Webcast Programs

2025

• On Demand CLE Credit: Conduct of the Annual Meeting (4/25)
• On Demand CLE Credit: Director Independence: Recurring Issues and Recent Developments (3/25)
• On Demand CLE Credit: ISS Policy Updates and Key Issues for 2025 (1/25)
• On Demand CLE Credit: The Latest: Your Upcoming Proxy Disclosures (1/25)

2024

• On Demand CLE Credit: Capital Markets: The Latest Developments (12/24)
• On Demand CLE Credit: Audit Quality: Lessons from BF Borgers and Other Recent Developments (11/24)
• On Demand CLE Credit: SEC Enforcement: Priorities and Trends (11/24)
• On Demand CLE Credit: Surviving Say-On-Pay: A Roadmap for Winning the Vote in Challenging Situations (10/24)
• On Demand CLE Credit: Conduct of the Annual Meeting 2024 (4/24)
• On Demand CLE Credit: The SEC's Climate Disclosure Rules: Preparing for the New Regime (3/24)
• On Demand CLE Credit: Activist Profiles & Playbooks 2024 (2/24)
• On Demand CLE Credit: The Latest: Your Upcoming Proxy Disclosure 2024 (1/24)
• On Demand CLE Credit: The ABCs of Schedule 13D and Schedule 13G (1/24)
• On Demand CLE Credit: ISS Forecast for 2024 Proxy Season (1/24)

2023

• On Demand CLE Credit: Related Party Transactions: Refresher & Lessons Learned from Enforcement Focus (12/23)
• On Demand CLE Credit: More on Clawbacks: Action Items and Implementation Considerations (11/23)
• On Demand CLE Credit: SEC Enforcement: Priorities and Trends (11/23)
• On Demand CLE Credit: Corporate DEI Programs After Students for Fair Admissions v. Harvard (8/23)
• On Demand CLE Credit: Non-GAAP Developments: Enhancing Your Policies and Procedures (7/23)
• On Demand CLE Credit: Managing the New Buyback Disclosure Rules (5/23)
• On Demand CLE Credit: Conduct of the Annual Meeting 2023(3/23)
• On Demand CLE Credit: Managing Enterprise-Wide Risks: The Intersection of ERM & Legal (3/23)
• On Demand CLE Credit: Activist Profiles & Playbooks 2023 (2/23)
• On Demand CLE Credit: The SEC's Rule 10b5-1 Amendments: What Issuers & Insiders Need to Know (1/23)
• On Demand CLE Credit: The Latest: Your Upcoming Proxy Disclosures 2023 (1/23)
• On Demand CLE Credit: ISS Forecast for 2023 Proxy Season (1/23)

2022

• Dissecting the Quarterly Earnings Process (11/22)
• Cryptocurrency: Making Sense of the State of Play (10/22)
• The (Former) Corp Fin Staff Forum (4/22)
• Parsing the SEC's New 'Climate Disclosure' Proposal (4/22)
• Conduct of the Annual Meeting (3/22)
• Shareholder Insights: 2022 Priorities (3/22)
• Audit Committees in Action: The Latest Developments (2/22)
• Activist Profiles & Playbooks (2/22)
• Whistleblowers: Best Practices in a New Regime (2/22)
• The Latest: Your Upcoming Proxy Disclosures (1/22)
• ISS Forecast for 2022 Proxy Season (1/22)
• Rule 10b5-1 & Buybacks: Practical Impacts of SEC's Proposals (1/22)
• Universal Proxy: Preparing for the New Regime (1/22)

2021

• Understanding LTSE Listings (12/21)
• Investment Stewardship: Understanding the 'New Era' of Expectations and Engagement (10/21)
• Navigating De-SPACs in Heavy Seas (9/21)
• MD&A and Financial Disclosures: What To Do Now (9/21)
• Newly Public: Building Reporting & Governance Functions (8/21)
• Insider Trading Policies & Rule 10b5-1 Plans (7/21)
• Cyber, Data & Social: Getting in Front of Governance (6/21)
• Capital Markets 2021 (5/21)
• Shareholders Speak: How This Year's Expectations Are Different (3/21)
• Conduct of the Annual Meeting (3/21)
• Private Offerings: Navigating the New Regime (2/21)
• Audit Committees in Action: The Latest Developments (2/21)
• Shareholder Proponents Speak: 14a-8 Fallout & Other Initiatives (2/21)
• Conflict Minerals & Resource Extraction: Latest Form SD Developments (1/21)
• Glass Lewis Dialogue: Forecast for the 2021 Proxy Season (1/21)
• Streamlined MD&A and Financial Disclosures: Early Considerations (1/21)

