The Harvard Law School Forum on Corporate Governance https://corpgov.law.harvard.edu The leading online blog in the fields of corporate governance and financial regulation. Wed, 08 Apr 2026 11:32:13 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.5.8 https://corpgov.law.harvard.edu/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/cropped-photography-4-e1706898544564-1-32x32.png Glass Lewis Publishes 2026 Benchmark Policy Guidelines – The Harvard Law School Forum on Corporate Governance https://corpgov.law.harvard.edu 32 32 Glass Lewis Publishes 2026 Benchmark Policy Guidelines https://corpgov.law.harvard.edu/2026/01/08/glass-lewis-publishes-2026-benchmark-policy-guidelines/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=glass-lewis-publishes-2026-benchmark-policy-guidelines https://corpgov.law.harvard.edu/2026/01/08/glass-lewis-publishes-2026-benchmark-policy-guidelines/#respond Thu, 08 Jan 2026 12:30:41 +0000 https://corpgov.law.harvard.edu/?p=178343?d=20260107143316EST Posted by David Bell, Elizabeth Gartland, and Wendy Grasso, Fenwick & West LLP, on Thursday, January 8, 2026
Editor's Note:

David Bell and Elizabeth Gartland are Partners, and Wendy Grasso is a Corporate Governance Counsel at Fenwick & West LLP. This post is based on their Fenwick memorandum.

What You Need To Know

  • Glass Lewis has released its 2026 Benchmark Policy Guidelines, with “noteworthy revisions” focused on mandatory arbitration provisions and pay-for-performance methodology, as well as clarifying amendments to the sections dealing with shareholder rights, majority voting for director elections, amendments to charters and bylaws, supermajority vote requirements, and shareholder proposals.
  • The updated policies will generally apply to shareholder meetings taking place after January 1, 2026.

On December 4, Glass Lewis updated its benchmark proxy voting guidelines. The updates applicable to U.S. companies are briefly summarized below.

(more…)

]]> https://corpgov.law.harvard.edu/2026/01/08/glass-lewis-publishes-2026-benchmark-policy-guidelines/feed/ 0