Council of Institutional Investors The Voice of Corporate Governance

Legal Issues

For most of its history the Council has engaged in legal issues on only a limited basis. The Council works with outside counsel to prepare and distribute background memoranda on issues of interest to members. Occasionally, the Council files amicus curiae (“friend of the court”) briefs on policy issues in which the Council has taken an active role.

Background

January 3, 2008	Study Finds Securities Class Actions in 2007 Were Below Historical Averages; Recent Jump in Litigation Due to Subprime Crisis, Market Volatility
September 13, 2007	Memorandum from Cornish F. Hitchcock to the Council Regarding SEC Proposed Disclosure Requirements for Proxy Access Proposals (Including Comments)
August 24, 2007	Memorandum from Cornish F. Hitchcock to the Council Regarding SEC Proposed Disclosure Requirements for Proxy Access Proposals
March 21, 2006	Ian D. Lanoff & Ellen M. Goodwin, Groom Law Firm, Regarding Divestment of Plan Assets based on Non-Economic Factors.

Amicus Briefs

February 21, 2008	Free Enterprise Fund v. The Public Company Accounting Oversight Board, United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit
June 11, 2007	Stoneridge Investment Partners, LLC v. Scientific-Atlantic, Inc. and Motorola, Inc., Supreme Court of the United States
March 9, 2007	Tellabs, Inc. v. Makor Issues & Rights, Ltd., Supreme Court of the United States
September 1, 2006	Free Enterprise Fund v. The Public Company Accounting Oversight Board, United States District Court for the District of Columbia