7/1/2025 9:15:41 PM It's Confirmed: 2020 Proxy Advisor Regulations Exceed the SEC's Authority By Ferrell Keel David Peavler Evan P. Singer On July 1, 2025, a federal court of appeals held that the SEC's regulation of proxy advice exceeded its authority and the SEC's 2020...
6/25/2025 8:00:57 PM Texas Expands Jurisdiction of Texas Business Courts By Evan P. Singer Ferrell Keel On June 20, 2025, Texas Governor Greg Abbott signed House Bill 40 (HB 40), a piece of legislation that expands the Texas Business Court’s...
5/1/2025 1:22:44 PM Holding Proxy Advisors' Feet to the Fire By Ferrell Keel Proxy advisors, and specifically ISS and Glass Lewis, are in the business of advising asset managers on whether to vote for or against...
4/10/2025 6:58:10 PM Hard Launch: TXSE Goes Public By Ferrell Keel TXSE (pronounced TEX-see) announced on April 4, 2025, that its Form 1 registration is now public, putting it one step closer to Y'all...
3/27/2025 2:10:24 PM The Relevance of "Economic Relevance" By Ferrell Keel For those who use “March Madness” to describe proxy season rather than basketball, they'll immediately know that the “economic relevance”...
3/21/2025 7:00:41 AM Pressures on DEI Initiatives Lead Public Companies to Revise Risk Factors By Ashley Heintz It is no secret that companies are grappling with how to address countervailing pressures on diversity initiatives in this first quarter...
3/21/2025 6:57:53 AM Will the "Business Judgment Rule" Be Bigger (and Better) in Texas? By Ferrell Keel On February 27, 2025, Senator Bryan Hughes (R-Tyler) filed Senate Bill 29 (S.B. 29), proposing several corporate reforms designed to...