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		<description><![CDATA[Letter in Response to SEC Changes to the Rule 14a-8 Shareholder Proposal Process Posted by Jen Sisson and Severine Neervoort, ICGN, on Friday, January 23, 2026 Tags: Corporate governance, Rule 14a-8, SEC, Shareholder proposals 2025 ESG Wrap-Up and 2026 Outlook Posted by Simon Toms, Kate Jackson-McGill KC and Justin Lau, Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher &#38; [&#8230;]]]></description>
				<content:encoded><![CDATA[<hgroup><em>Posted by the Harvard Law School Forum on Corporate Governance, on Friday, January 30, 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 22-28, 2026</p>
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<h2 class="weeklylist"><a href="https://corpgov.law.harvard.edu/2026/01/23/letter-in-response-to-sec-changes-to-the-rule-14a-8-shareholder-proposal-process/">Letter in Response to SEC Changes to the Rule 14a-8 Shareholder Proposal Process<br />
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<div class="bylinenamedate"><em>Posted by Jen Sisson and Severine Neervoort, ICGN, on <abbr title="2026-01-23T07:31:46-0500">Friday, January 23, 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/rule-14a-8/" rel="tag">Rule 14a-8</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/2026/01/24/2025-esg-wrap-up-and-2026-outlook/">2025 ESG Wrap-Up and 2026 Outlook<br />
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<div class="bylinenamedate"><em>Posted by Simon Toms, Kate Jackson-McGill KC and Justin Lau, Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher &amp; Flom LLP, on <abbr title="2026-01-24T07:30:43-0500">Saturday, January 24, 2026</abbr></em></div>
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<div class="bylineweekly-tag"><small>Tags: <a href="https://corpgov.law.harvard.edu/tag/csrd/" rel="tag">CSRD</a>, <a href="https://corpgov.law.harvard.edu/tag/esg/" rel="tag">ESG</a>, <a href="https://corpgov.law.harvard.edu/tag/eu/" rel="tag">EU</a>, <a href="https://corpgov.law.harvard.edu/tag/sustainability/" rel="tag">Sustainability</a></small></div>
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<h2 class="weeklylist"><a href="https://corpgov.law.harvard.edu/2026/01/25/26-trends-affecting-capital-markets-in-2026/">26 Trends Affecting Capital Markets in 2026<br />
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<div class="bylinenamedate"><em>Posted by Anna Pinedo, Mayer Brown LLP, on <abbr title="2026-01-25T07:30:35-0500">Sunday, January 25, 2026</abbr></em></div>
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<div class="bylineweekly-tag"><small>Tags: <a href="https://corpgov.law.harvard.edu/tag/artificial-intelligence/" rel="tag">Artificial intelligence</a>, <a href="https://corpgov.law.harvard.edu/tag/capital-markets/" rel="tag">Capital markets</a>, <a href="https://corpgov.law.harvard.edu/tag/corporate-governance/" rel="tag">Corporate governance</a>, <a href="https://corpgov.law.harvard.edu/tag/financial-institutions/" rel="tag">Financial institutions</a></small></div>
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<h2 class="weeklylist"><a href="https://corpgov.law.harvard.edu/2026/01/26/when-does-an-officers-sexual-harassment-of-employees-constitute-a-fiduciary-breach/">When Does an Officer’s Sexual Harassment of Employees Constitute a Fiduciary Breach?<br />
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<div class="bylinenamedate"><em>Posted by Gail Weinstein, Philip Richter, and Steven Epstein, Fried Frank, on <abbr title="2026-01-26T07:30:05-0500">Monday, January 26, 2026</abbr></em></div>
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<div class="bylineweekly-tag"><small>Tags: <a href="https://corpgov.law.harvard.edu/tag/brola-v-lundgren/" rel="tag">Brola v. Lundgren</a>, <a href="https://corpgov.law.harvard.edu/tag/corporate-governance/" rel="tag">Corporate governance</a>, <a href="https://corpgov.law.harvard.edu/tag/delaware-court/" rel="tag">Delaware Court</a>, <a href="https://corpgov.law.harvard.edu/tag/fiduciary-duties/" rel="tag">Fiduciary duties</a></small></div>
