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reports from corporate governance land

Doug Chia
May 15, 2024
Paying for Restoring Trust at Boeing
Pay for performance? Only if performance means restoring trust.
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Doug Chia
Oct 30, 2023
The Most Repulsive Shareholder Proposal Ever
This proposal marks a new low for the NLPC and the anti-ESG movement. It is deplorable in every sense of the word.
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Doug Chia
Jul 20, 2023
Society for Corporate Governance Announces Leadership Transition
Andrew Fitzsimons Appointed Interim CEO of the Society for Corporate Governance; Doug Chia Appointed as Strategic Advisor to Interim CEO
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Doug Chia
May 23, 2023
Tesla's Annual Meeting Makes Elon Musk Look... Good
Tesla's Annual Shareholder Meeting and Cyber Roundup 2023 was so good that I almost forgot about Elon's bad side!
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Doug Chia
May 19, 2023
Guardians of the VSM Galaxy, Vol. 2
For the second consecutive year, Disney put in the effort to make its VSM exciting.
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Doug Chia
May 10, 2023
Virtual Shareholder Meetings: Don’t Ghost Me!
Projecting transparency at the annual meeting is a small but easy way to help you build trust.
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Doug Chia
May 5, 2023
Attending Pfizer’s Virtual Shareholder Meeting on an iPhone
I decided to attend Pfizer’s virtual annual meeting on my phone...
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Doug Chia
Apr 13, 2023
Anti-ESG: A War On Two Fronts
Anti-ESG politics has everything to do with elections and little to do with fiduciary duties and investment returns.
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Doug Chia
Feb 10, 2023
"Honey, I Exculpated the Kids!"
A lesson on corporate law and parenting.
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Doug Chia
Feb 3, 2023
Virtual Shareholder Meeting as a Safety Measure?
What happened at Walgreens' annual meeting last week will make companies think hard before going back to in-person meetings.
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Doug Chia
Jan 12, 2023
Disney Wars II: The Shareholder Menace
Disney has a proxy fight on its hands, compliments of Trian Partners' Nelson Peltz. Here are my thoughts in a series tweets.
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Doug Chia
Sep 28, 2022
There Is No “C” In “ESG”: An Illustration of ESG’s Biggest Risk
The various and creative ways in which cyber security can be packaged as ESG demonstrate the potential for ESG to become an open-ended term.
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Doug Chia
Sep 16, 2022
SEC (finally) jumps into ESG fund fracas
The SEC has taken the first steps to create some much-needed semblance of order and structure in the ESG investment industry.
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Doug Chia
Aug 30, 2022
Comment Letter: SEC Proposal on Investment Company Names
SEC comment letter on proposed rules on Investment Company Names.
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Doug Chia
Aug 16, 2022
Comment Letter: SEC Proposals on ESG Fund Names and Disclosures
I support the Commission’s efforts to enhance the level and quality of disclosure required by funds that claim to invest based on ESG...
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Doug Chia
Dec 14, 2021
Staff Legal Bulletin 14L and the Significant Social Policy Exception: A Possible Solution?
Determining what is a "significant social policy issue" under Rule 14a-8(i)(7) desperately needs a multi-pronged test.
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Doug Chia
Dec 8, 2021
VSM Proposals: Soup and Crackers
The virtual shareholder meeting related proposal votes are in, and the results are interesting.
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Doug Chia
Dec 1, 2021
Staff Legal Bulletin 14L: No More Nexus
Shouldn’t there be a nexus between a shareholder proposal and the company at which it is filed? The answer to this question seems obvious.
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Doug Chia
Nov 19, 2021
J&J's Stockholders Win
It will take a long time for me to get used to Johnson & Johnson without Johnson’s Baby.
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Doug Chia
Nov 17, 2021
How to Make Your Board Materials Reflect Well on *You*
Things to Keep In Mind As You Prepare Your Board and Committee Meeting Advance Materials and Yourself for Board and Committee Meetings.
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