2022

Tags: Clawbacks, Compensation disclosure, Exchange Act, Financial reporting, SEC, TSR

Boards: Stepping Up as Stewards of Sustainability

Posted by Frederik Otto, Rachael De Renzy Channer, Ashley Summerfield, The Sustainability Board Report, on Sunday, November 20, 2022

Tags: Board culture, board diversity, Board of Directors, ESG, Esg governance, Sustainability

Updating Annual Report Risk Factors

Posted by Maia Gez, Era Anagnosti, Melinda Anderson, White & Case LLP, on Monday, November 21, 2022

Tags: COVID-19, Cybersecurity, ESG, Inflation Reduction Act, Risk assessment, Ukraine

The Evolution of ESG Reports and the Role of Voluntary Standards

Posted by Ethan Rouen (Harvard Business School), Kunal Sachdeva (Rice University), Aaron Yoon (Northwestern University), on Monday, November 21, 2022

Tags: Corporate Social Responsibility, Disclosure, ESG, Esg governance, SASB, Stakeholders

Bylaw Amendments, Shareholder Activism, and Flying Close to the Sun

Posted by Leonard Wood, Derek Zaba, Kai H.E. Liekefett, Sidley Austin LLP, on Monday, November 21, 2022

Tags: Delaware articles, Delaware cases, Proxy contests, Schedule 13D, Shareholder activism, Unocal v. Mesa

Fifth Circuit Declines to Rehear Sweeping Decision That Hamstrings SEC’s Enforcement Program

Posted by George S. Canellos, Tawfiq S. Rangwala, John J. Hughes III, Milbank, on Tuesday, November 22, 2022

Tags: ALJs, Free Enterprise Fund v. PCAOB, SEC, SEC enforcement, SEC rulemaking, Supreme Court

Boardroom Racial Diversity: Evidence from the Black Lives Matter Protests

Posted by Anete Pajuste, Maksims Dzabarovs and Romans Madesovs (Stockholm School of Economics), on Tuesday, November 22, 2022

Tags: board diversity, Board of Directors, Compliance & ethics, Manager characteristics, Managmenet, Stakeholders

The Playing Field

Posted by Ali Saribas, Marianne Mitchell, Anais Sachiko Gaiffe, SquareWell Partners, on Tuesday, November 22, 2022

Tags: Asset management, Corporate governance, ESG, Esg governance, Proxy advisors, Sustainability

EU’s New ESG Reporting Rules Will Apply to Many US Issuers

Posted by Emma Bichet, Jack Eastwood, and Michael Mencher, Cooley LLP, on Wednesday, November 23, 2022

Tags: Corporate governance, ESG, Esg governance, EU, SEC enforcement, Sustainability

Universal Proxy Creates New Type of Proxy Fight

Posted by Pat Tucker, Garrett Muzikowski, Alanna Fishman, FTI Consulting, on Wednesday, November 23, 2022

Tags: ESG, Esg governance, SEC, Shareholder activism, Sustainability, universal proxy rule

Review of Comments on SEC Climate Rulemaking

Posted by Cynthia A. Williams (Indiana University) and Robert G. Eccles (Oxford University), on Wednesday, November 23, 2022

Tags: climate disclosures, Disclosure, investors, regulation, scope 3 disclosures, SEC enforcement