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29 Mar 2010, 6:13 pm by Adam Thierer
  A wrap-up essay will then focus on some potentially constructive policy reforms that could assist media enterprises without a massive infusion of state support or regulation of the press. [read post]
26 Mar 2010, 1:21 pm by James Hamilton
Senate Financial Reform Legislation Provides for Say on Pay and Independent Compensation CommitteesThe Senate Banking Committee has reported out financial reform legislation that would enhance corporate governance and mandate increased transparency of executive compensation. [read post]
21 Mar 2010, 12:19 pm by admin
Haddon set a hearing for March 29 at 11 a.m. in Great Falls to determine what should be done about the matter. [read post]
These developments include adoption by a number of public companies, especially larger companies, of majority voting in uncontested director elections, the amendment of New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) Rule 452 to prohibit broker discretionary voting in uncontested director elections and the increased influence of activist shareowners and proxy advisory firms. [read post]
Listing exchanges are required to impose a majority vote standard in uncontested director elections for all listed companies, reverting to the plurality standard in contested elections. [read post]
16 Mar 2010, 5:00 am by J Robert Brown Jr.
ELECTION OF DIRECTORS BY MAJORITY VOTE IN UNCONTESTED ELECTIONS.The Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (15 U.S.C. 78a et seq.) is amended by inserting after section 14A, as added by this title, the following: SEC. 14B. [read post]
12 Mar 2010, 2:11 pm by ToddHenderson
The law that was struck down was passed in 2002: The Bipartisan Campaign Reform Act. [read post]
12 Mar 2010, 2:08 pm by UChicagoLaw
While the decision in Citizens United decision granted corporations a right under the First Amendment to use unlimited resources to influence political elections, it effectively silenced the voice of shareholders. [read post]
12 Mar 2010, 9:26 am by ToddHenderson
The law that was struck down was passed in 2002: The Bipartisan Campaign Reform Act. [read post]
11 Mar 2010, 10:05 pm by JW Verret
I confess I have very little understanding of campaign finance law, or the first amendment for that matter. [read post]
A Fundamental Flaw The various reform efforts chronicled above were informed by a belief that shareholders elect directors, that directors have a fiduciary duty to protect the shareholders’ interest, and that management is accountable to the board. [read post]
28 Feb 2010, 7:46 am by Thom Lambert
And if we can’t, then I think we’ve got to go ahead and make some decisions, and then that’s what elections are for. [read post]
16 Feb 2010, 4:31 am by Broc Romanek
While one might expect that investors would welcome these reforms, shareholder activists are crying foul because these management bylaw (or charter amendment) proposals have higher ownership thresholds than those that many investors say they prefer. [read post]
12 Feb 2010, 5:00 am by J. Robert Brown
  In the corporate codes of most states, only four matters typically require pre-approval of shareholders (dissolution, merger, sale of all/substantially all of the assets, and amendments to the charter). [read post]
10 Feb 2010, 12:43 am by charonqc
The admission ­provoked immediate ­accusations that David Cameron, the Tory leader, was making a mockery of his claims to be a reformer and forced the party to say that the peer’s tax affairs were a private ­matter – a day after Cameron had insisted this approach was out of date. [read post]
9 Feb 2010, 3:17 pm by Ashby Jones
Well, the Seventh Amendment preserves the right to a jury in civil trials. [read post]