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Author: Erin Connors

SEC Hands Proxy Advisory Firms a Big Win

SEC Hands Proxy Advisory Firms a Big Win

SEC Hands Proxy Advisory Firms a Big Win

If you asked the boards of directors of public companies what they have against proxy advisory firms, they might come back with a question of their own: How much time do you have? Their complaints about proxy advisory firms, which make reco...

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Puppet artist creating nature masterpiece

Regulatory Machinery Can’t Stop Musk’s Market-Moving Mayhem

Puppet artist creating nature masterpiece

Human beings can never know exactly what it feels like to be a marionette manipulated by the whims of a puppeteer. They can, however, invest in cryptocurrency and then follow Elon Musk’s Twitter account. When they do, they’ll find themselve...

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On Voting Law Debate, Issuers Have No Place to Hide

On Voting Law Debate, Issuers Have No Place to Hide

On Voting Law Debate, Issuers Have No Place to Hide

In 1990, Michael Jordan uttered a throwaway comment to teammates about calls to support a Democratic candidate in a U.S. Senate race in his home state of North Carolina. “Republicans buy sneakers, too,” joked Jordan, who, at the time, was t...

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Is the SEC Ready to Play Ball with SPACs?

Is the SEC Ready to Play Ball with SPACs?

Is the SEC Ready to Play Ball with SPACs?

If you’re a baseball card enthusiast who left your collection to gather dust in an attic somewhere, you may want to stop reading now. Earlier this year, a 1952 Mickey Mantle in mint condition sold at auction for $5.2 million. The original c...

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WeWork Goes Public . . . Again

WeWork Goes Public . . . Again

WeWork Goes Public . . . Again

We hate to see any IPO go bust, as WeWork’s did in spectacular fashion back in 2019. But look, we can’t lie either. Anytime the financial story of the year is driven by a securities filing – in this case, WeWork’s famously colorful S1 – it’...

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