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BigLaw PACs Continued Giving To GOP Dissenters In 2021

Navigating the Risks of Corporate Political Spending

To Give or Not to Give?

Investors Turning Up Heat on Political Spending

US companies condemn election fraud ‘falsehood’ on January 6 anniversary

Corporations Donated Millions to Lawmakers Who Voted to Overturn Election Results

Managers Warm Up to Voting for ESG-Related Shareholder Proposals

How Corporate America Has Changed After the Capitol Attack

US companies under pressure to support voting rights push

It’s not all bad

New York Times DealBook: What We’re Looking Forward To in 2022

Financial Times: Business appears complacent about US democratic stability

Law 360: Corporate Political Disclosure Votes Hit Record High In 2021

Harvard Law School Forum on Corporate Governance: 2021 CPA Zicklin Index of Corporate Political Disclosure and Accountability

JDSupra: Preparing for the Shareholder Proposal Season – December 2021

Cooley PubCo: 2021 CPA-Zicklin Index shows steady rise in board oversight and disclosure of political spending

Roll Call: More companies disclose political spending after Jan. 6 attack

Politico: Corporate disclosure of political giving hits record

Law 360: Corporate Boards, GCs Tighten Political Spending Oversight

New York Times DealBook: Exclusive: More boards are following the money

Thomson Reuters: Record number of U.S. firms change tack on political spending after Jan. 6 attack

The Guardian: Can Harry and Meghan succeed in reintroducing royalty into US politics?

Bloomberg Law: ESG Proxy Proposals Land on Easier Path for Vote After SEC Change

Law360: How One Law Student’s Political Passion Became A Career

Kaiser Health News: Pharma Campaign Cash Delivered to Key Lawmakers With Surgical Precision

Rolling Stone: What Insurrection? Corporate America Can’t Stop Bankrolling the Jan. 6 Sedition Caucus

Forbes: Energy Companies Caught in the Middle with Controversial Abortion Laws

Popular Information: A Small Step for Political Transparency

IR Magazine: After MAGA, Brace for Shareholder Scrutiny of Political Activities

CQ: Corporate Political Spending Scrutinized Amid State Controversies

Agenda Week: What to Expect at Climate Engagement Meetings

Law360: What Cos. Risk In Funding Pols Who Back Voting Restrictions

The Washington Post: American Airlines, other companies resume donations to Republicans who objected to election results

Popular Information: How corporations give Republicans a massive financial advantage in state politics

Bloomberg Law: Activist Shareholders Score Wins on Election Spending After Riot

Insightia: GLOBAL ACTIVISM VOLUMES DIP IN THE FIRST HALF

The Hill: Few companies stick with pledge to shut off funding for GOP objectors

CQ Roll Call: Political spending proposals gain traction in proxy season

Law 360: Midyear Report: GCs See Record Votes On ESG Resolutions

Popular Information – How to pull back the curtain on secret corporate political spending

Michigan Advance – Voter suppression legislation in Michigan boosted by company donations to Republicans, nonprofit says

The New York Times: On Voting Rights, It Can Cost Companies to Take Both Sides

Financial Times: US companies amass political funding cash pile after Capitol riot

MarketWatch: Shareholders fight to rein in risk by demanding transparency into public companies political spending

The New York Times: DealBook, Proxy-Season Politics

Roll Call: Shareholders question corporate dollars supporting abortion restrictions

Barron’s: Proxy Season 2021 Looks Unusually Active, as Investors Press a Range of Concerns

Salon: Corporate America is backing away from Georgia’s anti-voting bill — after funding its sponsors

CNBC: Disney, Geico and other corporations backed Florida lawmakers now sponsoring restrictive voting bills

CNBC: Companies quiet on whether they will keep donating to GOP supporters of Georgia voting law

Law 360: 5 Steps Cos. Should Take In An Era Of Political Scrutiny

Financial Times: Voting rights becomes a new battleground for US companies

Washington Post: Activist shareholders pressing companies to disclose more of their political activity after Capitol attack

Triple Pundit: The Risks of ‘Business as Usual’ Corporate Political Contributions

STAT: By looking the other way, pharma money helped fuel a toxic political atmosphere in the U.S.

The Washington Post: Five myths about campaign finance

CQ: Investors seek to reassess political spending at largest firms

Stanford Graduate School of Business: The Self-Destructive Downside to Corporate Political Spending

ValueWalk: ICCR ASKS TO REFRAIN FROM CORPORATE POLITICAL SPENDING

CNN: survey shows some of America’s biggest companies still grappling with response to deadly US Capitol riot

The Boston Globe: Companies need to reevaluate the full range of their political spending

Top1000Funds.com: How to avoid funding treason

USA Today: Big businesses say they are responsible, but too often they fuel conspiracy theories

The Washington Post: Lawmakers who objected to election results have been cut off from 20 of their 30 biggest corporate PAC donors

The Philadelphia Inquirer: Vanguard, BlackRock lag State Street on some proxy votes seeking political donation disclosures: new study