Shareholder Keith Johnson co-authors article on fiduciary duty guidance for proxy voting reform

Shareholder Keith Johnson co-authored the article “Fiduciary Duty Guidance for Proxy Voting Reform" in the Harvard Law School Forum on Corporate Governance and Financial Regulation (November 2018).

Investor proxy voting practices have entered the public spotlight in 2018 as Congress and the Securities and Exchange Commission consider changes to the rules which govern proxy voting. However, an accurate recognition of the investor fiduciary duties which provide the legal context for exercise of proxy voting rights has been largely missing from the debate. This article provides an up-to-date understanding of how fiduciary principles fit the 21st century.

Keith heads Reinhart’s Institutional Investor Legal Services team representing pension funds and institutional investors on fiduciary, investment, securities litigation and corporate governance program matters.