Covington’s “Is a Political Law Shareholder Proposal Under Your Tree? Strategies for Responding in the New Year” provides sound guidance and tips to companies to reduce the likelihood of receiving a political activity/contributions/lobbying shareholder proposal in the first instance and to evaluate and respond to such a proposal if received in the context of relevant factors and considerations, including Rule 14a-8 and associated Staff Legal Bulletins and the influential CPA-Zicklin Index, which we most recently reported on here.
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