2020

• Modernizing Your Form 10-K: Incorporating Reg S-K Amendments (12/20)
• The Top Governance Consultants Speak (11/20)
• Virtual Annual Meetings: What To Do Now (10/20)
• Non-GAAP Measures & Metrics: Where Are We Now? (9/20)
• CEO Succession Planning in the Crisis Era (8/20)
• Coronavirus: Next Steps For Disclosure & Governance (7/20)
• Political Spending: What Now? (5/20)
• Capital Raising in Turbulent Times (5/20)
• The Coronavirus: What Should Your Company Do Now? (3/20)
• Conduct of the Annual Meeting (3/20)
• Audit Committees in Action: The Latest Developments (2/20)
• Conflict Minerals: Tackling Your Next Form SD (2/20)
• Deciphering 'Corporate Purpose' (1/20)
• Pat McGurn's Forecast for 2020 Proxy Season (1/20)

2019

• Shareholder Proposals: What Now (11/19)
• Sustainability Reporting: Small & Mid-Cap Perspectives (10/19)
• Secrets of the Corporate Secretary Department (9/19)
• Company Buybacks: Best Practices (7/19)
• Current Developments in Capital Raising (7/19)
• Navigating Corp Fin's Comment Process (6/19)
• How to Handle a SEC Enforcement Inquiry Now (5/19)
• Conduct of the Annual Meeting (3/19)
• Audit Committees in Action: The Latest Developments (2/19)
• Conflict Minerals: Tackling Your Next Form SD (2/19)
• 12 Tricks to Help You During Proxy Season (1/19)
• Pat McGurn's Forecast for 2019 Proxy Season (1/19)

2018

• Shareholder Proposals: Corp Fin Speaks (12/18)
• How Boards Should Handle Politics as a Governance Risk (11/18)
• Proxy Solicitation: Nuts & Bolts (10/18)
• Nasdaq Speaks: Latest Developments & Interpretations (9/18)
• Insider Trading Policies & Rule 10b5-1 Plans (7/18)
• D&O Insurance Today (6/18)
• The Latest on ICOs/Token Deals (4/18)
• The SEC's New Cybersecurity Guidance (3/18)
• Conduct of the Annual Meeting (3/18)
• Conflict Minerals: Tackling Your Next Form SD (2/18)
• Audit Committees in Action: The Latest Developments (2/18)
• Pat McGurn's Forecast for 2018 Proxy Season (1/18)
• Handling the Proxy Season: The In-House Perspective (1/18)

2017

• Shareholder Proposals: Corp Fin Speaks (11/17)
• E&S Disclosures: The In-House Perspective (10/17)
• Non-GAAP Disclosures: Corp Fin Speaks (9/17)
• Secrets of the Corporate Secretary Department (9/17)
• Controlled Companies: Trends & Unique Issues (8/17)
• 12 Strange Things in the Securities Laws (7/17)
• Flash Numbers in Offerings (6/17)
• Whistleblowers: What Companies Should Be Doing Now (4/17)
• Hot Tabulation Issues for Your Annual Meeting (3/17)
• Conflict Minerals: Tackling Your Next Form SD (2/17)
• Audit Committees in Action: The Latest Developments (1/17)
• Pat McGurn's Forecast for 2016 Proxy Season (1/17)
• Non-GAAP Disclosures: Analyzing the Comment Letters (1/17)

2016

• Virtual-Only Annual Meetings: Nuts & Bolts (10/16)
• Board Refreshment & Recruitment (10/16)
• After Brexit! Current Developments in Capital Raising (9/16)
• Non-GAAP Disclosures: The SEC Speaks! (7/16)
• Non-GAAP Disclosures: What Is Permissible? (6/16)
• Yes, It's Time to Update Your Insider Trading Policy (6/16)
• Legal Opinions: The Hot Issues (5/16)
• Company Buybacks: Best Practices (4/16)
• FAST Act: Gearing Up (3/16)
• Hot Issues for Your Annual Meeting (3/16)
• Conflict Minerals: Tackling Your Next Form SD (2/16)
• Pat McGurn's Forecast for 2016 Proxy Season (1/16)
• Proxy Drafting: Mid-Cap & Smaller Company Perspective (1/16)
• Audit Committees in Action: The Latest Developments (1/16)