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<h2 class="weeklylist"><a href="https://corpgov.law.harvard.edu/2026/01/26/rulemaking-petition-pursuant-to-the-holding-foreign-insiders-accountable-act-hfiaa/">Rulemaking Petition Pursuant to the Holding Foreign Insiders Accountable Act (HFIAA)<br />
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<div class="bylinenamedate"><em>Posted by Robert J. Jackson, Jr (New York University), Bradford Levy (University of Chicago), and Daniel J. Taylor (University of Pennsylvania), on <abbr title="2026-01-26T07:31:54-0500">Monday, January 26, 2026</abbr></em></div>
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<div class="bylineweekly-tag"><small>Tags: <a href="https://corpgov.law.harvard.edu/tag/china/" rel="tag">China</a>, <a href="https://corpgov.law.harvard.edu/tag/foreign-private-issuer/" rel="tag">Foreign Private Issuer</a>, <a href="https://corpgov.law.harvard.edu/tag/insider-trading-disclosures/" rel="tag">insider trading disclosures</a>, <a href="https://corpgov.law.harvard.edu/tag/investor-protection/" rel="tag">Investor protection</a>, <a href="https://corpgov.law.harvard.edu/tag/sec/" rel="tag">SEC</a>, <a href="https://corpgov.law.harvard.edu/tag/securities-regulation/" rel="tag">Securities regulation</a></small></div>
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<h2 class="weeklylist"><a href="https://corpgov.law.harvard.edu/2026/01/26/pulse-on-pay-12-years-of-ceo-pay/">Pulse on Pay: 12 Years of CEO Pay<br />
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<div class="bylinenamedate"><em>Posted by Margaret Hylas, Leah Sine, and Michelle Wu, Semler Brossy, on <abbr title="2026-01-26T07:32:22-0500">Monday, January 26, 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/corporate-governance/" rel="tag">Corporate governance</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/sp500/" rel="tag">S&amp;P500</a></small></div>
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<h2 class="weeklylist"><a href="https://corpgov.law.harvard.edu/2026/01/27/the-debate-on-performance-shares-who-has-it-right/">The Debate on Performance Shares—Who Has It Right<br />
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<div class="bylinenamedate"><em>Posted by Ani Huang and Charles G. Tharp, CHRO Association, on <abbr title="2026-01-27T07:30:02-0500">Tuesday, January 27, 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/investors/" rel="tag">investors</a>, <a href="https://corpgov.law.harvard.edu/tag/iss/" rel="tag">ISS</a>, <a href="https://corpgov.law.harvard.edu/tag/performance/" rel="tag">Performance</a></small></div>
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<h2 class="weeklylist"><a href="https://corpgov.law.harvard.edu/2026/01/27/2025-review-of-shareholder-activism/">2025 Review of Shareholder Activism<br />
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<div class="bylinenamedate"><em>Posted by Jim Rossman, Ryan Ferguson, and Abraham Axler, Barclays, on <abbr title="2026-01-27T07:31:27-0500">Tuesday, January 27, 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/global-activism/" rel="tag">global activism</a>, <a href="https://corpgov.law.harvard.edu/tag/shareholder-activism/" rel="tag">Shareholder activism</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/2026/01/27/controllers-unbound/">Controllers Unbound<br />
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<div class="bylinenamedate"><em>Posted by Lucian Bebchuk (Harvard Law School) and Kobi Kastiel (Tel Aviv University), on <abbr title="2026-01-27T07:32:59-0500">Tuesday, January 27, 2026</abbr></em></div>
