Weekly Roundup: December 12-18, 2025

Fri, 19 Dec 2025 12:30:14 +0000

Posted by the Harvard Law School Forum on Corporate Governance, on Friday, December 19, 2025

Editor's Note:

This roundup contains a collection of the posts published on the Forum during the week of December 12-18, 2025

The Risk, Reward, and Asset Allocation of Nonprofit Endowment Funds

Posted by Andrew W. Lo (MIT), Egor Matveyev (MIT), and Stefan Zeume (University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign), on Friday, December 12, 2025

Tags: Endowments, investment, Nonprofit Governance, Organizational Capacity, Risk management

Speech by Commissioner Crenshaw on Investor Protection and Market Transparency

Posted by Caroline A. Crenshaw, U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, on Saturday, December 13, 2025

Tags: Congress, Corporate governance, private market, Proxy season

2026 SEC Exam Priorities and Implications for Investment Advisers and Investment Funds

Posted by Timothy Clark, Melissa Hodgman, and David Nicolardi, Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer LLP, on Sunday, December 14, 2025

Tags: Corporate governance, Fiduciary, mergers and acquisitions, SEC

Translating Climate Science Into Investment Decisions

Posted by Emil Moldovan and Diederik Timmer, Glass Lewis, on Monday, December 15, 2025

Tags: Climate, Corporate governance, investors, Market

Disclosure Standards Don’t Bend to Corporate Preferences

Posted by Robert G. Eccles (Oxford University) and Mika Morse (Goldfinch Strategies), on Monday, December 15, 2025

Tags: Climate Disclosure, Exxon, First Amendment, GHG Disclosure, Sustainability Accounting

2026 Annual Report and Proxy Season: Proxy Voting Matters

Posted by Ali Perry, Liz Walsh, and Jennifer Zepralka, Mayer Brown, on Monday, December 15, 2025

Tags: Corporate governance, Rule 14a-8, SEC, Shareholder proposals

Watch Out for the Watchdogs

Posted by Jack P. DiCanio, and Mark R.S. Foster, Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP, on Tuesday, December 16, 2025

Tags: Board of Directors, Public Companies, Watchdogs, Whistleblowers

Retaining the C-Suite After CEO Turnover

Posted by Marco Pizzitola, Desmond Pang, and Joe Sorrentino, FW Cook, on Tuesday, December 16, 2025

Tags: Board of Directors, C-suite, CEOs, NEOs

The ‘E‘ of ESG: Greenwashing Under the Spotlight – Recent Trends in the US

Posted by Sam Houshower, Jennifer King, and Andres Calzada, Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer LLP, on Wednesday, December 17, 2025

Tags: ESG, FTC, Greenwashing, Regulators

Too Much, Too Soon, for Too Long: The Hidden Cost of Competitive CEO Pay

Posted by Gilles Chemla (Imperial College), Alejandro Rivera (UT-Dallas), and Liyan Shi (Carnegie Mellon University), on Wednesday, December 17, 2025

Tags: Corporate governance, Executive Compensation, Incentive Compensation, Managerial Labor Market, Termination

Trump Issues Executive Order Targeting Proxy Advisors and Shareholder Proposals

Posted by David A. Katz, Elina Tetelbaum, and Loren Braswell, Wachtell Lipton Rosen & Katz, on Wednesday, December 17, 2025

Tags: dei, ESG, Executive Orders, Fiduciary, Proxy advisors, SEC, Shareholder proposals

Board Oversight Of AI-Driven Workforce Displacement

Posted by Michael W. Peregrine, McDermott Will & Emery LLP, on Thursday, December 18, 2025

Tags: AI, Artificial intelligence, Board of Directors, Corporate governance

Recent Developments for Directors

Posted by Julia Thompson, Keith Halverstam, and Jenna Cooper, Latham & Watkins LLP, on Thursday, December 18, 2025

Tags: Board of Directors, Rule 14a-8, SEC, Shareholder proposals

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Weekly Roundup: December 12-18, 2025