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K&L Gates LLP are most popular: within Law Practice Management topic(s) Background On 11 December 2025, President Trump issued a long-awaited executive order (EO) entitled "Protecting American Investors from Foreign-Owned and Politically-Motivated Proxy Advisors." The EO refers to Institutional Shareholder Services (ISS) and Glass Lewis & Co. LLC as being foreign-owned proxy advisors that together control more than 90% of the proxy advisor market and "advise their clients about how to vote...

Throughout the 118th Congress, the US House of Representatives (House) has remained focused on oversight of environmental, social and governance (ESG) issues. In particular, the House Financial Services Committee (HFSC or the Committee) has led these efforts given its jurisdiction over the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), including with respect to non-financial corporate risk disclosure issues.

On 7 April, US House Committee on Energy and Commerce (Energy and Commerce Committee) Chairwoman Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA) and US Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation (Commerce Committee) Chairwoman Maria Cantwell (D-WA) released a discussion draft entitled the American Privacy Rights Act of 2024 (APRA). If enacted, the APRA would establish the first national comprehensive consumer data privacy rights law in the United States and could have a sweeping impact.