January - March 2016

• SEC's White Warns Silicon Valley on Valuations
  The Wall Street Journal, March 31, 2016
• G.E. Asks for Removal of 'Too Big to Fail' Label From GE Capital
  The New York Times, March 31, 2016
• Investors Should Pay Attention to What Companies Ask Them to Ignore
  The Wall Street Journal, March 31, 2016
• Investors Pull Cash From Hedge Funds as Returns Lag Market
  The Wall Street Journal, March 30, 2016
• MetLife Wins Battle to Remove 'Too Big to Fail' Label
  The New York Times, March 30, 2016
• MetLife and the Dodd-Frank Backlash
  The Wall Street Journal, March 30, 2016
• SEC Says Former Vanguard Lawyer Deserves Whistleblower Protection
  The Wall Street Journal, March 29, 2016
• Activist hedge funds found wanting in essential tasks
  Financial Times, March 29, 2016 article
  
• More Companies Placing Limits on Director Pay
  The Wall Street Journal, March 29, 2016
• Grooming Top Executives Includes Outside Board Experience
  The Wall Street Journal, March 28, 2016
• There Are Now More Fortune 500 Companies With All-Male Boards Than In 2015
  Fortune, March 28, 2016
• Avon's Deal With Activist Investors Avoids Proxy Fight
  The Wall Street Journal, March 28, 2016
• Westmoreland Coal reaches deal with big shareholder on board slots
  bizjournals.com, March 28, 2016
• Companies Invent Their Own Performance Benchmarks
  The Wall Street Journal, March 28, 2016
• Avon Nears Deal With Activist Investors to Avoid Proxy Fight
  The Wall Street Journal, March 28, 2016
• Valeant's Audit Committee Deserves More Scrutiny: Experts
  theStreet.com, March 27, 2016
• U.S. Companies Must Confirm, Not Certify White-Collar Compliance
  The Wall Street Journal, March 25, 2016
  
• Court Orders Company to Make Website Accessible to the Blind
  The Wall Street Journal, March 25, 2016
• Exxon Mobil must allow climate change vote: SEC
  Reuters, March 24, 2016
• Starboard Wants to Blow Up Yahoo's Board and Add People Who Are Too Busy
  Fortune, March 24, 2016
• Wall Street Faces New Rules on Pay
  The Wall Street Journal, March 23, 2016
• DOL, SEC fiduciary rules may diverge, Mary Jo White tells lawmakers
  InvestmentNews.com, March 22, 2016
• French companies scramble to appoint women to boards
  irishtimes.com, March 22, 2016
• UK blue-chip firms told to stop reporting every quarter
  Telegraph.com, March 20, 2016
• SEC says Amazon should allow shareholder vote on gender pay
  Reuters, March 18, 2016
• Despite Turbulence, Shareholder Activism Is Forecast to Stay Strong
  The New York Times, March 17, 2016
• J.P. Morgan, Citi Shareholders to Vote on Proposal About Potential Breakup
  The Wall Street Journal, March 16, 2016
• Viacom Names Salerno, Close to Redstone, as Lead Independent Director
  The Wall Street Journal, March 16, 2016
• Investors With a Cause Take a More Aggressive Tack
  The Wall Street Journal, March 15, 2016
• Rep. Hensarling Unveils Fresh Plan to Revamp Dodd-Frank
  The Wall Street Journal, March 15, 2016
  
• Companies Taking Longer to Investigate Hotline Allegations
  The Wall Street Journal, March 15, 2016
• Independent Women: Female Directors Drive Growth of Outsider Boards
  Equilar Blog, March 14, 2016
• Why the Gridlock Slowing New Rules for Wall Street Won't Go Away
  Bloomberg, March 14, 2016
• AstraZeneca Seeking to Link Executive Pay to $45 Billion Target
  Bloomberg, March 13, 2016
• Companies criticised over failure to disclose ethics
  Financial Times, March 13, 2016
• Chipotle Executives' Pay Is Tied to Share Price
  The Wall Street Journal, March 13, 2016
• Regulation-Induced Disclosures: Is 'More' Actually 'Less'?
  The Wall Street Journal, March 12, 2016
  
