July - September 2016

- Canada Board Diversity Proposal Said to Affect 600 TSX Companies, Bloomberg.com, September 30, 2016
- Yahoo hack may become test case for SEC data breach disclosure rules, Reuters, September 30, 2016
- UK privacy watchdog to crack down on tech giants amid Facebook and Yahoo investigations, telegraph.com, September 29, 2016
- Bill introduced in Parliament would vanquish ‘zombie’ directors who fail to win majority shareholder votes, financialpost.com, September 29, 2016
- SEC Approves Rules for Clearinghouses Deemed Too Big to Fail, Wall Street Journal, September 28, 2016
- CEO Pay Ratio Lower than Expected: Mercer, cfo.com, September 28, 2016
- To Disclose or Not to Disclose? Wells Fargo Woes Shine Light on a Knotty Problem, Wall Street Journal, September 28, 2016
- Voluntary Audit Disclosures Continue to Grow, cfo.com, September 28, 2016
- Companies Lack Incentive to Cut Back Financial Disclosure, Wall Street Journal, September 28, 2016
- Longtime Activist Investor Ralph Whitworth Dies After Cancer Battle, Wall Street Journal, September 29, 2016
- The Morning Risk Report: In 2016 Proxy Ballots, Access is Out, Environment is In, Wall Street Journal, September 27, 2016
- S.E.C. Takes Different Strategy in Insider Trading Case, New York Times, September 26, 2016
- Investors Demand More Sustainability Disclosures From Companies, Wall Street Journal, September 26, 2016
- Congress Meets, With 5 Days to Avoid Shutdown Over Funding, New York Times, September 26, 2016
- Wells Fargo case highlights need to monitor employees with stressful performance goals, Reuters, September 22, 2016
- Wells Fargo Tests Justice Department’s Get-Tough Approach, New York Times, September 22, 2016
- Dealpolitik: Liability for Wells Fargo Mess Could Seep Into Boardroom, Wall Street Journal, September 22, 2016
- SEC Accuses Leon Cooperman of Insider Trading, Wall Street Journal, September 21, 2016
- U.K.'s Theresa May, at U.N. Seeks to Assure Allies Over Brexit, Wall Street Journal, September 21, 2016
- Directors at Wells Come Under Fire, Wall Street Journal, September 21, 2016
- EU Data Privacy "Decathlon" is Worth it for Multinational Companies, Wall Street Journal, September 20, 2016
- Activism in Europe is Expected to Reach Record Levels in 2016, ValueWalk, September 20, 2016
- SEC Awards $4M to Whistleblower, TheHill.com, September 20, 2016
- SEC Investigating Exxon on Valuing of Assets, Accounting Practices, Wall Street Journal, September 20, 2016
- European Commission Plans to Overhaul How Companies Report Profits, The Guardian, September 20, 2016
- The Wells Fargo Board Committee in Charge of Stopping Phony Accounts Rarely Met, Fortune, September 20, 2016
- Sports Direct Bows to Pressure and Announces Review of Working Practices, Independent, September 20, 2016
- Britain's May meets Goldman, Amazon, IBM to discuss post-Brexit investment, Reuters, September 19, 2016
- When to Disclose You've Been Hacked, Wall Street Journal, September 19, 2016
- Should Wells Fargo Bankers Give Back Their Pay, Wall Street Journal, September 19, 2016
- Why Basing Executive Compensation on a Formula Doesn't Work, Wall Street Journal, September 18, 2016
- Rolling DOL Fiduciary Guidance Begins in Fall: DOL's Hauser, ThinkAdvisor, September 16, 2016
- PCAOB Sanctions Audit Firms and Partners for Violating Independence Rules, September 16, 2017
- U.S. Lawmakers Ask Wells About Taking Back Bonuses Linked to Scam Case, Reuters, September 16, 2016
- SEC Whistleblower Program The Only Success in Enforcement, ValueWalk, September 15, 2016
- Investor Asks Wells Fargo to Split Chairman, CEO Roles, Wall Street Journal, September 15, 2016
- Is There Life After the SEC? Yes, On Corporate Boards, Bloomberg, September 15, 2016
- Automated Trading Could Work Against Investors: Sec Chief, Reuters, September 14, 2016
