Two days after the SEC proposed to rescind Rule 14a-8, the Council of the Corporation Law Section of the Delaware State Bar Association announced that it is folding the potential repeal into its annual review of Delaware’s corporate statutes — the first formal signal that the state law framework for shareholder proposals may be revisited.
The SEC seeks to eliminate the Rule 14a-8 shareholder proposal framework, reform the voting framework applicable to shareholder proposals submitted under state law, and modernize several aspects of the proxy solicitation process. On September 16, 2026, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) issued two rule proposals[1] — one addressing the shareholder proposal rules (the Rule 14a-8…
We are pleased to provide you with Gibson Dunn’s ESG Risk, Litigation, and Reporting update covering the following key developments during August 2026. Please click on the links below for further details. I. GLOBAL United Nations Environment Programme report concludes that exceeding 1.5°C warming is unavoidable and identifies an “overshoot, peak and decline” pathway On September…
The first comprehensive overhaul of the federal transfer agent rules in four decades would align transfer agent operations with the current T+1 standard settlement cycle, accommodate electronic and blockchain-based recordkeeping, and impose new gatekeeping duties on transfer agents in unregistered securities transactions. Practical takeaways and implications for capital markets participants are set forth at the…
Now, at a time when the global cryptocurrency market is valued at well over $2 trillion, the SEC’s proposed rule is intended to facilitate capital raising involving crypto assets within the U.S. capital markets.
We are pleased to provide you with Gibson Dunn’s ESG Risk, Litigation, and Reporting update covering the following key developments during July 2026. Please click on the links below for further details.
This update provides an overview of shareholder proposals submitted to public companies during the 2026 proxy season, including statistics and notable developments from the staff (the Staff) of the Securities and Exchange Commission (the SEC) on noaction requests and exclusion notices submitted under Rule 14a-8(j) (together, exclusion requests).
