Beat the CRA Clock At the end of March, Senator Sherrod Brown (D-OH), Chairman of the Senate Banking Committee, and Congressman Michael San Nicolas (D-Guam), Vice-Chair of the House Financial Services Committee, introduced (S.J. Res. 16; H.J. Res. 36) under the Congressional Review Act (CRA) to overturn recently adopted changes to the SEC’s shareholder proposal […]
President Obama selected Democrat Lisa Fairfax and Republican Hester Peirce to serve on the SEC. Fairfax, a law professor at George Washington University, surfaced after liberal groups pressured the White House not to hire a corporate lawyer who had previously worked to represent Wall Street. She has been active in promoting diversity on corporate boards, serving […]