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1. Here’s One Way Shareholders Can Get Companies to Act on Global Warming
  
  Explore morningstar.com Dec 7 2021 BoardBlogs
  
  ...ar on how well executives are doing on those goals. After the global financial crisis, Congress mandated that shareholders OK the compensation every year for a companys CEO, CFO, and top three most highly paid officers i...
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2. House Democrats Set to Propose Corporate Tax Rate of 26.5%
  
  Explore The Edge Markets Sep 13 2021 BoardNews
  
  ...business partnerships and a 2% excise tax on stock buybacks that was co-sponsored by Senate Banking Committee Chairman Sherrod Brown of Ohio. Such proposals are seen as less politically risky than the 28% corporate incom...
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3. American Express, GE, ExxonMobil, Smacked by Shareholders Over Diversity, Climate Change
  
  Explore Newsweek Jun 29 2021 BoardBlogs
  
  ...solutions to push companies on environmental and social issues. While shareholder resolutions are non-binding—shareholders can't compel the board of a company to make changes—they are taken seriously by boards, and are t...
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  Mentions: SEC Commissioner lawsuit American Express
4. Media CEO Salary & Pay: Richest Hollywood & Tech Executives – Deadline
  
  Explore Hollywood Entertainment Breaking News May 12 2021 BoardNews
  
  ...wer than prior CEO target compensation, below the median for our Media and General Industry Peers.” Executive chairman and former CEO Bob Iger, who left day-to-day operations to focus on content, earned $21 million last ...
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5. Union Urges Shareholders to Vote Against Marathon Exec Pay
  
  Explore Stock Market Quotes and News Mar 29 2021 BoardNews
  
  ...iven the $411 million benefit the company took under the CARES Act," referring to the stimulus bill passed by Congress in response to the coronavirus pandemic. "With locked-out Marathon refinery workers raising the alarm...
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6. Bernie Sanders Targets CEO Pay in Effort to Keep Spotlight on Workers
  
  Explore wsj.com Mar 17 2021 BoardNews
  
  ...Sen. Bernie Sanders is using his new perch as Budget Committee chairman to try to keep Congress focused on measures designed to improve worker pay and job conditions, even as related legislation including a $15...
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7. Biden SEC Pick Gensler Grilled Over Bitcoin, GameStop Mania and Board Diversity
  
  Explore CNBC.com Mar 2 2021 BoardNews
  
  ...sibly a question for the Commodity Futures Trading Commission.," he added. Other lawmakers, such as Committee Chairman Sen. Sherrod Brown, D-Ohio, asked Biden's pick to lead the SEC about how he thinks the regulator shou...
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8. Biden Is Expected to Name Gary Gensler for SEC Chairman
  
  Explore Stock Market Quotes and News Jan 12 2021 BoardNews
  
  ... swiftly to undo policy changes implemented by recently departed Chairman Jay Clayton. Those include curbs on shareholders' ability to propose resolutions at company proxy meetings and efforts to make it easier for priva...
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9. Biden In the Boardroom
  
  Explore corpgov.law.harvard.edu Dec 6 2020 BoardBlogs
  
  ...e of corporate directors has slowly moved downward towards the low-60s. Data from the National Association of Corporate Directors shows that the average age of new public company directors is 57; of the independent board...
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10. The Hartford Appoints Donna James To Its Board Of Directors
  
  Explore New York business news Oct 28 2020 BoardMoves
  
  ...e Hartford’s Chairman and CEO Christopher Swift. “She also served as an advisor to former President Obama and Congress on the economic growth and development of women business-owners. We look forward to having her join t...
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11. Highlights from SEC Speaks 2020
  
  Explore National Law Review Oct 13 2020 BoardNews
  
  ...yton spent the majority of his remarks describing the accomplishments of the SEC during the 2020 fiscal year. Chairman Clayton noted that during this unique time, SEC enforcement work continued, oversight of the financia...
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12. While Millions Lost Jobs, Some Executives Made Millions in Company Stock
  
  Explore The New York Times Oct 9 2020 BoardNews
  
  ...k awards would become available over time but did not specify the period. Still, the award raises questions. Shareholders may object to an arrangement that could give Mr. Stack compensation far in excess of what they mi...
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13. Nikola Slides Another 7% After Justice Department Joins SEC in Fraud Probe
  