- Stock-Option Exchanges are Make a Bit of a Comeback, Wall Street Journal, September 14, 2016
- Activist Pushes for Shake-up at Wells Fargo, FT.com, September 14, 2016
- Should Say-on-Pay Votes Be Binding? CLS Blue Sky Blog, September 13, 2016
- SEC Chairwoman Mary Jo White Says Agency Mulling Fiduciary Duty, Investment News, September 12, 2016
- Employees Could Face Jail for Failing to Prevent Money Laundering, Corruption and Fraud by Their Staff, Dailymail.com, September 12, 2016
- Activist on Call: Seagate Brokers Deal to Bring in ValuAct, Wall Street Journal,September 12, 2016
- The Rich World is not Suffering an Outbreak of Accounting Fraud, The Economist, September 10, 2016
- TUC Urges Theresa May to Help Rein Back Director's Pay, The Guardian, September 10, 2016
- Corporate America Now Seeking Activist Shareholder Help, Forbes, September 9, 2016
- The Life Changing Magic of Turning Employees into Shareholders, The Atlantic, September 8, 2016
- Sports Director Chairman Faces New Vote as Re-Election Opposed, Bloomberg, September 7, 2016
- The Era of Shareholder Engagement - The Best or Worst of Times?, Forbes, September 6, 2016
- Sports Direct Bows to Investor Fury with Governance Review, Bloomberg, September 6, 2016
- Rising Tide of Shareholders Protest Generous U.K. Pay Packages, Bloomberg, September 4, 2016
- 8 out of 10 Listed Firms Have Poor Corporate Governance, Korean Herald, September 2, 2016
- Companies Back Microsoft's Efffort to Alert Users When Authorities Seek Their Data, Wall Street Journal, September 2, 2016
- Comment Letters on SEC Rules for Small Companies Call for More Nuance, Wall Street Journal, September 1, 2016
NZX Call for Greater Transparency Around CEOs Pay, NZ Herald News, August 31, 2016
Women Bring More Tech Expertise to the Boardroom than Men do, Fortune, August 31, 2016
RBC to Pay 2.5 Million Neither Admit Nor Deny SEC Charges of Proxy Statement Violations,Corporate Crime Reporter, August 31, 2016
Whistleblowing Practices and Severance Agreements - What Works, Reuters, August 30, 2016
Director Age and Tenure: How Old is Too Old?, Bloomberg, August 30, 2016
Fiduciary Responsibility and Climate Change, Corporate Knights, August 30, 2016
Buyout Firm's Hushed Deals with Top Investors Risk U.S. Regulator's Ire, Reuters, August 30, 2016
Virtually No Institutional Investors are Happy with Activist Hedge Funds Right Now, Bloomberg, August 29, 2016
Williams Adds Three New Directors Ahead of Proxy Battle, Wall Street Journal, August 29, 2016
A Fresh Batch of the Largest U.S. Employers is Joining White House Effort to Lift Women's Earnings, Wall Street Journal, August 26, 2016
How Delaware Kept America Safe for Corporate Secrecy, reuters.com, August 25, 2016
Sports Direct Slammed As Investors Snap Over Governance, bloomberg.com, August 25, 2016
We're Paying CEO's All Wrong, bloomberg.com, August 25, 2016
Crunch Time on Wall Street Rules for SEC, TheHill.com, August 25, 2016
How Delaware Kept America Safe for Corporate Secrecy, reuters.com, August 25, 2016
Sports Direct Slammed As Investors Snap Over Governance, bloomberg.com, August 25, 2016
We're Paying CEO's All Wrong, bloomberg.com, August 25, 2016
Crunch Time on Wall Street Rules for SEC, TheHill.com, August 25, 2016
7 Charts Show How Political Affiliation Shapes U.S. Boards, Harvard Business Review, August 23, 2016
Earnings Hysteria' Pits ISS Against Clinton and Fink on CEO Pay, bloomberg.com, August 23, 2016
Hillary Clinton Calls for Simplifying Regulations for Community Banks, Credit Unions, The Wall Street Journal, August 23, 2016
Poll: One-fifth of Finland's professors on corporate boards, yle.fi, August 22, 2016
Activist Investor Seeks to Replace Entire Williams Board, The Wall Street Journal, August 22, 2016
British PM faces struggle to keep executive pay in check, reuters.com, August 22, 2016
