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It is one of two S&P 500 companies without a woman or minority on its board.
Tribune Publishing rejected a sweetened takeover offer from Gannett, insisting its turnaround plan is better than Gannett’s bid, and said a billionaire entrepreneur would take a $70 million stake in the company.
Historically, shareholder activism has rarely been successful at Japanese companies. However, as Japan moves closer to a Western model of corporate governance, shareholders may be playing a larger role in the strategy and leadership of some Japanese companies. This has recently been exemplified by
Chico’s FAS Inc. faces the prospect of a proxy fight at its upcoming annual meeting, according to people familiar with the situation.
L Brands said its Victoria’s Secret brand would stop selling swimwear and that the company is bringing in a new executive to run its core lingerie business.
Does female membership on corporate boards impact mergers and acquisitions? As the percentage of females on boards of America's largest companies has risen from 15 percent in 2005 to 20 percent in 2015, the question is relevan
A group of hedge funds have formed a new lobbying arm to promote the benefits of shareholder activism across the U.S. economy.
A recent Delaware case highlights potentially unexpected results from the intersection of provisions in a private company purchase agreement relating to advancement of D&O legal expenses and indemnification of a buyer for seller breaches.
Federal Finance Minister Bill Morneau praised Bombardier as an innovative company and pillar of Canada's globally competitive sector.
Opening Remarks of SEC Chair Mary Jo White before the
SEC Advisory Committee on Small and Emerging Companies
Billionaire investors Paul Singer, Carl Icahn, Barry Rosenstein, William Ackman and Daniel Loeb are setting aside their political differences to launch a Washington-based lobbying group to fight mounting attacks on shareholder activism.
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From Yahoo Finance: Tribune Publishing Co. today announced that Institutional Shareholder Services Inc. , a leading independent proxy voting and corporate governance advisory firm, recommended Tribune shareholders vote “For” the majority of the Company’s directors and not support Gannett’s withhold campaign.
Three investor groups called on Monday for a new, independent investigation into Volkswagen's emissions test-rigging scandal, saying the inquiries launched by the German carmaker so far may not be far-reaching or transparent enough.
In Rule v. Massachusetts Mutual Life Insurance Company,[1] our client challenged MassMutual’s 2014 Proxy Statement seeking to change its company bylaws.
A data-driven look at the link between the strategic moves of new CEOs and the performance of their companies highlights the importance of quick action and of adopting an outsider’s perspective.
On May 25th, shareholders will vote on several high-profile shareholder resolutions at Exxon Mobil Corporation, Chevron Corporation and Southern Company. The proposals request the companies disclose more information concerning exposure to climate change-related risks. Support for this type of proposal has been steadily inching
Insperity said it reached an agreement with its largest stockholder, Starboard Value, to add the activist investor’s nominee to the board and begin a search for another new independent director.
Verizon Communications Inc. and others are expected to bid around $2 billion to $3 billion in the auction for Yahoo Inc.’s core business, less than what the troubled Internet pioneer was expected to fetch, according to people familiar with the matter.
Surveys conducted in the immediate aftermath of the enactment of Title IV of the Dodd-Frank Act suggested that private fund advisers successfully addressed compliance demands associated with the Dodd-Frank Act and absorbed the increased compliance costs of the registration and disclosure rules relatively quickly after registration.
In November 2015, the Delaware Supreme Court bolstered the protection afforded to majority or controlling stockholders seeking to buy out the minority, provided that the transactio
MONTREAL - Bombardier has removed insolvent Republic Airways from the CSeries production schedule until it gets a clearer picture of the impact of the airl
Investors are clamoring for companies to disclose their return on invested capital, but they aren’t exactly buying the story companies are trying to tell with the metric.
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