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		<title>Weekly Roundup: January 2-8, 2026</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[ISS Publishes 2026 Benchmark Policy Changes Posted by David A. Bell, Ran Ben-Tzur, and Elizabeth Gartland, Fenwick &#38; West LLP, on Friday, January 2, 2026 Tags: CEOs, ISS, Pay for performance, TSR Would Your Company Want To Stop Filing Quarterly Reports if No Longer Required? Posted by Anita Bandy, Elizabeth R. Gonzalez-Sussman, and Raquel Fox, [&#8230;]]]></description>
				<content:encoded><![CDATA[<hgroup><em>Posted by the Harvard Law School Forum on Corporate Governance, on Friday, January 9, 2026 </em><div class='e_n' style='background:#F8F8F8;padding:10px;margin-top:5px;margin-bottom:10px;text-indent:2.5em;'><strong style='margin-left:-2.5em;'>Editor's Note: </strong> <p style="margin:0; display:inline;">This roundup contains a collection of the posts published on the Forum during the week of January 2-8, 2026</p>
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<h2 class="weeklylist"><a href="https://corpgov.law.harvard.edu/2026/01/02/iss-publishes-2026-benchmark-policy-changes/">ISS Publishes 2026 Benchmark Policy Changes<br />
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<div class="bylinenamedate"><em>Posted by David A. Bell, Ran Ben-Tzur, and Elizabeth Gartland, Fenwick &amp; West LLP, on <abbr title="2026-01-02T07:30:48-0500">Friday, January 2, 2026</abbr></em></div>
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<div class="bylineweekly-tag"><small>Tags: <a href="https://corpgov.law.harvard.edu/tag/ceos/" rel="tag">CEOs</a>, <a href="https://corpgov.law.harvard.edu/tag/iss/" rel="tag">ISS</a>, <a href="https://corpgov.law.harvard.edu/tag/pay-for-performance/" rel="tag">Pay for performance</a>, <a href="https://corpgov.law.harvard.edu/tag/tsr/" rel="tag">TSR</a></small></div>
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<h2 class="weeklylist"><a href="https://corpgov.law.harvard.edu/2026/01/03/would-your-company-want-to-stop-filing-quarterly-reports-if-no-longer-required/">Would Your Company Want To Stop Filing Quarterly Reports if No Longer Required?<br />
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<div class="bylinenamedate"><em>Posted by Anita Bandy, Elizabeth R. Gonzalez-Sussman, and Raquel Fox, Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher &amp; Flom LLP, on <abbr title="2026-01-03T07:30:14-0500">Saturday, January 3, 2026</abbr></em></div>
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<div class="bylineweekly-tag"><small>Tags: <a href="https://corpgov.law.harvard.edu/tag/corporate-governance/" rel="tag">Corporate governance</a>, <a href="https://corpgov.law.harvard.edu/tag/public-companies/" rel="tag">Public Companies</a>, <a href="https://corpgov.law.harvard.edu/tag/sec/" rel="tag">SEC</a>, <a href="https://corpgov.law.harvard.edu/tag/share-buybacks/" rel="tag">Share Buybacks</a></small></div>
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<h2 class="weeklylist"><a href="https://corpgov.law.harvard.edu/2026/01/04/2026-sec-division-of-examinations-priorities/">2026 SEC Division of Examinations Priorities<br />
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<div class="bylinenamedate"><em>Posted by Kristin Snyder, Charu Chandrasekhar, Sheena Paul, Debevoise &amp; Plimpton LLP, on <abbr title="2026-01-04T07:30:28-0500">Sunday, January 4, 2026</abbr></em></div>
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<div class="bylineweekly-tag"><small>Tags: <a href="https://corpgov.law.harvard.edu/tag/corporate-governance/" rel="tag">Corporate governance</a>, <a href="https://corpgov.law.harvard.edu/tag/crypto-assets/" rel="tag">Crypto Assets</a>, <a href="https://corpgov.law.harvard.edu/tag/division-of-examinations/" rel="tag">Division of Examinations</a>, <a href="https://corpgov.law.harvard.edu/tag/sec/" rel="tag">SEC</a></small></div>
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<h2 class="weeklylist"><a href="https://corpgov.law.harvard.edu/2026/01/05/key-shareholder-activism-trends-to-watch-in-2026/">Key Shareholder Activism Trends to Watch in 2026<br />
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<div class="bylinenamedate"><em>Posted by Morton Pierce, Michael P. Sternheim, and Colum J. Weiden, Fried, Frank, Harris, Shriver &amp; Jacobson LLP, on <abbr title="2026-01-05T07:30:01-0500">Monday, January 5, 2026</abbr></em></div>
