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Introduction On January 14, 2025, the Internal Revenue Service (“IRS”) and the U.S. Treasury Department (the “Treasury Department”)...
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The Freshfields’ team reviewed trends and developments for the 2024 proxy season, summarizing the key takeaways and guidance across the...
On May 6, 2024, the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC), Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC), and Federal Housing...
The two most influential proxy advisor firms, Institutional Shareholder Services (ISS) and Glass Lewis & Co. (Glass Lewis), updated their...
An update has since been posted and can be found at this link. For decades, Foreign Private Issuers (“FPIs”) and their insiders have been...
It’s that time again. For companies that are required to hold advisory shareholder “say-on-pay” votes on their executive compensation,...
Executive Summary Executive clawbacks have been the subject of significant recent rule- and policy-making activity, by the U.S....
The extraordinary 2022 proxy season comprised significant developments in governance, environmental and sustainability issues,...
Rule 10b5-1, adopted in 2000, has for the past two decades provided a safe harbor from insider trading by permitting directors, officers...
Institutional Shareholder Services (“ISS”) released its policy updates and voting guidelines for shareholder meetings beginning in 2022....
Freshfields is pleased to announce our annual Board Memo 2022: Sustainability and Beyond. This year’s report focuses on guiding boards...
On November 29, 2021 the United States Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) issued new guidance under Staff Accounting Bulletin...