As a long-time practitioner in the SEC filings space, I actually don’t have a lot of experience drafting “happy talk” documents. The proxy and Form 10-K have undergone a radical transformation over my 35-year career in gradually evolving from compliance-only…
Junior lawyers spend their first few years getting up to speed on the rules and regulations. It’s a real jumble and it’s hard enough to merely keep up with the latest rulemakings from the SEC, much less learn all that…
I am happy to say that we are up to 90 “Transparency Advocates.” Among this group of Advocates are numerous former SEC Staffers. We are looking for ten more if you are willing to join this illustrious group – ping…
In the wake of the UnitedHealthcare tragedy, I blogged a few months ago some good examples of executive security arrangement disclosures. Now we have some data about existing trends for this type of disclosure.
For starters, Compensation Advisory Partners has…
With AI research agents and AI reasoning systems in the news over the past few weeks, I’ve been playing around with AI tools more frequently to see how the latest are faring. It’s been a remarkable experience. Mindblowing really. The…
I’ve blogged before about the need to regularly think about the “why” of disclosure when you’re drafting. Let me talk about what sometimes happens when those moments of clarity occur.
As an observer of disclosure over a long period time,…
I’m just back from the “Securities Regulation Institute” in San Diego and I had the good fortune of running into John Olson, the former Gibson Dunn legend who I’ve always admired so much (see this podcast I taped with John…
One of the reasons why the proxy has become so much more important in the last decade is that shareholders have taken the elections of directors more seriously and are more apt to vote against a director than they used…
I like Lockheed Martin’s “Disclosure Hub.” And not because I used to be employed there twenty-five years ago. The “Disclosure Hub” is all about Lockheed Martin’s sustainability disclosures.
The toolbar at the top breaks down the disclosure documents into four…
One of the top challenges for disclosure teams – and for companies trying to communicate to the market in general – is attaining internal alignment.
For example, when tackling the earning season – the Form 10-Q, the earnings release, and…
As part of our blog series based on this great panel of in-house practitioners – featuring Leidos’ Henrique Canarim, Etsy’s Jennifer Card and Intel’s Alex Shukhman – here’s a blog that addresses the question of: “Any other disclosure tips to…
A number of our Transparency Criteria relate to the type of qualifications that a company seeks for C-Suite officers – or officers that should be in the C-Suite – that have titles that tend to be on the newer side…
As a “Transparency Champion,” my ears truly perk up if I see the term “transparency” – particularly if it’s uttered by a SEC Commissioner. The title of this statement by Commissioner Jaime Lizarraga is “Integrity and Transparency in Financial Reporting:…
2023 was the hardest year of my life and as we turned towards 2024, I blogged some tips about how to help those in your life in need of support. I’m happy to say that I’ve turned it all around…
I found this blog entitled “Can Improved Communication About Executive Compensation Pay Off?” by Pearl Meyer’s Sharon Podstupka to be interesting. It analyzes a study about whether boards and their management teams believe they adequately educate participants about executive compensation…
