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... seeking a seat for himself and four other nominees on Target's board (as noted in this article) as well is seeking the company to use a "universal ballot" (as noted in The Corporate Library blog). Although it's become fairly common for dissidents ... without broker non-votes (ie. next year)... You want further proof that the Web is changing the job of a corporate secretary? How about when a shareholder proponent posts a transcript of his remarks from the annual meeting? Governance guru Bob Monks did ...

... as an issue, and will lower the costs of the broad run of shareholders to use their advisory votes on pay to target firms that are most in need of pressure to improve pay practices. b. Mandatory Separation of Chairman and CEO Positions In ... votes to boards on executive compensation, such a requirement would be likely to increase board scrutiny on one element of corporate governance that has the greatest potential for improving incentives and firm performance in the long run. At the same time, it ...

... May 14 at 1:15 p.m. EDT on the proxy contest between Target Corporation and Pershing Square Capital Management. Representatives and board nominees ... Square Capital Management will each make the case for their respective director slates. Target believes its slate of four incumbent nominees is more likely to create long-term ... slate of five director nominees, four of whom are independent. Target's annual meeting is May 28. For Target, the following executives will present: Gregg Steinhafel, Chairman and ...

... - A federal district court judge issued two landmark decisions today in a nationwide class action against Target Corporation. First, the court certified the case as a class action on behalf of blind Internet users throughout the country under the Americans With Disabilities Act (ADA). Second, the court held that Web sites such as target.com are required by California law to be accessible. The President of the National Federation of the Blind, Dr. Marc Maurer, commented on the ...

Adidas America, Inc. et al v. Target Corporation Oregon District Court Filed: September 30, 2008 Plaintiff: Adidas America, Inc., Adidas AG Defendant: Target Corporation Case Number: 3:2008cv01140 The complaint is 79 pages full of pictures of three striped and four striped shoes and my computer didn't want to bother with it.

... series of events, a corporate shark, using fraudulent means, induced an allegedly innocent target corporation to enter into an ill-advised merger. After both the shark and the merged entity drowned in red ink, plaintiff-appellant ... The First sides against the trustee, because it concludes that it is a successor to the shark, and these claims really belong to the first corporations shareholders. Obviously, if you have been involved in the KPMG litigation, this decision, and the First's allocation ...

... second amended class action complaint. New plaintiffs named in the complaint include Melissa Williamson (who alleges that the inaccessibility of Target.com has deterred her from shopping at Target stores) and James P. Marks (who echoes Ms. Williamson's allegation, and adds that such alleged inaccessibility has forced him to have to pay an aide to accompany him when he does shop at Target stores.). Plaintiffs do not raise any new claims in their amended pleading. Presently the court is ...

Evan Brown reports about National Federation of the Blind v. Target Corporation, a suit brought against Target in a California federal court claiming that Target's website violates the ADA: Target asked the court to dismiss the lawsuit for failure to state a claim, and presented three arguments in support: First, it argued that the ADA only [...]

Target Corporation has agreed to pay $775,000 to a group of black workers as part of a litigation settlement of a race discrimination and retaliation case brought by U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (" ... at the Springfield store will receive training in the company's equal employment opportunity policies. The decree also requires Target to post a notice about the settlement; ensure that its complaint procedure is effectively communicated to the workforce; and take remedial action if an ...

... 1991 on a state-by-state basis to address this question. By reducing the fear of a hostile takeover, these laws weaken corporate governance and increase the opportunity for managerial slack. Typically, BC laws impose a moratorium on certain kinds ... five years after the shareholder's stake has passed a prespecified threshold. This moratorium hinders corporate raiders from gaining access to the target firm's assets for the purpose of paying down acquisition debt, thus making hostile takeovers more ...