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<div class="bylineweekly-tag"><small>Tags: <a href="https://corpgov.law.harvard.edu/tag/activists/" rel="tag">Activists</a>, <a href="https://corpgov.law.harvard.edu/tag/ceos/" rel="tag">CEOs</a>, <a href="https://corpgov.law.harvard.edu/tag/ma/" rel="tag">M&amp;A</a>, <a href="https://corpgov.law.harvard.edu/tag/shareholder-activism/" rel="tag">Shareholder activism</a></small></div>
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<h2 class="weeklylist"><a href="https://corpgov.law.harvard.edu/2026/01/05/how-are-shareholder-rights-evolving-insights-from-the-2025-oecd-corporate-governance-factbook/">How Are Shareholder Rights Evolving: Insights From the 2025 OECD Corporate Governance Factbook<br />
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<div class="bylinenamedate"><em>Posted by Tiziana Londero, OECD, on <abbr title="2026-01-05T07:32:59-0500">Monday, January 5, 2026</abbr></em></div>
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<div class="bylineweekly-tag"><small>Tags: <a href="https://corpgov.law.harvard.edu/tag/board-of-directors/" rel="tag">Board of Directors</a>, <a href="https://corpgov.law.harvard.edu/tag/corporate-governance/" rel="tag">Corporate governance</a>, <a href="https://corpgov.law.harvard.edu/tag/investors/" rel="tag">investors</a>, <a href="https://corpgov.law.harvard.edu/tag/rpt/" rel="tag">RPT</a></small></div>
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<h2 class="weeklylist"><a href="https://corpgov.law.harvard.edu/2026/01/06/2025-silicon-valley-150-corporate-governance-report/">2025 Silicon Valley 150 Corporate Governance Report<br />
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<div class="bylinenamedate"><em>Posted by Richard Blake, Wilson Sonsini Goodrich &amp; Rosati, on <abbr title="2026-01-06T07:30:35-0500">Tuesday, January 6, 2026</abbr></em></div>
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<div class="bylineweekly-tag"><small>Tags: <a href="https://corpgov.law.harvard.edu/tag/corporate-governance/" rel="tag">Corporate governance</a>, <a href="https://corpgov.law.harvard.edu/tag/esg/" rel="tag">ESG</a>, <a href="https://corpgov.law.harvard.edu/tag/silicon-valley/" rel="tag">Silicon Valley</a>, <a href="https://corpgov.law.harvard.edu/tag/sv150/" rel="tag">SV150</a></small></div>
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<h2 class="weeklylist"><a href="https://corpgov.law.harvard.edu/2026/01/06/proxies-for-politics/">Proxies for Politics<br />
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<div class="bylinenamedate"><em>Posted by Jill Fisch (University of Pennsylvania) and Adriana Z. Robertson (University of Chicago) , on <abbr title="2026-01-06T07:31:20-0500">Tuesday, January 6, 2026</abbr></em></div>
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<div class="bylineweekly-tag"><small>Tags: <a href="https://corpgov.law.harvard.edu/tag/corporate-political-disclosure/" rel="tag">Corporate Political Disclosure</a>, <a href="https://corpgov.law.harvard.edu/tag/esg-governance/" rel="tag">Esg governance</a>, <a href="https://corpgov.law.harvard.edu/tag/proxy-voting/" rel="tag">Proxy voting</a>, <a href="https://corpgov.law.harvard.edu/tag/rule-14a-8/" rel="tag">Rule 14a-8</a>, <a href="https://corpgov.law.harvard.edu/tag/shareholder-proposal/" rel="tag">Shareholder proposals</a></small></div>
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<h2 class="weeklylist"><a href="https://corpgov.law.harvard.edu/2026/01/06/executive-order-targeting-iss-and-glass-lewis-impact-on-the-2026-proxy-season-and-beyond/">Executive Order Targeting ISS and Glass Lewis: Impact on the 2026 Proxy Season and Beyond<br />
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<div class="bylinenamedate"><em>Posted by Scott A. Barshay, Carmen X. Lu, and Francis F. Mi, Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton &amp; Garrison LLP, on <abbr title="2026-01-06T07:32:41-0500">Tuesday, January 6, 2026</abbr></em></div>
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<div class="bylineweekly-tag"><small>Tags: <a href="https://corpgov.law.harvard.edu/tag/exchange-act/" rel="tag">Exchange Act</a>, <a href="https://corpgov.law.harvard.edu/tag/proxy-season/" rel="tag">Proxy season</a>, <a href="https://corpgov.law.harvard.edu/tag/sec/" rel="tag">SEC</a>, <a href="https://corpgov.law.harvard.edu/tag/shareholders/" rel="tag">Shareholders</a></small></div>
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<h2 class="weeklylist"><a href="https://corpgov.law.harvard.edu/2026/01/07/2025-corporate-governance-practices-and-trends-in-silicon-valley-and-at-large-companies-nationwide/">2025 Corporate Governance Practices and Trends in Silicon Valley and at Large Companies Nationwide<br />
