Tag: FEP Commentary

If a shareholder proposal has merit on its face, why does it matter who is submitting it? And is Dow Inc. in the business of doxing shareholder proponents if they want to stay anonymous to avoid potential retribution? In a ...

Recent corporate legal filings are treating the deeply flawed decision made in our Starbucks lawsuit as if it's proper precedent and good law. In a commentary published at RealClearMarkets, Free Enterprise Project Executive Director Stefan Padfield explains why that assumption ...

In the commentary below, Free Enterprise Project Associate Bennett Nuss encourages us to examine the line of attack that Missouri Attorney General Andrew Bailey is using in a complaint against Starbucks's Diversity, Equity and Inclusion (DEI) programs, noting "that there ...

"Apply a healthy dose of skepticism the next time you see a headline proclaiming that over 90% of shareholders support DEI because an anti-DEI proposal was defeated by that margin," writes Free Enterprise Project Executive Director Stefan Padfield in a ...

In a commentary published by the Wall Street Journal, Free Enterprise Project Associate Bennett Nuss discusses how a socialist takeover in New York City would disastrously affect the rest of the state and even be felt across the nation by ...

Dell's unrepentant wokism, despite President Trump's clear anti-woke directives, risks the technology company's government contracts and makes it a tasty target for any Dell employees willing to blow the whistle on its destructive policies, notes Free Enterprise Project Executive Director ...

Despite the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission's aim to be "a federal body independent of both market capriciousness and direct control of any single political branch," its mission was politically motivated from the start, notes Free Enterprise Project Associate Bennett ...

Reverse discrimination is still discrimination, and a recent Supreme Court decision backs up that assertion. In a commentary published at Legal Reader, Free Enterprise Project Associate Bennett Nuss analyzes SCOTUS's Ames v. Ohio Dep’t of Youth Servs opinion and how ...

"Companies may be using virtual meetings to undermine a critical component of corporate governance," writes Free Enterprise Project Executive Director Stefan Padfield in a commentary published at RealClearMarkets. Many companies have not returned to in-person shareholder meetings after their meetings ...

In a commentary published at RealClearMarkets, Free Enterprise Project Executive Director Stefan Padfield says Verizon may have defrauded the FCC with its DEI hypocrisy, and he explains why a recent statement from Lockheed Martin is "the sort of announcement that ...