Shareholder proposals on political issues—particularly lobbying spending disclosure and campaign finance issues—have been a common part of the proxy landscape for some time now. This proxy season, proposals seeking greater transparency around corporate political spending had surprising success compared to the past. This alert highlights that, especially given this development, companies should be aware of... Continue Reading…| Inside Political Law
This year’s proxy season brought fewer shareholder proposals but governance proposals continued to be submitted in high numbers and received robust support. Environmental and social proposals, on t…| Cooley PubCo
You may recall that, in January, ExxonMobil filed a lawsuit against Arjuna Capital, LLC and Follow This, the two proponents of a climate-related shareholder proposal submitted to Exxon, seeking a d…| Cooley PubCo