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Editor’s Note: John Olson is a founding partner of Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher’s Washington, D.C. office and a visiting professor at the Georgetown Law Center. [read post]
22 Feb 2010, 7:42 am by Ted Allen
-based companies have pledged to hold a voluntary vote on shareholder compensation, or have already done so, according to RiskMetrics Group data. [read post]
19 Feb 2010, 8:25 am by Stikeman Elliott LLP
RiskMetrics Group recently announced the introduction of a successor tool to the Corporate Governance Quotient (CGQ), known as Governance Risk Indicators (GRId). [read post]
18 Feb 2010, 5:00 am by Doug Cornelius
Sources: Trends in Canadian Securities Class Actions: 2009 Update NERA Releases 2009 Canadian Securities Class Action Trends Study by Adam Savett for RiskMetrics Group Insight [read post]
16 Feb 2010, 4:31 am by Broc Romanek
Overall, 31 special meeting proposals filed by investors received majority support in 2009, according to RiskMetrics Group data. [read post]
26 Jan 2010, 6:41 am by Ted Allen
In addition to a proposal at Whole Foods, labor pension funds and other investors have filed 36 resolutions for the 2010 proxy season that urge companies to appoint independent board chairs, according to RiskMetrics Group data. [read post]
21 Jan 2010, 1:04 pm by Ted Allen
She noted that the Florida Department of Financial Services has contracted with RiskMetrics Group to conduct a semi-annual review of 20 corporate bond managers for its $6-billion fixed-income portfolio, with results posted on the Florida Treasury’s website. [read post]
20 Jan 2010, 10:36 am by Ted Allen
Overall, 31 special meeting proposals filed by investors received majority support in 2009, according to RiskMetrics Group data. [read post]
18 Jan 2010, 1:44 am by Kevin LaCroix
RiskMetrics has issued its year-end 2009 scorecard of the Top 100 securities class action lawsuit settlements. [read post]
13 Jan 2010, 11:55 am by Ted Allen
To help investors and companies prepare for the upcoming U.S. proxy season, RiskMetrics Group has posted its 2010 Proxy Season Watchlist on pending shareholder proposals. [read post]
Editor's Note: Charles Nathan is Of Counsel at Latham & Watkins and is Global Co-Chair of the firm's Mergers and Acquisitions Group. [read post]
6 Jan 2010, 12:39 pm by Ted Allen
While RiskMetrics Group and other research firms count class-action cases differently, they all agree that 2009 filings declined from 2008 levels, primarily because there were fewer credit-crisis claims. [read post]
23 Dec 2009, 6:40 am by RiskMetrics Group Blog Team
Those proposals averaged 45.6 percent support at 76 meetings in 2009, up from 41.5 percent in 2008, according to RiskMetrics Group’s proxy season scorecard. [read post]
22 Dec 2009, 7:36 am by RiskMetrics Group Blog Team
” Paul Neuhauser, a long-time lawyer for church groups affiliated with the Interfaith Center on Corporate Responsibility, told RiskMetrics at the time that he was “flabbergasted” by the ruling. [read post]