Our recent blog about the DOJ's new guidance on personal devices and third-party messaging had me thinking about how I've personally been handling this new world of directors and personal devices.

Last Friday, Corp Fin issued four new Exchange Act CDI 121H.01-04 to provide some guidance relating to the

Tune in for next week's webcast – "Rule 10b5-1 Plans & Insider Trading Policies: Top Issues to Tackle" – set for Wednesday, February 8th.

Over the years, I've written a number of times about the process that in-house counsel periodically goes through to benchmark how many "executive officers" a company has against its peers. Although the "executive officer" determination is an internal factual analysis, it's natural for companies to periodically benchmark how many executive officers their company has compared to its peers.

In this Bloomberg Law article, Kevin Feldis and Marcy Hupp explain how effective ESG plans give startup companies a competitive edge. Here's an excerpt:

"Developing an ESG strategy early in the life of a company has many competitive advantages.

Tune in for our webcast – "Rule 10b5-1 Plans & Insider Trading Policies: Top Issues to Tackle" – set for Wednesday, February 8th.

During our recent webcast — "Proxy Season Roundtable: What You Need to Know Now" — Allison Handy joined Proxy Analytics' Steve Pantina to discuss the potential impact of universal proxy on this proxy season.

As described in our earlier blog, the SEC adopted amendments to Rule 16b-3 last month requiring that dispositions by gift of securities previously permitted to be reported on a deferred basis on Form 5 will soon be required to be reported within two days on Form 4.

Last week, the SEC announced that Corp Fin Director Renee Jones would be leaving the SEC in several weeks and return to her old faculty job at Boston College Law School.

As we blogged back then, the SEC changed its rules last summer to finally mandate the Edgar filing of those few forms that were still being permitted to be filed in paper - mainly Form 144s and glossy annual reports.

During our recent webcast — "Proxy Season Roundtable: What You Need to Know Now" — Proxy Analytics' Steve Pantina discussed the potential impact of pass-through voting on this proxy season at the 49:35 mark. Below is a summary of some of his thoughts:

During our recent webcast — "Proxy Season Roundtable: What You Need to Know Now" — Proxy Analytics' Steve Pantina joined Wendy Moore and Allison Handy to discuss the potential impact of the new pay vs. performance rules on this proxy season, at the 7:14 mark.

During our recent webcast — "Proxy Season Roundtable: What You Need to Know Now" — Proxy Analytics' Steve Pantina joined Allison Handy at the 26:02 mark to discuss the potential impact of universal proxy on this proxy season.

The SEC's latest Reg Flex Agenda is out. And for those in the throes of the proxy season already, you may not want to read any further.