2015

• How to Draft Meaningful Sustainability Reports (11/15)
• Regulation A/A+: Developing Market Practices (10/15)
• Whistleblowers: What Companies Are Doing Now (9/15)
• Cybersecurity: Governance Steps You Need to Take Now (7/15)
• Nasdaq Speaks '15: Latest Developments and Interpretations (7/15)
• Escheatment Soup to Nuts: Handling Unclaimed Property Audits & More (6/15)
• The NYSE Speaks '15: Latest Developments and Interpretations (5/15)
• Form S-8: Share Counting, Fee Calculations & Other Tricks of the Trade (5/15)
• Proxy Access: The Halftime Show (3/15)
• Conduct of the Annual Meeting (3/15)
• Conflict Minerals: Tackling Your Next Form SD (2/15)
• Pat McGurn's Forecast for 2015 Proxy Season (1/15)
• Governance Roadshows: In-House & Investor Perspectives (1/15)

2014

• Proxy Access: A New World of Private Ordering (12/14)
• Reg D Offerings: What Is Happening Now (11/14 )
• Private Company Trading Markets: The Latest (10/14)
• Cybersecurity Role-Play: What to Do & Who Does What, When (9/14)
• Cybersecurity: Working the Calm Before the Storm (9/14)
• Career Advice: The In-House Perspective (7/14)
• Underwriter's Counsel: Latest Developments (6/14)
• Big Changes Afoot: How to Handle a SEC Enforcement Inquiry Now (5/14)
• Latest Developments in IPOs & Capital Raising (4/14)
• Conflict Minerals: Tackling Your 1st Form SD (4/14)
• Conduct of the Annual Meeting (3/14)
• The SEC Staff on International Issues (2/14)
• Exclusive Forum Bylaws: What Now? (1/14)
• Pat McGurn's Forecast for 2014 Proxy Season (1/14)
• The 'Former' Corp Fin Staff Speaks (1/14)

2013

• Audit Committees in Action: The Latest Developments (11/13)
• Dealing with the Board: Presentations, Etiquette & More (10/13)
• The Shareholder Proposal Process: Practice Pointers (10/13)
• Reg D Offerings: What Is Happening Now (9/13)
• The NYSE Speaks '13: Latest Developments and Interpretations (7/13)
• E-Proxy Practice Tips: Five Years Later (6/13)
• A Proxy Season Post-Mortem: Lessons Learned (6/13)
• Social Media: Parsing the Hypos (5/13)
• D&O Insurance Today (4/13)
• Conduct of the Annual Meeting (3/13)
• Rule 10b5-1 Plans Under Attack: The Latest Practices (2/13)
• Pat McGurn's Forecast for 2013 Proxy Season: Wild and Woolly (1/13)
• The 'Former' Corp Fin Staff Speaks (1/13)
• Dissecting the Quarterly Earnings Process (1/13)

2012

• How the SEC Really Works (12/12)
• Secrets of the Corporate Secretary Department (10/12)
• Getting Beyond Denial: Conflict Mineral Rules More Important (And Apply Sooner) Than You Thought (9/12)
• Hot Topics for Smaller Company Legal Depts (9/12)
• JOBS Act Update: Where Are We Now (9/12)
• Nasdaq Speaks '12: Latest Developments and Interpretations (6/12)
• Looking Out for #1: How to Manage Your Career (5/12)
• The New World of IPOs: Dissecting the JOBS Act (5/12)
• JOBS Act & More: How Private Placements and Reg D Are Changing (4/12)
• Conduct of the Annual Meeting (3/12)
• Company Buybacks: Best Practices (2/12)
• The Exploding World of Political Contributions (2/12)
• Pat McGurn's Forecast for 2012 Proxy Season: Wild and Woolly (1/12)
• The 'Former' Corp Fin Staff Speaks (1/12)

