Chemical company American Vanguard Corp. (NYSE: AVD) faces activist Cruiser Capital Cruiser Capital nominated three directors for election at upcoming meeting AVD repeatedly rejects resignations from directors who reach age 75 for multiple years Corporate governance expert calls the practice...

By John Jannarone Rocky Mountain Chocolate Factory, Inc. (NASDAQ: RMCF) may finally need to change its recipe for corporate governance. The confectionary manufacturer and retailer, known for fudges and fro-yo, has seen its shares fall 20% in the last five...

Toshiba Corporation’s 1 Trillion Yen ($9.5 Billion) Investment Plan Blindsided Shareholders Toshiba Sets Operating Income as Growth Target at Potential Expense of Shareholder Value Toshiba CEO Kurumatani Resists Modern Corporate Governance Standards Other Japanese Companies Have Taken Far Bigger Strides...

By John Jannarone It didn’t work in Washington, but some companies continue to believe that ignoring the outcome of a vote might be acceptable on Wall Street. The latest unfortunate example is Enzo Biochem, Inc., a company founded in the...

Lawrence Elbaum and Patrick Gadson, Co-Heads of Shareholder Activism at Vinson & Elkins Activist Insight has named Vinson & Elkins’ Shareholder Activism practice as No. 1 in public company defense, the fifth year running that V&E has been given the...

Sarah Fortt, Counsel at Vinson & Elkins LLP By Sarah E. Fortt The topic of leadership gets a lot of limelight.  A quick Google search always produces recent articles in well-known publications and countless YouTube videos – Navy SEAL Techniques...

By Jarrett Banks China’s booming property market has long tempted American investors and Shenzhen-based Nam Tai Property (NYSE: NTP) certainly fit the bill for the likes of BlackRock, Vanguard and State Street. But things took a downward turn three years...

By John Jannarone Both of the leading proxy advisory firms, which many institutional asset managers use as a guide for shareholder votes, have backed new director nominees at Kyushu Railway Company (JR Kyushu) submitted by 6.1% shareholder Fir Tree Partners....

Ranpack Chairman and CEO Omar Asali By John Jannarone Some plastic packaging material may be recyclable, but very little of it actually winds up being recycled and instead pollutes the earth for hundreds of years. Paper packaging, on the other...

By Soo Kim The boards of directors of U.S. public companies overwhelmingly lack diversity. Within the Russell 3000, only 20% of directors are women and just 10% represent racial or ethnic minorities.[1] Much has been made in recent years about...