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  • Corp Fin's New Director: The Mighty Keith Higgins! (& Lona Nallengara Becomes SEC's Chief of Staff)
  • Two New SEC Commissioners Nominated from the Senate Banking Committee
  • Corp Fin Issues 15 New & Revised CDIs: Spring Cleaning
  • SEC Finally Issues FAQs on Conflict Minerals & Resource Extraction
  • The SEC Staff Speaks on Whistleblower Developments
  • Shareholder Proposals: Chevedden Loses "Proposal by Proxy" Case
  • Annual Meetings: Don't Bar the Press
  • The "Proxy Season BrocScape"
  • Our New "Internal Controls Disclosure Handbook"
  • COSO Updates Its Internal Controls Framework: Time to Pay Up!
  • Status of SEC's Political Contribution Disclosure Rulemaking: Not Yet (& Maybe Never)
  • The Battle Over JPMorgan's CEO/Chair Split Proposal: The Gloves Are Off!
  • Leaks of JPMorgan's Early Voting: Confidentiality Concerns
  • A European Proxy Advisor's Views on Voting Leaks
  • Now Up to 31 Say-on-Pay Failures (Including One With 9% Support!)
  • Transcript: "Social Media: Parsing the Hypos"
  • Corp Fin Issues BTR No-Action Relief for the 1st Time!
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