2011

• iPads in the Boardroom: 20 Issues to Consider (12/11) transcript
• Updating Your Whistleblower Procedures: How to Apply Six Sigma and Lean Methodologies (11/11) transcript
• Materiality: The Hardest Determination (10/11) transcript
• Current Developments in Capital Raising (9/11) transcript
• Preparing for the SEC's New Whistleblower Rules: What Companies Are Doing Now (9/11) transcript
• Key Disclosure Policies: The Dangers of Standing Pat (7/11) transcript
• Understanding the Private Company Trading Markets (7/11) transcript
• Yes, It's Time to Update Your Insider Trading Policy (6/11) transcript
• Tackling Social Media Issues (5/11) transcript
• Conduct of the Annual Meeting (3/11) transcript
• The SEC Staff on International Issues (2/11) transcript
• Pat McGurn's Forecast for 2011 Proxy Season: Wild and Woolly (1/11) transcript
• How to Implement Dodd-Frank for This Proxy Season (1/11) transcript
• Towards State of the Art: Scrubbing Your Bylaws, Governance Guidelines & Committee Charters (1/11) transcript

2010

• The 'Former' Corp Fin Staff Speaks on Proxy Access & Dodd-Frank (10/10) transcript
• Holding the Virtual Annual Meeting: Factors to Consider and Practice Pointers (9/10) transcript
• Exploring the New World of Web Disclosure (7/10) transcript
• Evolving Insider Trading Policy and 10b5-1 Plan Practices (7/10) transcript
• Nasdaq Speaks '10: Latest Developments and Interpretations (6/10) transcript
• Navigating Corp Fin's Comment Process (5/10) transcript
• Big Changes Afoot: How to Handle a SEC Enforcement Inquiry Now (4/10) transcript
• How to Implement E-Proxy in Year Three (2/10) transcript
• Pat McGurn's Forecast for 2010 Proxy Season: Wild and Woolly (1/10) transcript
• ESG Disclosures: Environmental, Climate Change, Social Responsibilities (1/10) transcript
• Disclosure Controls & Procedures: An In-House Perspective (1/10) transcript
• How to Implement the SEC's New Rules for This Proxy Season (1/10) transcript

2009

• Ask the Experts: Prepping for a Wild Proxy Season (11/09) transcript
• The NYSE Speaks '09: Latest Developments and Interpretations (10/09) transcript
• How to Prepare for a Proxy Access World (9/09) transcript
• Venture Capital: Facing a Changing World (9/09) transcript
• Nasdaq Speaks '09: Latest Developments and Interpretations (7/09) transcript
• How to Plan for CEO (and Other Senior Manager) Succession (6/09) audio archive
• Looking Out for #1: How to Manage Your Career (5/09) audio archive
• Tripping the PPIP - and TALF - Fantastic (4/09) audio archive
• XBRL: What Lawyers Need to Know (4/09) audio archive
• Raising Equity Capital in a Turbulent Market (3/09) transcript
• How Boards Should Manage Risk (3/09) transcript
• How to Implement E-Proxy in Year Two (2/09) transcript
• Forecast for 2009 Proxy Season: Wild and Woolly (1/09) transcript

2008

• How to Issue FDIC-Guaranteed Debt under the TLGP (12/08) transcript
• The NYSE Speaks '08: Latest Developments and Interpretations (11/08) transcript
• Latest Developments in Capital Market Deals (10/08) transcript
• Foreign Corrupt Practices Act: Latest Compliance and Investigation Developments (9/08) audio archive
• XBRL: Understanding the New Frontier (7/08) audio archive
• Nasdaq Speaks '08: Latest Developments and Interpretations (6/08) transcript
• E-Proxy's First Season: Lessons Learned (6/08) transcript
• Conduct of the Annual Meeting (4/08) transcript
• The PCAOB Speaks: Latest Developments and Interpretations (3/08) transcript
• The 'Former' SEC Staff Speaks (2/08) transcript
• Smaller Companies: How Your 10-K Changes This Proxy Season (1/08) audio archive
• Forecast for 2008 Proxy Season: Wild and Woolly (1/08) transcript

