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Reviewing the 2012 Proxy Season and Preparing for 2013

Wilson Sonsini
December 18, 2012
7 pages

Latest Proxy News

King & Spalding: New Life Breathed into SEC’s Unbundling Rules

April 30, 2013 Annual Proxy

Skadden: 2013 Proxy Watch: Emerging Say-on-Pay Trends and Litigation Developments

April 27, 2013 Annual Proxy

Chadbourne & Parke: A Discussion With ISS on Proxy Season Trends and Highlights

April 19, 2013 RiskMetricsGroup/ISS Voting Policies

Paul Hastings: U.S. Executive Compensation Litigation: Cannons to the Right...and to the Left

April 18, 2013 Say-on-Pay Litigation
Sullivan & Cromwell: We Live in Interesting Times: Proxy Season 2013

April 10, 2013 Annual Proxy
Squire Sanders: Executive Compensation Around the Globe: Need for Robust Disclosure and Accountability in the 2013 Proxy Season

March 26, 2013 Annual Proxy
Sullivan & Cromwell: Proxy Litigation Update: Companies Should Prepare for Potential Proxy Disclosure Litigation in Connection with Approval of Equity Compensation Plans and “Say-on-Pay” Vote

March 21, 2013 Say-on-Pay Litigation
Hunton & Williams: SEC Refuses to Allow Bank to Omit Climate Change Proposal from Proxy Materials

March 19, 2013 Annual Proxy
Gibson Dunn: Slicing And Dicing The Delaware Carve-Out

March 14, 2013 Say-on-Pay Litigation
Latham & Watkins: 2013 Annual Meeting Handbook

March 13, 2013 Annual Proxy
Venable: Disclosing Company Responses to Negative Say-on-Pay Votes

March 06, 2013 SEC Adopts Say-on-Pay, Golden Parachute Rules
Ropes & Gray: Open Season on Proxy Statements? Entrepreneurial Plaintiffs' Lawyers Target Executive Compensation Disclosure

March 03, 2013 Say-on-Pay Litigation
Day Pitney: Proxy Season Update

March 01, 2013 Annual Proxy
Sullivan & Cromwell: Proxy Litigation: Court Enjoins Apple Shareholder Vote on a Charter Amendment Under SEC’s Unbundling Rules but Refuses to Enjoin “Say-on-Pay” Vote Based on CD&A Disclosure

February 27, 2013 Say-on-Pay Litigation
Gibson Dunn: Say on What? Plaintiffs' Lawyers Target "Say-On-Pay" Disclosures in Annual Proxy Statements

February 27, 2013 Say-on-Pay Litigation
Pillsbury: Proxy Season Brings a Third Wave of “Gotcha” Shareholder Litigation

February 22, 2013 Say-on-Pay Litigation
Skadden: Planning for the 2013 Annual Meeting and Reporting Season

February 15, 2013 Annual Proxy
Covington & Burling: Something to Watch This Proxy Season: Next Generation Executive Compensation Lawsuits

February 13, 2013 Say-on-Pay Litigation
Weil: A Baker’s Dozen of Challenges for the 2013 10-K and Proxy Season – and Beyond

February 05, 2013 Annual Proxy
Fulbright & Jaworski: Shareholder Plaintiffs' Lawyers Target Annual Meeting Proxy Disclosures

February 05, 2013 Say-on-Pay Litigation
Cahill: ISS Opens “Governance QuickScore” Web Portal with February 15 Deadline for Issuer Data Review

February 04, 2013 RiskMetrics' new Governance Risk Indicators--GRId
Weil: ISS Launches New Governance QuickScore Product, Replacing GRId

February 01, 2013 RiskMetrics' new Governance Risk Indicators--GRId
Hunton & Williams: ISS Unveils New QuickScore Governance Rating Product

January 31, 2013 RiskMetrics' new Governance Risk Indicators--GRId
Latham & Watkins: Defending the Latest Wave of Proxy Litigation: Say-on-Pay and Equity Plan Shareholder Class Action Injunction Lawsuits

January 31, 2013 Say-on-Pay Litigation
Gibson Dunn: Institutional Shareholder Services (ISS) and Glass Lewis Proxy Voting Policies and Other Developments for the 2013 Proxy Season

January 30, 2013 RiskMetricsGroup/ISS Voting Policies
King & Spalding: Considerations in Drafting Your 2013 Proxy Statement

January 30, 2013 Annual Proxy
Dorsey & Whitney: What’s New for the 2013 Proxy Season

January 29, 2013 Annual Proxy
Latham & Watkins: Five Key Executive Compensation Considerations for 2013 Proxy Season

January 28, 2013 Annual Proxy
Skadden: Annual Meeting Litigation: How to Prepare

January 15, 2013 Annual Proxy
K&L Gates: Practical Guidebook to the Executive Compensation Disclosure Rules

January 13, 2013 Annual Proxy

SEC's Shareholder Proposal Rule (14a-8) & Private Ordering

Hogan Lovells: SEC staff updates guidance on shareholder proposals

Chadbourne & Parke: SEC Staff Issues New Guidance Regarding Rule 14a-8 Shareholder Proposals

Venable: SEC Releases Guidance on Shareholder Proposals

Proxy Access Rules Adopted, Stayed, Vacated, Abandoned

Milbank: US Court of Appeals Strikes Down Proxy Access Rule: But permits amendments to Rule 14a-8 that narrow the “election exclusion” to become effective

Nixon Peabody: SEC decides not to appeal proxy access decision

Sullivan & Cromwell: SEC Will Not Appeal Court Decision Vacating Mandatory Proxy Access Rule But Will Allow Revised Rule 14a-8 to Become Effective; Significant Shareholder Proposals Expected

SEC's "Proxy Plumbing" Concept Release

Mayer Brown: U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission’s Proxy Plumbing Concept Release

Baker Hostetler: SEC Seeks Comment on U.S. Proxy System

Baker Donelson: SEC Requests Comment on Proxy System

SEC Adopts Say-on-Pay, Golden Parachute Rules

Venable: Disclosing Company Responses to Negative Say-on-Pay Votes

Skadden: Executive Compensation and Benefits Alert: Preparing for the 2013 Proxy Season

Latham & Watkins: Defining Pay in Pay for Performance

SEC's Proxy Disclosure Enhancements

Akin Gump: The Board's Role in Risk Oversight: A Survey of Recent Proxy Statement Disclosures

Weil Gotshal: New SEC Proxy Disclosure Rules Reach Certain Privately-Held Portfolio Companies

Baker & McKenzie: SEC Issues Three New CDI's on Executive Compensation Disclosure for Current Proxy Season

RiskMetricsGroup/ISS Voting Policies

Chadbourne & Parke: A Discussion With ISS on Proxy Season Trends and Highlights

Gibson Dunn: Institutional Shareholder Services (ISS) and Glass Lewis Proxy Voting Policies and Other Developments for the 2013 Proxy Season

Weil: Heads Up for 2013 Proxy Season: Guidance for How to Address ISS & Glass Lewis Policy Changes