By Alex Lee
NEW YORK, Feb. 17 (Business Law Currents) – With a slew of Dodd-Frank and SEC driven regulations headlining the 2012 proxy season, enhanced director disclosure will be a prominent issue as investors demand heightened corporate accountability and broader levels of transparency. Rules put in place a couple years ago on compensation policies, risk incentivizing, director/nominee disclosure, board structure and oversight have now had the time to incubate sufficiently for companies to respond in a serious manner.
The Main Street versus Wall Street debate and the ensuing Occupy Wall Street movements have done much to expand public angst from mere disgruntlement with corporate America to even more emphasis on corporate governance in general. The public battle is now being waged increasingly on the battlefield of executive compensation, and as a consequence, on director disclosure. (more…)
