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Next Week's Webcast: “Proxy Season Deep Dive – 20 Things”

Join us next week - on Thursday, July 13th - for a webcast – "Proxy Season Deep Dive – 20 Things" – to hear Perkins Coie's Allison Handy, Kelly Reinholdtsen and Broc Romanek and Proxy Analytics' Steve Pantina as they cover what happened during this wild proxy season, from shareholder engagement,

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The Compensation Committee After Disney

Here's a tip from the sixth edition of our popular publication The Public Company Handbook, which is an easy-to-read guide that provides practical insights regarding legal and other board management issues facing public—or soon-to-be-public—companies.

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The ISSB Issues Climate Disclosure Standards!

A few days ago, as noted in this press release, the ISSB released its initial climate disclosure standards.

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Upcoming Webcast: “Proxy Season Deep Dive – 20 Things”

Join us in two weeks - on Thursday, July 13th - for a webcast – "Proxy Season Deep Dive – 20 Things" – to hear Perkins Coie's Allison Handy, Kelly Reinholdtsen and Broc Romanek and Proxy Analytics' Steve Pantina as they cover what happened during this wild proxy season, from shareholder engageme

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Artificial Intelligence

Ten Considerations for Developing an Effective Generative AI Use Policy

Here's the intro to our Client Update that then lays out 10 considerations for developing a generative AI use policy:

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Artificial Intelligence

Generative AI Can Be Useful (But You Need to Provide Context)

I had the privilege of attending an engaging and thoughtful in-person program recently on Generative AI for the Corporate and Securities Lawyer.

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Use of Generative AI in Litigation Requires Care and Oversight

Here's the intro from this recent Client Update by John Hardin, Andy Smetana, and Ngai Zhang:

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Upcoming Webcast: “Proxy Season Deep Dive – 20 Things”

Join us on Thursday, July 13th for a webcast - "Proxy Season Deep Dive – 20 Things" – to hear Perkins Coie's Allison Handy, Kelly Reinholdtsen and Broc Romanek and Proxy Analytics' Steve Pantina as they cover what happened during this wild proxy season, from shareholder engagement, universal pro

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The SEC’s Climate Disclosure Rules: Coming This Fall?

The SEC is once again pushing back its anticipated timing for adopting final climate rules.

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Upcoming Webcast: “Proxy Season Deep Dive – 20 Things”

Join us on Thursday, July 13th for a webcast - "Proxy Season Deep Dive – 20 Things" – to hear Perkins Coie's Allison Handy, Kelly Reinholdtsen and Broc Romanek and Proxy Analytics' Steve Pantina as they cover what happened during this wild proxy season, from shareholder engagement, universal pro

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Financial Services & Investments

SEC Approves NYSE and Nasdaq Amendments to Extend Clawback Effective Date!

As expected, the SEC issued notices on Friday to approve the amendments proposed by the NYSE (see that order) and the Nasdaq (see that order) so that the exchanges' clawback listing standards now have an effective date of Octob

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The Surprising Impact of Generative AI on Transactional Lawyer Practices

With the apparent speed at which ChatGPT and other generative artificial intelligence (AI) models are being adopted—the ChatGPT website is logging an estimated 1 billion visitors monthly—it seems inevitable that transactional attorneys will not only need to familiarize themselves with generative AI technology, but actively seek ways to incorporate this technology into their practices in order t

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NYSE and Nasdaq Amend Proposed Listing Standards to Extend Clawback Effective Date!

We continue our coverage of the ongoing saga of when NYSE and Nasdaq-listed companies will be required to comply with the new clawback policies listing standards.

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California’s “Underrepresented Communities” Board Diversity Law Struck Down in Federal Court

The last few years, we've been reporting about the numerous challenges to California's board gender diversity statute (known as SB 826) and the board diversity statute regarding "underrepresented communities" (known as AB 979).

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Upcoming Webcast: "Proxy Season Deep Dive - 20 Things"

Join us on Thursday, July 13th for a webcast - "Proxy Season Deep Dive – 20 Things" – to hear Perkins Coie's Allison Handy, Kelly Reinholdtsen and Broc Romanek and Proxy Analytics' Steve Pantina as they cover what happened during this wild proxy season, from shareholder engagement, universa

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