30 Dec, 2021 California Law Puts More Women in Corporate Board Seats By Joel I. Papernik According to the San Diego Union Tribune, California is pleased with the results of its 2018 gender diversity law. It has contributed to...
20 Dec, 2021 Divestment from Fossil Fuel Companies Expands and Accelerates By Jacob H. Hupart Today, UBS Asset Management announced that it would divest from five energy companies, including ExxonMobil, because these companies are...
20 Dec, 2021 SEC Commissioner Crenshaw Voices Additional Support for ESG Disclosures By Jacob H. Hupart Last week, SEC Commissioner Crenshaw--one of the Democratic members of the SEC Commission--addressed the Center for American Progress and...
17 Dec, 2021 SEC Floats Tougher Rules By Joel I. Papernik The SEC is proposing changes that would impose additional conditions on 10b5-1 plans. As noted, if adopted, users of the plans would be...
17 Dec, 2021 Singapore Exchange Mandates Climate Disclosures By Jacob H. Hupart Yesterday, the Singapore Exchange announced that "[a]ll issuers must provide climate reporting on a 'comply or explain' basis in their...
17 Dec, 2021 SEC Commissioner Pierce Criticizes ESG Regulations By Jacob H. Hupart Yesterday, SEC Commissioner Pierce--one of two Republican SEC Commissioners--availed herself of the opportunity presented by a statement...
16 Dec, 2021 What Does it Take to Win 2/3 of the Time? By Stephen M. Osborn It was a cold November day in 2019 when the San Francisco Giants announced Gabe Kapler as their manager. I was disappointed. My...
14 Dec, 2021 Labor Politics and Antitrust Enforcement in Labor Markets By Joseph M. Miller The FTC and Antitrust Division held a workshop last week focused on labor issues, which superficially appears to be a continuation of the...
11 Dec, 2021 SEC's Acting Chief Accountant Emphasizes Significance of Climate Disclosures By Jacob H. Hupart This week, the SEC's Acting Chief Accountant, Paul Munter, issued a statement concerning "High Quality Financial Reporting in a Complex...
10 Dec, 2021 (Even) more of the same for 2022?! By Daniel B. Guggenheim I will admit that those of us in the commercial real estate world have a tendency to throw around phrases like "jammed", "buried", "under...
03 Dec, 2021 SEC Commissioner Crenshaw Focuses on Internal Controls Concerning ESG Risks By Jacob H. Hupart In a recent speech, SEC Commissioner Crenshaw, one of the Democratic appointees to the Commission, focused on the role internal controls...
03 Dec, 2021 SEC Chairman Gensler Re-Affirms Focus on Climate Disclosures By Jacob H. Hupart SEC Chairman Gensler, in a set of prepared remarks before the Investor Advisory Committee that focused on cryptocurrency, nonetheless...