Both Alliance Advisors and Gibson Dunn released their always eagerly awaited annual proxy reviews recapping noteworthy shareholder proposal developments and trends. Alliance Advisors identifies workforce health and safety, employee and executive pay, racial diversity and equity, and VSMs to be among the most closely scrutinized topics for 2021 in light of COVID-19 impacts and the focus on racial justice. Gibson Dunn's memo covers in detail shareholder proposal statistics, voting results, key topics and trends, and noteworthy SEC no-action requests and determinations for the period October 1, 2019 - June 1, 2020.
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