Keith E. Gottfried

SEC Not to Seek Judicial Review of Proxy Access Court Decision; Confirms It Will Lift Stay on Rule 14a-8 Amendments
Keith E. Gottfried, September 22, 2011
On July 22, 2011, the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit vacated the SEC's proxy access rule, Rule 14a-11. As adopted by the SEC, Rule 14a-11 would have provided shareholders with an alternative means to nominate and elect directors as it would have required...

SEC Provides Notice of the Effective Date of Its Rule 14a-8 Amendments Permitting Proxy Access Shareholder Proposals
Keith E. Gottfried, September 22, 2011
On September 15, 2011, the SEC issued a release to provide notice of the effective date of the amendments to Rule 14a-8, the shareholder proposal rule, which amendments will require companies to include in their proxy materials, under certain circumstances, shareholder proposals that seek to...