The second annual Palm Beach CorpGov Forum will be held on Thursday, February 9 (following a hurricane-related postponement from November), featuring a full day of panels and fireside chats followed by a cocktail reception at the rooftop ballroom of The Ben Hotel...

  By CorpGov Editorial Staff Vinson & Elkins Partner and Co-Chair of Shareholder Activism Practice Patrick Gadson joined Yahoo Finance Live to discuss the significance of competing activist investor stakes in Salesforce, including Elliott Management, Inclusive Capital and Starboard. Contact:...

Activist investor Nelson Peltz staging rare proxy fight The Walt Disney Co. (NYSE: DIS) Unlikely to find any quick fixes with M&A – neither via acquisitions nor sales Margins likely squeezed for years, indicating executive comp should be cut Peltz’s...

By CorpGov Editorial Staff The Twitter bot scandal at PulteGroup, Inc. (NYSE:PHM) may entangle another senior executive. This week, company founder William J. Pulte’s grandson Bill Pulte filed a subpoena in Palm Beach County, Florida requesting Elon Musk’s Twitter release details...

By CorpGov Editorial Staff Homebuilder PulteGroup, Inc. (NYSE:PHM) said it fired incoming Chief Operating Officer Brandon Jones just days before he was to assume the role, apparently as a result of a lawsuit against him filed Wednesday alleging he used ...

  By CorpGov Editorial Staff Vinson & Elkins hired Jon Solorzano from The Clorox Co. where he led the company’s ESG strategy and stakeholder engagement. as counsel Mr. Solorzano most recently served as Senior Director of Legal & Corporate Development for...

By CorpGov Editorial Staff IPO Edge and CorpGov hosted a fireside chat at the 2023 ICR Conference with the Partner and Co-Head of Activism Defense at Vinsons & Elkins. The in-person interview featured Lawrence Elbaum, joined by IPO Edge Editor-in-Chief John...

By CorpGov Editorial Staff IPO Edge and CorpGov hosted a fireside chat at the 2023 ICR Conference with a Partner – Capital Markets and Mergers & Acquisitions – at Vinsons & Elkins. The in-person interview featured Sarah K. Morgan, joined...

  CorpGov Premium interviewed Mark Grothe, Senior Research Analyst, M&A and Contested Situations, Glass Lewis Discussed how companies with poor total shareholder return (TSR) can still explain strategy and tell a story The importance of measurement periods when calculating TSR Why...

CorpGov Premium interviewed Cruiser Capital Founder and Managing Member Keith Rosenbloom Mr. Rosenbloom recently won three seats in proxy contest with chemicals concern American Vanguard Corp. Mr. Rosenbloom says smaller companies in particular should view investor suggestions on value creation...