By John Jannarone of CorpGov Glass Lewis and ISS both recommended shareholders vote for all three directors proposed by activist Cruiser Capital at American Vanguard Corp.’s (NYSE: AVD) upcoming annual meeting, with the proxy advisors citing major corporate governance concerns...

Patricia Olasker, Partner at Davies Ward Phillips & Vineberg LLP   By John Jannarone The next wave of attacks on cannabis companies is likely to shift from short raids to traditional activist campaigns focused on better governance. That’s according to...

Ridesharing Company Expected to Price IPO Later This Week By John Jannarone Netflix, Snapchat, Grubhub – technology companies with blistering growth but little to no profit can be tempting investments. In the case of number-two ridesharing operator Lyft, investors should...

By Val Srinivas, Robert Lamm, and Tiffany Ramsay of The Deloitte Center for Financial Services and The Deloitte Center for Board Effectiveness. Digital transformation is high on the agenda for financial institutions’ boards of directors. However, what we have found...

Waterton Global Resource Management Wants to Replace 80{d3c0a06d106967eb2d88993cd4332f06cdd575151f3b0ae3850e4f26c146a313} of Hudbay Directors   By John Jannarone Hudbay Minerals has suffered a rough stock performance in recent years. Could some new resources help shore the mining company up? The Toronto-based firm has...

Shell Company Myrexis Has $100 Million in Net Operating Losses That a Profitable Business May Use Market turmoil and the government shutdown were just the latest reasons for the fickle IPO market to freeze. That may prompt bankers to get...

Concrete Company’s Deals Drive Profit Growth with Measured Risk By John Jannarone From Valeant to WorldCom, the list of firms with failed rollup strategies is long and ignominious. That makes any company pursuing a highly-active M&A approach an easy target...