Posts in Shareholder Rights

SEC’s Refusal to Rule on No-Action Requests Creates Legal Limbo, Shirks Responsibility, and Harms Shareholders

Today’s announcement from the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission that it will no longer substantively review corporate no-action requests under Rule 14a-8 represents a dangerous abandonment of the agency’s longstanding role as a neutral arbiter in the shareholder proposal process.

Shareholder RightsRyon HarmsNovember 18, 2025SEC, shareholder advocacy

Shareholders Ask SEC to Reconsider ExxonMobil Program Locking in Pro-Management Vote in Violation of SEC Rules

Shareholder representatives As You Sow and Interfaith Center for Corporate Responsibility (ICCR) filed a request with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) to rescind its effective approval of ExxonMobil’s “Retail Voting Program.”

Shareholder RightsRyon HarmsSeptember 30, 2025ExxonMobil, SEC, shareholder advocacy