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12/16/2025 7:07:39 PM

Proxy Advisors Under Pressure: What the December 11 Executive Order Could Mean for SEC Rulemaking and the 2026 Proxy Season

By Erik Gerding Elizabeth Bieber Melissa Hodgman +2 more...

On December 11, the White House issued an Executive Order that targets proxy advisory firms, including ISS and Glass Lewis, for...

12/12/2025 6:47:36 PM

By Erik Gerding Melissa Hodgman Shira Oyserman

This blog was originally posted on December 12, 2025 and updated on December 16, 2025. In a frosty start to the holiday season, Foreign...

11/24/2025 2:03:22 PM

By Melissa Hodgman Erik Gerding Michael Levitt

The SEC announced that it was seeking dismissal of the federal court action against SolarWinds Corp. and its now chief information...

11/18/2025 12:46:34 AM

By Erik Gerding Elizabeth Bieber

The SEC Division of Corporation Finance issued a pivotal Staff Statement today that could reshape how public companies approach...

10/1/2025 3:09:46 PM

By Erik Gerding Melissa Hodgman

Yesterday, before the federal government shutdown took effect, the SEC’s Division of Corporation Finance (the Division) confirmed in...

6/26/2025 10:25:20 PM

By Melissa Hodgman Erik Gerding Elizabeth Bieber +2 more...

Continuing its trend of reversing course from the last Administration, and with a nod to promoting innovation, the U.S. Securities and...

6/26/2025 2:26:42 PM

By Pamela Marcogliese Elizabeth Bieber Shira Oyserman +8 more...

The Freshfields’ team reviewed trends and developments for the 2025 proxy season, summarizing the key takeaways and guidance across the...

5/20/2025 7:10:23 PM

By Ethan Klingsberg

Thank you to the in-person attendees who packed the “sold-out” venue and the hundreds who joined virtually at the 11th Annual Spring...

1/6/2025 2:08:46 PM

By Ethan Klingsberg

1. No private equity M&A boom in 2025, but…. Thousands of private equity portfolio companies are past their “sell by” dates and private...

12/19/2024 2:38:35 PM

By Pamela Marcogliese Sam Houshower Ginger Hervey

The California Air Resources Board (CARB) has exercised enforcement discretion to allow companies reporting under the Climate Corporate...

6/27/2024 3:49:47 PM

By Pamela Marcogliese Elizabeth Bieber Brandon Gantus +12 more...

The Freshfields’ team reviewed trends and developments for the 2024 proxy season, summarizing the key takeaways and guidance across the...

3/27/2024 1:09:13 PM

By David Sewell Alison Hashmall Justin Stewart-Teitelbaum +5 more...

With the recent one-year anniversary of three of the largest bank failures in U.S. history—shortly preceded by the largest bank merger...