• Autodesk Chooses Peace With Activist Investors
  The New York Times, March 11, 2016
• Why Germany's New Quota for Women On Boards Looks Like a Bust
  Fortune, March 11, 2016
• Battle to Grade ESG Investments Heats Up
  The Wall Street Journal, March 11, 2016
• Yahoo Makes Rare Move in Naming an Independent CFO to Board
  The Wall Street Journal, March 11, 2016
• Bob Evans' Activist Shareholder Battles with Board He Helped Pick
  The Wall Street Journal, March 10, 2016
• GM Invites Hackers to Uncover Cybersecurity Gaps
  The Wall Street Journal, March 10, 2016
• Does Your Board Need a Tech Expert?
  Harvard Business Review, March 10, 2016
• Corporate Lawyers Side with Obama on Supreme Court Vacancy
  corporatecrimereporter, March 9, 2016
• Shareholder activism campaigns in 2015 smash prior record
  Reuters, March 8, 2016
• Icahn, Loeb and Other Activists Overlook Women for Board Seats
  Bloomberg, March 8, 2016
• United Continental Shareholders Launch Battle for Control
  The Wall Street Journal, March 8, 2016
• Valeant to appoint three new directors as soon as Wednesday: sources
  Reuters, March 8, 2016
• Roll-Back of Federal Regulations Isn't Easy
  The Wall Street Journal, March 8, 2016
• President Obama Meets With Supreme Court Candidates
  npr.org. March 8, 2016
• More CEO Jobs Are Going to Inside Candidates
  The Wall Street Journal, March 8, 2016
• Obama Defends His Record on Financial Regulation
  The Wall Street Journal, March 7, 2016
• Obama to Meet With Financial Regulators Over Consumer Protection, Financial Stability Rules
  The Wall Street Journal, March 5, 2016
• Boards, HR Need Greater Roles in Creating Healthy Culture
  The Wall Street Journal, March 4, 2016
• In Fledgling Exchange-Traded Fund, Striking a Blow for Women
  The New York Times, March 4, 2016
• In Deal Boom, More Firms Ask: Is My Banker Conflicted?
  The Wall Street Journal, March 2, 2016
• The SEC's Priorities in a Tricky Year
  Thinkadvisor.com, March 1, 2016
• New Set of Skills Sought for Investor Relations
  The Wall Street Journal, February 29, 2016
• Social Investing: The Good, The Bad, And The Ugly
  Forbes, February 29, 2016
• U.S., EU Release Text of New Agreement on Protecting Data Privacy
  The Wall Street Journal, February 29, 2016
  
• Jeff Immelt: GE 'Underowned' by Big Investors
  The Wall Street Journal, February 29, 2016
• Confirmation quagmire mustn't deter SEC
  investmentnews.com, February 28, 2016​
• Does Socially Responsible Investing Make Financial Sense?
  The Wall Street Journal, February 28, 2016
  
• SEC asks jurors to find New York brokers liable for insider trading
  Reuters, February 26, 2016
• As Company Disclosures Balloon, It's Getting Easier To Bury Information
  The Wall Street Journal, February 26, 2016
• Keeping Investors on a Need-to-Know Basis
  The New York Times, February 26, 2016
• Microsoft Shores Up Its Cyberattack Defenses
  The Wall Street Journal, February 25, 2016
• Prosecutorial Bent Shows in SEC Accounting-Fraud Push, Ex-Official Says
  The Wall Street Journal, February 25, 2016
• Few Sustainability Proposals Gain Traction, Bolstering Exxon
  The Wall Street Journal, February 25, 2016
• Outsourced Compliance Officer Trend Renews Standards Debate
  The Wall Street Journal, February 24, 2016
• U.S. Labor Dept., SEC clashed over retirement advice rule: report
  Reuters, February 24, 2016
• S&P 500 Earnings: Far Worse Than Advertised
  The Wall Street Journal, February 25, 2016
• SEC Weighs Testing Potential Investors
  The Wall Street Journal, February 23, 2016
• Stop Paying Executives for Performance
  Harvard Business Review, February 23, 2016
• More Countries to Join Effort to Close Corporate-Tax Loopholes
  The Wall Street Journal, February 23, 2016
  
• Compliance Heads: International Anti-Corruption Action Levels Field
  The Wall Street Journal, February 23, 2016
• German law authorizing privacy "class actions" goes into force
  dataprotectionreport.com, February 23, 2016
• DOJ's Caldwell: Plenty of FCPA Cases in Pipeline
  
