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May 28, 2024 | 
jdsupra.com | Richard J Alsop |Ffion Flockhart |Harald Halbhuber
The Director of the Division of Corporation Finance of the SEC issued a statement yesterday relating to the recent SEC cybersecurity disclosure rules that require public companies to disclose the occurrence of material cybersecurity events on Form 8-K under a new Item 1.05.
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Mar 22, 2024 | 
jdsupra.com | Richard J Alsop |Ekaterina Bogdanov |Roberta Cherman
On March 6, 2024, almost two years after its originally proposed rules, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) adopted final rules relating to the enhancement and standardization of climate-related disclosures.
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Jan 25, 2024 | 
directorsandboards.com | Richard J Alsop
The effectiveness of a board can mean the difference between serving as merely a required oversight function or thriving as a valuable strategic and competitive asset. Achieving a high level of board effectiveness requires the successful implementation of key imperatives, including board leadership and composition, operational and deliberative processes, board culture and dynamics, and performance evaluation and improvement.
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Jan 25, 2024 | 
directorsandboards.com | Richard J Alsop
The effectiveness of a board can mean the difference between serving as merely a required oversight function or thriving as a valuable strategic and competitive asset. Achieving a high level of board effectiveness requires the successful implementation of key imperatives, including board leadership and composition, operational and deliberative processes, board culture and dynamics, and performance evaluation and improvement.
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Jan 19, 2024 | 
jdsupra.com | Richard J Alsop |Matthew Behrens |Ekaterina Bogdanov
The 2024 proxy season is just around the corner. This quick reference guide, which is intended to supplement Shearman & Sterling’s 21st Annual Corporate Governance & Executive Compensation Survey, summarizes themes from the 2023 proxy season and developing trends to consider for 2024.
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Dec 19, 2023 | 
corpgov.law.harvard.edu | Richard J Alsop
Board composition, Board culture, board effectiveness, Board leadership, Board performanceMore from: Richard Alsop, Shearman & SterlingRichard Alsop is a Partner at Shearman & Sterling LLP. This post is based on his Shearman memorandum. BOARD EFFECTIVENESS – TRADITIONAL APPROACHESMaximizing board effectiveness has been an ongoing and somewhat elusive corporate governance objective for U.S. corporate boards, executives and stockholders.
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Nov 27, 2023 | 
jdsupra.com | Richard J Alsop |Roberta Cherman |Christopher Forrester
The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) announced today that it has issued an order postponing the effective date of its Share Repurchase Disclosure Modernization rule and, as a result, the rule is stayed pending further SEC action.
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Jul 17, 2023 | 
shearman.com | Richard J Alsop
Capital Markets partners Richard Alsop and Erika Kent and Compensation, Governance & ERISA partner Gillian Emmett Moldowan will discuss recent and anticipated SEC developments impacting foreign private issuers (FPIs) in a one-hour webinar to be held on July 25 at 10:00 am EDT. The panel will share the key updates FPIs need to know when preparing SEC filings and reviewing governance policies, as well as best practices.
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Jun 8, 2023 | 
shearman.com | Richard J Alsop
Shearman & Sterling Advises on The Interpublic Group of Companies’ Senior Notes Offering Shearman & Sterling represented the underwriters, led by Citigroup, J.P. Morgan, Morgan Stanley, and BofA Securities in connection with The Interpublic Group of Companies, Inc.’s $300 million offering of senior notes.
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Mar 10, 2023 | 
jdsupra.com | Richard J Alsop |John Cannon III |Harald Halbhuber
The SEC’s Division of Enforcement has increasingly put the spotlight on disclosure controls— the processes that public companies use to collect information for disclosures in their public filings. The agency recently charged video game maker Activision Blizzard Inc. with a failure to maintain disclosure controls, a charge that came in the aftermath of a public controversy concerning widespread allegations of workplace misconduct at the company.