BlackRock takes an activist stance on voting rights in Hong Kong to foster corporate governance, scmp.com, August 21, 2016
Nonprofit Hospitals’ Business Relationships Can Present Conflicts, The Wall Street Journal, August 21, 2016
SEC's courts still appear biased, investmentnews.com, August 21, 2016
To Crack Down on Securities Fraud, States Reward Whistle-Blowers, The New York Times, August 21, 2016
SEC Shamed: Whistleblower Refuses Multimillion Dollar Award Due to Ex-Deutsche Bank Attorneys at SEC Protecting Deutsche Execs (and Themselves), nakedcapitalism.com, August 19, 2016
Corporate directors focusing on cybersecurity, sandiegouniontribune.com, August 19, 2016
The Diversity Police Raid the Boardroom, The Wall Street Journal, August 17, 2016
Female CEO's Have a 1 in 4 Chance of Being Targeted by Activist Investors, August 16, 2016
Activist Pressures Ratner Family to Relax Control of Forest City, The Wall Street Journal, August 10, 2016
Wall Street Pushes Back on Proposed Rules on Executive Compensation, The Wall Street Journal, August 9, 2016
Appeals Court Upholds SEC's In-House Court as Constitutional, The Wall Street Journal, August 9, 2016
SASB Sees SEC Moving Toward Sustainability Disclosure, Accounting Today, August 8, 2016
Some Small-Business Owners Trim Expansion Plans, Cite New Labor Law, The Wall Street Journal, August 5, 2016
Business Groups Sue U.S. Government Over Tax-Inversion Rules, The Wall Street Journal, August 4, 2016
Pay Inequality Poses a Concern in Boardrooms, Too, The Wall Street Journal, August 2, 2016
Sustainability Disclosures Emerge As Continuous Issues in SEC Plan, Bloomberg, August 1, 2016
More Companies Are Choosing a Sale Over an IPO, The Wall Street Journal, August 1, 2016
Supreme Court Could Redefine Insider Trading Law, The New York Times, August 1, 2016
A United Effort to Overhaul Corporate Governance, The New York Times, August 1, 2016
CIT Pioneers Pay Link to 'Tone At The Top' for CEO, The Wall Street Journal, July 26, 2016
How FedEx changed its earnings release after SEC warning, marketwatch.com, July 25, 2016
Sorry Mrs May, but employee-directors could damage our best boardrooms, telegraph.co.uk, July 23, 2016
Under pressure from SEC, Microsoft refines use of non-standard numbers, marketwatch.com, July 20, 2016
DOL Overstepped Its Authority With Fiduciary Rule, US Chamber Tells Judge, thinkadvisor.com, July 20, 2016
Companies Forgot About Mom-and-Pop Investors...Until Now, The Wall Street Journal, July 19, 2016
Electronic Arts to Cut Back on Reporting Adjusted Figures, The Wall Street Journal, July 19, 2016
First Legal Challenge to the U.K.'s Brexit Gets Under Way, The Wall Street Journal, July 19, 2016
Big funds push back against activist investor settlements, Reuters, July 18, 2016
DOL Fiduciary Guidance Coming Soon, thinkadvisor.com, July 18, 2016
Lawmakers Urge Greater Scrutiny of IPO Fees, The Wall Street Journal, July 15, 2016
EU Commissioner Jonathan Hill Says Excessive Financial Regulation Hurts Growth, The Wall Street Journal, July 14, 2016
It’s Time to Get Politics Out of Money, Institutional Investor, July 13, 2016
Brexit to Trigger UK Recession over Coming Year, Reuters, July 13, 2016
IMF Sees "Negligible" Brexit Impact on U.S. Growth, Reuters, July 13, 2016
In Uncertain Times, CEOs Loose Faith in Forecasts, The Wall Street Journal, July 13, 2016
Buybacks Pump up Stock Rally, The Wall Street Journal, July 13, 2016
Theresa May's Plans to Curb Boardroom Excess Receive Mixed Reaction, The Guardian, July 13, 2016
Frankfurt Pushes for U.K. to Access Single Market in Financial Services, The Wall Street Journal, July 12, 2016
Proxy Advisers Side With Chico's on its Board Nominees, newspress.com, July 12, 2016
Britain's next PM May stakes claim to center ground, Reuters, July 11, 2016