AppointmentsThe week in GRC: Companies condemn DC riot, and COSO planning advice on emerging risks Jan 08, 2021Ben Maiden– The Wall Street Journal reported that business leaders and trade groups called for an end to the violence in Washington, DC and a...Read more
ShareholdersThe week in GRC: Sears Holding sues ex-CEO Lampert, and new CEO pay-ratio data emerges Apr 19, 2019Ben Maiden– The Wall Street Journal reported that Hubert Joly will step aside as Best Buy’s CEO having led the turnaround of the electronics...Read more
ShareholdersThe week in GRC: SEC says Amazon must allow facial recognition proposals, and PG&E overhauls board Apr 05, 2019Ben Maiden– Bloomberg reported that Hertz Global Holdings is demanding that ex-CEO Mark Frissora and other former senior managers return at...Read more
Technology & social mediaThe week in GRC: Buffet and Dimon caution on quarterly earnings guidance, and Goldman uses war games for cyber-security Jun 08, 2018Ben Maiden– The Financial Times noted that a series of corporate law decisions in Delaware courts in recent years has constrained the ways in...Read more
ShareholdersThe week in GRC: Investors call for action on gun violence, and Qualcomm board re-elected with reduced support Mar 30, 2018Ben Maiden– The Wall Street Journal reported that the Federal Reserve Bank of New York and Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) are...Read more
ShareholdersThe week in GRC: BlackRock adds new board members, and US blocks Broadcom bid for Qualcomm Mar 16, 2018Ben Maiden– The Wall Street Journal reported that Dow Chemical head Andrew Liveris plans to step down next month, ending a nearly 14-year tenure...Read more
ShareholdersThe week in GRC: Disney shareholders reject CEO pay, and ISS objects to Tesla’s Musk equity award Mar 09, 2018Ben Maiden– The New York Times reported that US regulators asked chip maker Qualcomm to delay an annual shareholder meeting to give them more...Read more
ShareholdersThe week in GRC: Facing proxy fight, Newell Brands adds to board, and Honeywell reports CEO-worker pay ratio Feb 23, 2018Ben Maiden– The Wall Street Journal reported that Qualcomm raised its bid for NXP Semiconductors to roughly $44 billion in an effort to win...Read more
ShareholdersThe week in GRC: Third Point keeps pressure on Nestlé, and Singapore to allow dual-class share listings Jan 26, 2018Ben Maiden– The Wall Street Journal reported that, according to people familiar with the matter, Xerox’s biggest and third-biggest investors,...Read more
Technology & social mediaThe week in GRC: UK banks said not to be reporting cyber-attacks, and interim CFPB chief freezes personal data collection Dec 08, 2017Ben Maiden– The Wall Street Journal reported that Broadcom opened the next front in its $105 billion takeover bid for Qualcomm by saying it...Read more