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2022

• Selected Issues for Boards of Directors in 2022

2021

• Selected Issues for Boards of Directors in 2021
• ISS Issues 2021 Updates to Certain Compensation Related FAQs and Policies
• 2021 Brings Significant New ESG Disclosure Obligations for Financial Services Firms

2020

• What to Expect From the Biden Administration
• Sustainable Finance: A Global Overview of ESG Regulatory Developments
• SEC Internal Controls Case Demonstrates Agency’s Focus on MNPI Issues in the Stock Buyback Context
• SEC Amends Requirements for Shareholder Proposals in Proxy Statements
• Cleary Gottlieb Participates in Panel Discussion on Highlights of the 2020 Proxy Season
• The SEC Takes Action on Proxy Advisory Firms
• Shareholder Complaints Seek To Hold Directors Liable For Lack of Diversity
• 2020 Post-Proxy Season Review and Governance Trends
• The New Civil Code: Obey
• The SEC Roundtable on ‘Emerging Markets, Including China’
• Navigating COVID-19: Supply Chain Considerations
• ISS Issues Additional Voting Policy Guidance in Response to COVID-19 Pandemic
• The Keys to Emergency Succession: Planning For Boards and Senior Management During a Health Pandemic
• Glass Lewis Expands Report Feedback Statement Service
• Insider Trading Risk During the COVID-19 Outbreak
• Glass Lewis Revised Guideline Regarding Virtual Meetings for 2020 Proxy Season
• Cuomo Executive Order Gives New York Corporations Relief on Physical Annual Meetings
• Coronavirus & Postponing/Adjourning Annual Meetings
• Coronavirus & Virtual Annual Meetings
• 2019 Cybersecurity Developments: A Year in Review
• Selected Issues for Boards of Directors in 2020
• Key Considerations for Companies in Deciding Whether to Institute Anti-Fraternization Policies

2019

• Cleary Gottlieb Participates in Panel Discussion on Outlook for the 2020 Proxy Season
• ISS Updates its 2020 Proxy Voting Policies
• Glass Lewis Updates Its 2020 Proxy Voting Guidelines
• SEC Proposes Changes to Requirements for Shareholder Proposals in Proxy Statements
• Proxy Advisory Firms — The SEC Drops the Other Shoe
• In its Highly Anticipated Guidance on Proxy Advisory Firms, the SEC Proceeds With Caution
• The Purposes of a Corporation and the Role of the Board
• Cleary Gottlieb Participates in Panel Discussion on Highlights of the 2019 Proxy Season
• July 2019 Privacy and Cybersecurity Enforcement: Lessons for Management and Directors
• How Many Directorships is Too Many? Vanguard’s Evolving View
• DOJ Guidance on Corporate Compliance Programs: A Checklist for Directors
• Hertz Pursues Novel Theory to Hold Former Management Team Personally Liable for Restatement and Ensuing Legal Proceedings
• How to Practically Synthesize Investor Messages From BlackRock, State Street, and T. Rowe Price
• Reading Diversity Into Regulation S-K
• Sciabacucchi v. Salzberg
• Selected Issues for Boards of Directors in 2019
• ISS Updates its 2019 Proxy Voting Guidelines

2018

• SEC Issues Guidance on Audit Committees of Dual-Listed Brazilian Issuers
• Recent Updates to Proxy Advisory Firm Guidelines
• The Tesla Settlement – What It Means for Other Companies
• SEC Staff Releases Two New C&DIs on the Use of Notices of Exempt Solicitation
• Update on Board Diversity Developments
• State Regulators Reach Settlement With Equifax in Connection With Massive Data Breach
• Bringing the #MeToo Movement Into the Board Room
• Confronting Sexual Harassment in Today’s Workplace: 8 Questions Companies Should Be Asking Themselves
• Selected Issues for Boards of Directors in 2018

2017

• SEC Signals Company Friendly Approach in New Shareholder Proposal Guidance