  Explore Stock Market Data Today Sep 16 2020 BoardNews
  
  ...le day. Read more: MORGAN STANLEY: Buy these 6 stocks poised for gains as the economic recovery continues and Congress mulls more coronavirus stimulus The rally was short-lived as a report by short-seller Hindenburg Rese...
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14. SEC Cancels Vote on Whistleblower Rule Changes
  
  Explore National Law Review Sep 2 2020 BoardNews
  
  ...Stephen M. Kohn, a partner in the whistleblower law firm of Kohn, Kohn and Colapinto, and the Chairman of the Board of Directors of the National Whistleblower Center. “Given the tremendous success of the program, the SEC...
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15. Will the SEC’s Proposed Whistleblower Rules Undermine the Deterrent Effect of the Dodd-Frank Act?
  
  Explore National Law Review Aug 19 2020 BoardBlogs
  
  ...ance as to how Congress intended the Commission to utilize its authority to set an award in the 10-30% range. Congress wanted the Commission to use its authority to set award amounts that promote positive behavior by emp...
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16. Regulatory Update and Recent SEC Actions - July 2020
  
  Explore Legal News, Lawyers, Law Firms Jul 24 2020 BoardNews
  
  ...) declassify the Board so that trustees are elected on an annual basis starting at the next annual meeting of shareholders. The Fund argued, among other things, that pursuant to Rule 14a-8(b)(1) of the Securities Exchang...
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17. SEC Shareholder Proposal Muffles Main Street Voices
  
  Explore news.bloomberglaw.com Jul 21 2020 BoardBlogs
  
  ...her words, many companies are recognizing the benefits of shareholder resolutions, and some are engaging with shareholders earlier in the process. A founding purpose of the SEC is to protect investors. This proposal betr...
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18. Davos Elites Will Be Buzzing About Corporate Social Responsibility — and Its Limits
  
  Explore CNBC.com Jan 18 2020 BoardBlogs
  
  ...members" of the group is already engaged in supporting their customers, employees and communities, as well as shareholders. Its new purpose is a challenge to its CEOs to "do better and more," he said. From the Business R...
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19. Letter by SEC Commissioner Robert J. Jackson, Jr. to Congresswoman Maloney
  
  Explore corpgov.law.harvard.edu Nov 20 2019 BoardNews
  
  ..., Corporate Political Spending: A Survey of American Shareholders 6 (2006) (finding that some 73% of American shareholders believe that corporate political spending is undertaken to advance the private interests of execu...
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20. Investors Left Exposed as Trump's SEC Gives America Inc Helping Hand
  
  Explore Yahoo! Finance Nov 6 2019 BoardBlogs
  
  ...es to get it across the line in coming months. This week, he proposed changes that would limit the ability of shareholders to submit proposals on items like executive compensation to company management. To be sure, Clayt...
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21. Disclosure on Cybersecurity Risk and Oversight
  
  Explore corpgov.law.harvard.edu Oct 17 2019 BoardBlogs
  
  ... vote), interest in and scrutiny of how companies are managing cybersecurity risks will remain a key focus of Congress and other policymakers in Washington. Recognizing the threat that cybersecurity attacks pose to compa...
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  Mentions: National Association of Corporate Directors Conference Public Companies
22. FSD Pharma Appoints Former Member of US Congress to its Board of Directors, Announces Share ...
  
  Explore businesswire.com Oct 11 2019 BoardMoves
  
  ...al with respect to the Consolidation will be mailed to registered shareholders of the Company. All registered shareholders with physical certificates will be required to send their certificates representing pre-Consolida...
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23. U.S. Judge Confirms Citgo Directors Appointed by Venezuelan Congress
  
  Explore IJR | Experience The News Aug 21 2019 BoardNews
  
  ...The Citgo Petroleum board of directors appointed by Venezuelas opposition congress chief was confirmed by a U.S. judge on Wednesday, ending a challenge by former directors loyal to Venezuelan President Nicolas ...
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24. Here's Why WeWork Won't be in the S&P 500 After its IPO
  
  Explore fortune.com Aug 20 2019 BoardBlogs
  
  ...fidence is plummeting because of a “chaotic” environment —How are big banks doing when it comes to diversity? Congress isn’t impressed —“Negative” interest rates used to be unthinkable in the U.S.—not anymore Don't miss ...
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