2007

• Rightsizing Compliance Programs for Smaller Companies (12/07) transcript
• Annual Reports: How to Create Them for an Online World (11/07) transcript
• Latest Developments in Capital Market Deals (9/07) transcript
• Broadridge Speaks: Demystifying E-Proxy's Implementation audio archive
• Internal Controls Update: AS #5, Management Reports and All that Jazz (7/07) transcript
• How to Implement E-Proxy: Avoiding the Surprises and Making the Calculations (6/07) transcript
• Tackling Global Warming: Challenges for Boards and their Advisors (6/07) audio archive
• Nasdaq Speaks: Latest Developments and Interpretations (6/07) transcript
• The NYSE Speaks: Latest Developments and Interpretations (4/07) transcript
• After McNulty: Changes in the Attorney-Client Privilege and Investigations (3/07) transcript
• Last Minute Planning for the Proxy Season (2/07) transcript
• Forecast for 2007 Proxy Season and Strategies to Consider (1/07) transcript

2006

• Accounting Reform: How the Latest Developments Impact You (12/06) transcript
• Shareholder Access and By-Law Amendments: What to Expect Now (11/06) transcript
• The Art of Boardroom Etiquette and Confidentiality (11/06) transcript
• Understanding Overvoting and Other Tricky Voting Issues (10/06) transcript
• How to Develop a Whistleblower Compliance Program Today (7/06) transcript
• Audit Committees in Action: The Latest Developments (6/06) transcript
• The Evolving Relationship Between Lawyers and Auditors (6/06) transcript
• How to Go Public on the London Stock Exchange’s AIM (5/06) transcript
• Practical Considerations: Implementing a Majority Vote Standard (3/06) transcript
• How to Handle a SEC Enforcement Inquiry Today (3/06) transcript
• Underwriting Agreements and Legal Opinions After the '33 Act Reform (2/06) transcript
• Forecast for 2006 Proxy Season and Solicitation Strategies to Consider (1/06) transcript

2005

• The Latest on PIPEs (12/05) transcript
• Internal Controls Update: The Big 4 Speak (10/05) transcript
• Drilling Down: Seasoned/Unseasoned Issuers and Voluntary Filers Doing Offerings After the '33 Act Reform (9/22/05) transcript
• Drilling Down: Doing an IPO After the '33 Act Reform (9/05) transcript
• Drilling Down: Doing a WKSI Offering After the '33 Act Reform (9/05) transcript
• Meeting the New Compliance Standards (7/05) transcript
• How to Navigate Tricky Confidential Treatment Requests (6/05) transcript
• Managing D&O Departures and Arrivals (6/05) transcript
• The Latest Regulation FD Practices (5/05) transcript
• D&O Insurance Today (4/05) transcript
• The Evolution of Due Diligence Practices (and Securities Act Liability) (3/05) transcript
• Last Minute Planning for the Proxy Season (2/05) transcript
• Demystifying Internal Controls Disclosures (2/05) transcript

2004

• The Overhaul: '33 Act Reform (12/04) transcript
• Another Wild Proxy Season? Forecast for 2005 (11/04) transcript
• The Rise of Income Deposit Securities Offerings (10/04) transcript
• Reality Bites: More on the New 8-K Rules (9/04) transcript
• 50 Nuggets in 50 Minutes III (8/04) transcript
• How the New Sentencing Guidelines Affect You (7/04) transcript
• The Latest on Evolving 10b5-1 Plan Practices (6/04) transcript
• Overcoming the Challenges of Real-Time Disclosure (5/04) transcript
• The Many Faces of Director Independence (4/04) transcript
• Conduct of the Annual Meeting (3/04) transcript
• Cashless Exercises and Other Murky 402 Issues (2/04) transcript
• 50 Nuggets in 50 Minutes II (1/04) transcript

2003

• The New Governance Listing Standards (12/03) transcript
• The New MD&A (12/03) transcript
• Internal Controls and Attestation–The Procedural Ball of Wax (11/03) transcript
• The Wildest Proxy Season Ever: Forecast for 2004 (10/03) transcript
• New Twists in Convertible Debt Offerings (9/03) transcript
• Designing Reporting-Up and Complaint Procedures (8/03) transcript
• 50 Nuggets in 50 Minutes (7/03) transcript
• Burden of SOX on Mid- and Small-Cap Companies (6/03) transcript
• Shareholder Access to the Ballot (5/03) transcript
• Regulation G Unplugged (4/03) transcript
• Internal Controls Attestations (3/03) transcript
• Understanding the New 'Audit Committee Financial Expert' (2/03) transcript