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We are pleased to share our 2023 Silicon Valley 150 Corporate Governance Report, which reviews the corporate governance practices and disclosures of the Valley’s largest public companies. The report includes information regarding board matters, officer matters, defensive measures, proxy statement disclosures, environmental, social, and governance (ESG) and sustainability reporting, stockholder proposals, activism, and executive compensation of the SV150 companies.

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Wilson Sonsini is pleased to offer MCLE Day, a full day of professional education sessions covering a wide range of topics, including the required MCLE categories for most jurisdictions. MCLE Day will be held on Thursday, December 14, 2023, at the Sheraton Palo Alto in Palo Alto, California (details below), and will also be available virtually. Register for this event here.Continue Reading Event Alert: Wilson Sonsini’s MCLE Day, Thursday, December 14, 2023

On November 16, 2023, Glass Lewis & Co. (Glass Lewis) released its 2024 U.S. Benchmark Policy Guidelines (U.S. Guidelines), effective for shareholder meetings on or after January 1, 2024. The U.S. Guidelines include several key updates, which are summarized below. In addition, Glass Lewis released its 2024 Shareholder Proposals & ESG-Related Issues Benchmark Policy Guidelines (ESG Guidelines), which include an update to Glass Lewis’ overall approach to environmental and social issues, summarized below.

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Partner and Editorial Board member Amy Simmerman recently joined Courtney Kamlet and Liz Dunshee on the Women Governance Trailblazers podcast. Amy provided insights on a broad range of governance topics including, among others, considerations for boards as they navigate both the rise in stakeholder capitalism as well as environmental, social…

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Wilson Sonsini is proud to support the 28th Annual Stanford Directors’ College, which will take place from Monday, June 26, to Wednesday, June, 28, 2023, at Stanford Law School. This conference is the nation’s premier executive education program for directors and C-level executives of publicly traded firms. The program…

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As we look forward to the 2023 proxy season, Institutional Shareholder Services (ISS) and Glass Lewis & Co. (Glass Lewis), two prominent proxy advisory firms, each recently published their latest voting guidelines for the upcoming proxy season. In our Client Alert, we provided a detailed look at updates to those policies. A summary of the coverage of the key updates in ISS’s and Glass Lewis’s voting policies is provided below.Continue Reading ISS and Glass Lewis Publish Updated Proxy Voting Guidelines