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		<title>Dim the Spotlight</title>
		<link>http://tcbblogs.org/governance/2012/04/15/dim-the-spotlight/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 15 Apr 2012 16:48:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>admin</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[It is common knowledge that people are not driven solely by the prospect of financial rewards. Yet, in business, motivational tools for top executives—particularly the CEO—almost singularly comprise financial incentives. In 1980, only 10 percent of the UK’s largest FTSE100 companies utilized incentive arrangements (in the form of cash and stock-based variable pay). Today, they [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Governance Challenges and Priorities for 2012</title>
		<link>http://tcbblogs.org/governance/2012/01/18/governance-challenges-and-priorities-for-2012/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 18 Jan 2012 22:17:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Barbara Blackford</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[What are the biggest corporate governance challenges and issues for 2012?  I spoke with a number of investors and other governance experts, and here’s what they said: Executive compensation will continue in the spotlight.  Jonathan Feigelson, general counsel and head of corporate governance, TIAA-CREF predicts that executive compensation will continue to be a lightning rod [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Worth Reading: Proxy Access Next Steps</title>
		<link>http://tcbblogs.org/governance/2011/09/13/worth-reading-proxy-access-next-steps/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 13 Sep 2011 21:47:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Gary Larkin</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Now that Rule 14a-11 (mandatory shareholder proxy access under the Dodd-Frank Act) is dead for at least the next proxy season, it has become apparent that the focus will be on the amended Rule 14a-8 (private ordering for proxy access shareholder proposals). Today is supposed to be the day the amended rule goes into effect, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Could SEC Whistleblower Bounty Program Be in Plaintiff Bar Crosshairs?</title>
		<link>http://tcbblogs.org/governance/2011/08/26/could-sec-whistleblower-bounty-program-be-in-plaintiff-bar-crosshairs/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 26 Aug 2011 18:17:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Gary Larkin</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[If you think the federal appeals court decision to strike down the new SEC proxy access rule was the only salvo in the Corporate America’s fight against regulatory reform measures included in the Dodd-Frank Act, think again. From what I can gather, it seems support is growing to throw out the whistleblower bounty program rules [...]]]></description>
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		<title>ISS Agrees: Expect More Proxy Contests, Vote No Campaigns in 2012</title>
		<link>http://tcbblogs.org/governance/2011/08/03/iss-agrees-expect-more-proxy-contests-vote-no-campaigns-in-2012/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 03 Aug 2011 19:54:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Gary Larkin</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://tcbblogs.org/governance/?p=1284</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[I guess I was on to something last month when I blogged (Proxy Access Court Decision Fallout: Bank on More Proxy Contests) that there will most certainly be an uptick in proxy contests and/or shareholder proposals calling for proxy access in 2012. Institutional Shareholder Services (ISS) concurs with my theory in its 2011 U.S. Postseason [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Proxy Access Court Decision Fallout: Bank on More Proxy Contests</title>
		<link>http://tcbblogs.org/governance/2011/07/26/proxy-access-court-decision-fallout-bank-on-more-proxy-contests/</link>
		<comments>http://tcbblogs.org/governance/2011/07/26/proxy-access-court-decision-fallout-bank-on-more-proxy-contests/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 26 Jul 2011 17:55:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Gary Larkin</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Two things are almost certain following Friday’s decision by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit in the case challenging the SEC’s new proxy access rules: there definitely will be no proxy access for proxy season 2012 and the number of proxy contests will increase next year. While I know I’m not going [...]]]></description>
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		<title>On First Read, Expect Proxy Access to be Retooled for 2012</title>
		<link>http://tcbblogs.org/governance/2011/04/19/on-first-read-expect-proxy-access-to-be-retooled-for-2012/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 19 Apr 2011 20:52:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Gary Larkin</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Wouldn’t it be the ultimate irony if the shareholder proxy access rules approved by the SEC under the Dodd-Frank Act were thrown out by a federal court because they could cost companies too much money? One of the major thrusts behind proxy access over the past couple of decades was that the traditional proxy fights [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Top 2011 Issues for Directors and CEOs</title>
		<link>http://tcbblogs.org/governance/2010/12/21/top-2011-issues-for-directors-and-ceos/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 21 Dec 2010 21:58:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Gary Larkin</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[As company holiday parties wind down and executives prepare for what next year may bring, that can mean only one thing in the corporate governance world: time for Top 10 lists for 2011. Of the four major lists I could cull, only one actually lists 10 items. For the most part, these lists are more [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Guest Contributor: State Law Under Proxy Access</title>
		<link>http://tcbblogs.org/governance/2010/09/08/guest-contributor-state-law-under-proxy-access/</link>
		<comments>http://tcbblogs.org/governance/2010/09/08/guest-contributor-state-law-under-proxy-access/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 08 Sep 2010 15:45:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Frederick Alexander</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[GUEST CONTRIBUTOR POST: Frederick H. Alexander is a member of the Corporate Counseling Group of Morris, Nichols, Arsht &#38; Tunnell LLP, which specializes in providing advice on corporate governance and transactions. He is also chair of the Council of the Corporation Law Section of the Delaware State Bar Association and co-chair of the General Review [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Guest Contributor: Proxy Access Could Hurt the Bottom Line</title>
		<link>http://tcbblogs.org/governance/2010/09/03/guest-contributor-proxy-access-could-hurt-the-bottom-line/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 03 Sep 2010 15:23:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brian Cartwright</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[GUEST CONTRIBUTOR POST: Brian G. Cartwright is senior advisor to Latham &#38; Watkins LLP and a fellow of the Arthur and Toni Rembe Rock Center for Corporate Governance at Stanford University. Charles M. Nathan is a member of the corporate department in Latham &#38; Watkins’ New York office, is co-chair of the firm’s Corporate Governance [...]]]></description>
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