After last week's presentation on "Did it Pass?" at the National Association of Stock Plan Professionals' 19th Annual Conference, I'm planning to devote a few posts to the subject of shareholder voting. Living in a democracy, we all feel that we...
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The North American Securities Administrators Association (NASAA) describes itself as "the oldest international investor protection organization". It is comprised of 67 state, provincial, and territorial securities administrators in the 50 states,...
On Friday, I'll be part of a panel at the National Association of Stock Plan Professionals' 19th Annual Conference. My topic will be devoted to the question "Did it pass?". Here's a brief preview of some of the subtleties in this question.
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Some California employers may soon be joining Elizabeth Pain and her more famous, albeit fictional, sister in shame, Hester Prynne. On October 9, 2011, Governor Jerry Brown signed SB 459 (Corbett) into law. Among other things, this bill adds Section...
Two weeks ago, the National Association of Secretaries of State held a business identity theft forum in Atlanta, Georgia. California Secretary of State Debra Bowen moderated a panel on "Fostering Intergovernmental Coordination in the Detection and...
The geographic reach of California's statutes continues to be tested in the courts. In a recent class action lawsuit challenging the defendants' mortgage marketing and sales practices, the plaintiffs sued under, among other statutes, California's...
Although Broc Romanek recently reported that so far this year 43 companies have failed to achieve majority support for "say-on-pay", the reality is that this is a miniscule percentage of the total number of publicly traded companies.
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