  The Wall Street Journal, February 23, 2016
• Sharpening the Board's Role in Cyber-Risk Oversight
  The Wall Street Journal, February 22, 2016
• SEC to focus on asset management, disclosure, market structure in 2016
  Reuters, February, 22, 2016
• Banks Run by Women Might Be Less Vulnerable in a Crisis
  The Wall Street Journal, February 21, 2016
• China Issues Broad New Rules for Web
  The Wall Street Journal, February 21, 2016
  
• The Relationship Between Corporate Culture and Performance
  The Wall Street Journal, February 21, 2016
• Yahoo Hires Bankers as Board Explores Options
  The Wall Street Journal, February 19, 2016
  
• Vimpelcom Bribery Prevailed Vs Board, Legal Scrutiny
  The Wall Street Journal, February 19, 2016
  
• ISS recommends Viacom investors withhold support for six directors
  Reuters, February 19, 2016
• SEC Weighs Universal Proxy Vote Cards
  The Wall Street Journal, February 19, 2016
• Don't Make Me Do This: Rise of the Reluctant Activist
  The Wall Street Journal, February 18, 2016
• SEC brings new charges over global press release hacking scheme
  Reuters, February 18, 2016
• Have Activist Investors Finally Lost Their Luster?
  Forbes, February 18, 2016
• Activist investor targets L.B. Foster, wins seat on board of struggling company
  triblive.com, February 17, 2016
• Business Roundtable Chief: Corporate Tax System Needs Overhaul, Not Piecemeal Fixes
  The Wall Street Journal, February 17, 2016
• Rolls-Royce ready to give activist investor a board seat
  theguardian.com, February 17, 2016
• Internal Auditors Tackling Cybersecurity
  accountingtechnology.com, February 17,2016
• Pension funds put activism before investment returns
  ocregister.com, February 16, 2016
• Governance Push May Split Large Shareholders from Activists
  The Wall Street Journal, February 16, 2016
• SEC nominations could stall amid partisan warfare over Supreme Court vacancy
  InvestmentNews.com, February 16, 2016
• Watchdog clears U.S. SEC's in-house judges of bias allegations
  Reuters, February 16, 2016
• What Would Scalia Want in His Successor? A Dissent Offers Clues
  The New York Times, February 15, 2016
  
• The Big Number
  The Wall Street Journal, February 15, 2016
• How Scalia's Death Affects 9 Big Cases At Supreme Court
  Forbes, February 14, 2106
• Tangled: Minority Shareholders Wage Legal Battle Over Euro Disney
  The Wall Street Journal, February 12, 2016
• SEC Will Only Target Directors in Egregious Cases
  Bloomberg, February 11, 2016
• Activist Investors Make Peace With AIG
  The Wall Street Journal, February 11, 2016
• SEC Has 'Open Investigations' of Private Offerings to Accredited Investors
  Thinkadvisor.com, February 10, 2016
• White House Proposes New Cybersecurity Plan
  The Wall Street Journal, February 9, 2016
• Gender and Board Activeness: The Role of a Critical Mass
  The CLS Blue Sky Blog, February 9, 2016
• Experts: Company Directors Could Fall Under Deferred Comp Rules
  corpcounsel.com, February 9, 2016
• Multiple Women in C-Suite Boost Company Profitability by 15%
  Bloomberg, February 8, 2016
• Top Executives' Medical Issues: Whose Business Is It Anyway?
  CIO Today, February 8, 2016
• Group Blasts Fed for Lack of Diversity in Leadership
  The Wall Street Journal, February 8, 2016
  
• Deal talk during 2011 Super Bowl led to insider trading, SEC says
  Reuters, February 8,  2016
• Credit Suisse C.E.O. Asks for a Cut in His Bonus
  The New York Times, February 7, 2016
• EU Privacy Regulators Delay Possible Crackdown on Data Transfers to U.S.
  The Wall Street Journal, February 3, 2016
• The Most Thankless Job on Wall Street Gets a New Worry
  The Wall Street Journal, February 3, 2016
• Redstone Resigns as CBS Executive Chairman
  The Wall Street Journal, February 3, 2016
• Activists' Sway Shows Its Limits
  The Wall Street Journal, February 1, 2016
• Retirement Plans Will Be 'Next Evolution' in ESG Investing
  thinkadvisor.com, February 1, 2016
• More women becoming non-execs but few win seats at the top table
  telegraph.com, February 1, 2016
• Alcoa Reaches Deal With Elliott on Board Members
  The Wall Street Journal, February 1, 2016
  
