Andrew Ramonas

Washington, D.C.

Securities Regulation and Policy Reporter at Bloomberg Law

Award-winning reporter with a passion for breaking news and writing stories that matter for @BLaw securities and ESG readers. Illinois native calling D.C. home.

Articles

Fifth Circuit Declines to Review SEC Shareholder Proposal Ruling

18 hours ago | news.bloomberglaw.com | Andrew Ramonas

The Fifth Circuit has rejected a bid by a self-described conservative think tank to look again at the SEC’s role in settling clashes over which shareholder proposals make it onto company annual meeting ballots, following the court’s decision to back the agency last year.
Fifth Circuit Declines to Review SEC Shareholder Proposal Ruling

18 hours ago | news.bloombergtax.com | Andrew Ramonas

The Fifth Circuit has rejected a bid by a self-described conservative think tank to look again at the SEC’s role in settling clashes over which shareholder proposals make it onto company annual meeting ballots, following the court’s decision to back the agency last year.
Kroger Investor Loses New Bid to Put Plan Before Shareholders

2 days ago | news.bloombergtax.com | Andrew Ramonas

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Kroger Investor Loses New Bid to Put Plan Before Shareholders

2 days ago | news.bloomberglaw.com | Andrew Ramonas

Grocer allowed vote after group sued for ballot accessConservative outfit filed same shareholder proposal in 2023Kroger Co. has secured SEC support to toss a self-described conservative think tank’s anti-discrimination proposal that shareholders rejected in 2023 after the group sued for an annual meeting vote over the grocer’s opposition.
DC Circuit Questions Logic for SEC Proxy Advisory Firm Limits

1 week ago | news.bloomberglaw.com | Andrew Ramonas

A business group fighting to restrict firms that guide shareholder voting met sharp questions at the DC Circuit on Friday, as companies try to save proxy adviser curbs from the first Trump administration.
SEC’s Proxy Advisory Firm Curbs to Face DC Circuit Scrutiny

2 weeks ago | news.bloomberglaw.com | Andrew Ramonas

A federal appeals court will wade deeper into a long-simmering debate over placing limits on firms that guide shareholder voting, as companies and Republicans battle advisers they say have too much influence over investors.
Wells Fargo, Amex Investors Rebuff Pro-ESG, Anti-DEI Pushes

2 weeks ago | news.bloomberglaw.com | Andrew Ramonas

Wells Fargo & Co. and American Express Co. shareholders on Tuesday repelled bids from both ESG supporters and DEI foes for information on the financial giants’ commitments. New York State Comptroller Thomas DiNapoli and asset manager Harrington Investments Inc. sought reports from Wells Fargo on its environmental, social, and governance policies, raising questions about whether the megabank was meeting ESG commitments. Separately, the National Legal and Policy Center and Bowyer Research Inc.
Wells Fargo, Amex Investors Rebuff Pro-ESG, Anti-DEI Pushes

2 weeks ago | news.bloombergtax.com | Andrew Ramonas

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SEC Climate Disclosure Rules Case Frozen by Eighth Circuit

2 weeks ago | news.bloomberglaw.com | Andrew Ramonas

The US Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit on Thursday suspended litigation challenging the Securities and Exchange Commission’s 2024 climate reporting regulations after the agency abandoned its defense of the rules in March. Democratic attorneys general from Massachusetts, New York, and more than a dozen other states had asked the court to pause the litigation. The case is Iowa v. SEC, 8th Cir., No. 24-01522, order filed 4/24/25.
Boeing Investors Reject Calls to Study DEI Risks, Progress

3 weeks ago | news.bloomberglaw.com | Andrew Ramonas

Boeing Co. shareholders on Thursday spurned competing campaigns to study the dangers the airplane maker faces in embracing—or abandoning—diversity, equity, and inclusion policies. The investor proposals from the anti-DEI activist National Legal and Policy Center, and John Chevedden, an environmental, social, and governance advocate, failed to secure majority support from Boeing shareholders, according to preliminary results announced at the company’s annual meeting.