The most transparent companies in the US! As determined by an independent Transparency Scientific Committee for the first time! I am pleased to share the winners of the 2024 Transparency Awards (the “6th Annual” in the US), as noted in…
Understandably, much of the attention related to cyber disclosures relate to how – and when – to make disclosure related to cyber incidents in a Form 8-K. But perhaps equally as important is consideration of what you should be disclosing…
I’ve been blogging long enough to know that you never know which of your blogs will create the biggest buzz. My last blog did indeed create a buzz as I got quite a few emails back about it. Here are…
My good friend Carl Hagberg is one of the smartest – and certainly the most experienced – people when it comes to the proxy process. He has served as in independent inspector of elections for a long time and is…
As part of our blog series based on this great panel of in-house practitioners (here’s the latest in the series) – featuring Leidos’ Henrique Canarim, Etsy’s Jennifer Card and Intel’s Alex Shukhman – here’s a blog that addresses the question…
As I enter my second year wearing the “Transparency Champion” hat, I’ll be endeavoring to answer the question of “why should I be pushing for better disclosure within my company?” I’ve already listed a number of reasons on our “Why…
As part of our blog series based on this great panel of in-house practitioners (here’s our last one) – featuring Leidos’ Henrique Canarim, Etsy’s Jennifer Card and Intel’s Alex Shukhman – here’s a blog that addresses the question of: “When…
I know that generative AI will likely soon turn SEO on its head as it becomes the predominant way that we “search” for things. At least that’s my gut feeling about generative AI. Regardless, SEO is still king and queen…
As part of our blog series based on this great panel of in-house practitioners (here’s our prior one) – featuring Leidos’ Henrique Canarim, Etsy’s Jennifer Card and Intel’s Alex Shukhman – here’s a blog that addresses the question of: “When…
Recently, I came across a nifty new free Edgar retrieval site called “KFilings” and I asked the guy who launched the site – Andrew Jennings (who is an associate professor for Emory Law School) – these questions:
What led you…
This was such a great panel of in-house practitioners – featuring Leidos’ Henrique Canarim, Etsy’s Jennifer Card and Intel’s Alex Shukhman – that I’ve decided to highlight their commentary in a series of blogs. This particular blog addresses the question…
As we gear up to finalize our analysis of this year’s disclosure documents ahead of next month’s “2024 Transparency Awards,” I recently came across the 2023 Welltower ESG report that mentions the Awards! The report acknowledges Welltower’s accomplishment of being…
Last year, I blogged about the board skills matrix, highlighting a few of the Transparency Criteria that apply and noted a few good disclosure examples. I wanted to bring Wal-Mart’s 2024 proxy (on pages 11-12) to your attention because of…
Over the years, I’ve talked to a number of brilliant in-house disclosure drafters and a number of them have said that they go through the exercise of re-imaging a section in their proxy or 10-K that feels stale. Perhaps it’s…
I was reading this insightful observation noted by Perkins Coie’s Allison Handy and felt it was yet one more reason to be as transparent as possible: “One observation from the article is worth noting for both Nasdaq-listed companies and those…