• IEX Debate Escalates With Public Knock to NYSE's Systems
  Bloomberg, January 31, 2016
• IPOs and Camouflage of Shareholder-Unfriendly Governance Provisions
  lawprofessors.typepad.com, January 30, 2016
  
• SEC Invite List Offends NYSE, Nasdaq
  The Wall Street Journal, January 29, 2016
  
• Obama Plan Would Force Pay Disclosures by Gender
  The Wall Street Journal, January 29, 2016
• Why Good Governance Stock Index Lacks Expert Judgment
  The New York Times, January 29, 2016
  
• A Board Struggles With Its CEO's Borrowing
  The Wall Street Journal, January 28, 2016
• Corporate Lawyers Say They Are Spending More In-House
  The New York Times, January 28, 2016
  
• Xerox to Split in Two; Carl Icahn to Get Three Board Seats
  The Wall Street Journal, January 28, 2016
• Latest Tactic Against SEC's In-House Court: Don't Show Up
  Bloomberg, January 27, 2016
• EU Plans New Tax Rules for Companies
  The Wall Street Journal, January 27, 2016
• SEC Chief: Board Diversity Is a Priority for Agency in 2016
  The Wall Street Journal, January 27, 2016
• The one CEO perk that's not fading away
  The Washington Post, January 26, 2016
• Investor seeks ouster of independent director on Allegiant parent company's board
  reviewjournal.com, January 25, 2016
• S.E.C. Is Criticized for Lax Enforcement of Climate Risk Disclosure
  The New York Times, January 23, 2016
• Hedge Fund Activism: A Guide for the Perplexed
  New York Law Journal, January 21, 2016
• Fix Corporate Taxes? Good Luck With That
  Bloomberg, January, 20, 2016
• Proposed Legislation Would Add Scrutiny of Wall Street Regulators
  The New York Times, January 19, 2016
• Passive investors are good corporate stewards
  Financial Times, January 19, 2016
• Viacom CEO Dauman Tries to Keep Distance From Redstone Lawsuit
  The Wall Street Journal, January, 19, 2016
• SEC Files Third Appeal of Halted Administrative Case
  Bloomberg, January 19, 2016
• U.S. Chamber Renews Call for Safe Harbor Action
  The Wall Street Journal, January, 19, 2016
• PwC: CEOs are seriously worried about geopolitical threats to their businesses
  businessinsider.com, January 19, 2016
• Boards Get More Independent, but Ties Endure
  The Wall Street Journal, January, 19, 2016
• From advisers to deciders: corporations tap lawyers for their boards
  dallasnews.com, January 18, 2016
• Audit merry-go-round increases competition but limits choice 
  Financial Times, January 17, 2016
• SEC Administrative Proceedings Increase as Constitutional Challenges Continue
  Metropolitan Corporate Counsel, January 17, 2015
• The $578 Billion Push for Boards With More Than Just White Men
  Bloomberg, January 13, 2015
• SEC Probes of Public Companies Steered Toward In-House Courts
  The Wall Street Journal, January 12, 2016
• Everything Old Is New Again: Why the Yates Memo Is Constitutionally Suspect
  corporatecounsel.net, January 11, 2016
• Could legislation help boost women on boards
  The Washington Post, January 11, 2016
• Investors Gain Greater Clout Over Boards
  The Wall Street Journal, January 10, 2016
• Steven Cohen comes out ahead in SEC battle
  Financial Times, January, 10, 2016
• On Finance Talent, Valeant Board Enjoys an Embarrassment of Riches
  The Wall Street Journal, January 8, 2016
• Ratings Agencies Still Coming Up Short, Years After Crisis
  The New York Times, January 8, 2016
• German companies to slim down quarterly reporting
  Reuters, January 8, 2016
• Starboard Threatens Proxy Fight at Yahoo
  The Wall Street Journal, January 6, 2016
• Market Structure Key Priority for SEC Investor Advocate
  Bloomberg, January 6, 2016
• The Morning Risk Report: FinCEN's New Targets
  The Wall Street Journal, January 6, 2016
• The Judge Who Shoots Down Merger Lawsuits
  The Wall Street Journal, January 6, 2016
• Apple Shareholders May Be Voting on Diversity Proposal
  Bloomberg, January 4, 2016
• Dropping Out: University Officials Leave Chinese Corporate Boards
  The Wall Street Journal, January 4, 2016

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