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<div class="bylinenamedate"><em>Posted by David Bell and Wendy Grasso, Fenwick, on <abbr title="2026-01-07T07:30:39-0500">Wednesday, January 7, 2026</abbr></em></div>
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<div class="bylineweekly-tag"><small>Tags: <a href="https://corpgov.law.harvard.edu/tag/board-of-directors/" rel="tag">Board of Directors</a>, <a href="https://corpgov.law.harvard.edu/tag/corporate-governance/" rel="tag">Corporate governance</a>, <a href="https://corpgov.law.harvard.edu/tag/proxy-season/" rel="tag">Proxy season</a>, <a href="https://corpgov.law.harvard.edu/tag/silicon-valley/" rel="tag">Silicon Valley</a></small></div>
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<h2 class="weeklylist"><a href="https://corpgov.law.harvard.edu/2026/01/07/what-chro-compensation-tells-us-about-a-firms-human-capital-strategy/">What CHRO Compensation Tells Us About a Firm’s Human Capital Strategy<br />
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<div class="bylinenamedate"><em>Posted by Charles G. McClure (University of Chicago Booth School of Business), on <abbr title="2026-01-07T07:31:25-0500">Wednesday, January 7, 2026</abbr></em></div>
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<div class="bylineweekly-tag"><small>Tags: <a href="https://corpgov.law.harvard.edu/tag/chros/" rel="tag">CHROs</a>, <a href="https://corpgov.law.harvard.edu/tag/corporate-governance/" rel="tag">Corporate governance</a>, <a href="https://corpgov.law.harvard.edu/tag/executive-pay/" rel="tag">executive pay</a>, <a href="https://corpgov.law.harvard.edu/tag/human-capital/" rel="tag">Human capital</a>, <a href="https://corpgov.law.harvard.edu/tag/workforce/" rel="tag">workforce</a></small></div>
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<h2 class="weeklylist"><a href="https://corpgov.law.harvard.edu/2026/01/07/institutional-investor-engagement-and-stewardship/">Institutional Investor Engagement and Stewardship<br />
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<div class="bylinenamedate"><em>Posted by Adriana De La Cruz, Caio de Oliveira and Hitesh Tank, OECD, on <abbr title="2026-01-07T07:32:36-0500">Wednesday, January 7, 2026</abbr></em></div>
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<div class="bylineweekly-tag"><small>Tags: <a href="https://corpgov.law.harvard.edu/tag/board-of-directors/" rel="tag">Board of Directors</a>, <a href="https://corpgov.law.harvard.edu/tag/institutional-investment/" rel="tag">Institutional Investment</a>, <a href="https://corpgov.law.harvard.edu/tag/regulations/" rel="tag">Regulations</a>, <a href="https://corpgov.law.harvard.edu/tag/stewardship/" rel="tag">Stewardship</a></small></div>
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<h2 class="weeklylist"><a href="https://corpgov.law.harvard.edu/2026/01/08/glass-lewis-publishes-2026-benchmark-policy-guidelines/">Glass Lewis Publishes 2026 Benchmark Policy Guidelines<br />
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<div class="bylinenamedate"><em>Posted by David Bell, Elizabeth Gartland, and Wendy Grasso, Fenwick &amp; West LLP, on <abbr title="2026-01-08T07:30:41-0500">Thursday, January 8, 2026</abbr></em></div>
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<div class="bylineweekly-tag"><small>Tags: <a href="https://corpgov.law.harvard.edu/tag/bylaws/" rel="tag">Bylaws</a>, <a href="https://corpgov.law.harvard.edu/tag/glass-lewis/" rel="tag">Glass Lewis</a>, <a href="https://corpgov.law.harvard.edu/tag/sec/" rel="tag">SEC</a>, <a href="https://corpgov.law.harvard.edu/tag/shareholder-proposal/" rel="tag">Shareholder proposals</a></small></div>
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<h2 class="weeklylist"><a href="https://corpgov.law.harvard.edu/2026/01/08/under-pressure-global-ceo-pay-tectonics/">Under Pressure: Global CEO Pay Tectonics<br />
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<div class="bylinenamedate"><em>Posted by Robin Ferracone, Brian Bueno, Ryan Resch, GECN Group, on <abbr title="2026-01-08T07:32:41-0500">Thursday, January 8, 2026</abbr></em></div>
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<div class="bylineweekly-tag"><small>Tags: <a href="https://corpgov.law.harvard.edu/tag/board-of-directors/" rel="tag">Board of Directors</a>, <a href="https://corpgov.law.harvard.edu/tag/ceo-pay/" rel="tag">CEO Pay</a>, <a href="https://corpgov.law.harvard.edu/tag/ceos/" rel="tag">CEOs</a>, <a href="https://corpgov.law.harvard.edu/tag/incentives/" rel="tag">Incentives</a></small></div>
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