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<div class="bylineweekly-tag"><small>Tags: <a href="https://corpgov.law.harvard.edu/tag/controlling-shareholders/" rel="tag">Controlling shareholders</a>, <a href="https://corpgov.law.harvard.edu/tag/delaware/" rel="tag">delaware</a>, <a href="https://corpgov.law.harvard.edu/tag/dual-class-structure/" rel="tag">dual-class structure</a>, <a href="https://corpgov.law.harvard.edu/tag/investor-protection/" rel="tag">Investor protection</a>, <a href="https://corpgov.law.harvard.edu/tag/sb-21/" rel="tag">SB 21</a></small></div>
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<h2 class="weeklylist"><a href="https://corpgov.law.harvard.edu/2026/01/28/statement-commenting-on-the-secs-withdrawal-from-the-no-action-process/">Statement Commenting on the SEC’s Withdrawal from the No Action Process<br />
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<div class="bylinenamedate"><em>Posted by Josh Zinner, Timothy Smith, and Beth-ann Roth, ICCR &amp; Shareholder Rights Group, on <abbr title="2026-01-28T07:30:24-0500">Wednesday, January 28, 2026</abbr></em></div>
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<div class="bylineweekly-tag"><small>Tags: <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/shareholder-proposal/" rel="tag">Shareholder proposals</a>, <a href="https://corpgov.law.harvard.edu/tag/shareholder-rights/" rel="tag">Shareholder rights</a></small></div>
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<h2 class="weeklylist"><a href="https://corpgov.law.harvard.edu/2026/01/28/law-school-faculty-who-publish-in-top-finance-journals/">Law School Faculty Who Publish in Top Finance Journals<br />
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<div class="bylinenamedate"><em>Posted by Michael Simkovic (University of Southern California), on <abbr title="2026-01-28T07:31:23-0500">Wednesday, January 28, 2026</abbr></em></div>
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<div class="bylineweekly-tag"><small>Tags: <a href="https://corpgov.law.harvard.edu/tag/empirical-legal-studies/" rel="tag">Empirical Legal Studies</a>, <a href="https://corpgov.law.harvard.edu/tag/finance/" rel="tag">finance</a>, <a href="https://corpgov.law.harvard.edu/tag/financial-economics/" rel="tag">financial economics</a>, <a href="https://corpgov.law.harvard.edu/tag/legal-scholarship/" rel="tag">Legal Scholarship</a></small></div>
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<h2 class="weeklylist"><a href="https://corpgov.law.harvard.edu/2026/01/28/remarks-by-commissioner-uyeda-on-modernizing-securities-regulation/">Remarks by Commissioner Uyeda on Modernizing Securities Regulation<br />
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<div class="bylinenamedate"><em>Posted by Mark T. Uyeda, U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, on <abbr title="2026-01-28T07:32:30-0500">Wednesday, January 28, 2026</abbr></em></div>
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<div class="bylineweekly-tag"><small>Tags: <a href="https://corpgov.law.harvard.edu/tag/disclosure/" rel="tag">Disclosure</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/securities-regulation/" rel="tag">Securities regulation</a></small></div>
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<h2 class="weeklylist"><a href="https://corpgov.law.harvard.edu/2026/01/29/2025-ma-pe-key-developments/">2025 M&amp;A/PE Key Developments<br />
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<div class="bylinenamedate"><em>Posted by Gail Weinstein, Philip Richter, and Steven Epstein, Fried Frank, on <abbr title="2026-01-29T07:30:32-0500">Thursday, January 29, 2026</abbr></em></div>
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<div class="bylineweekly-tag"><small>Tags: <a href="https://corpgov.law.harvard.edu/tag/activism/" rel="tag">Activism</a>, <a href="https://corpgov.law.harvard.edu/tag/ai/" rel="tag">AI</a>, <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></small></div>
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<h2 class="weeklylist"><a href="https://corpgov.law.harvard.edu/2026/01/29/antitrust-anti-activism/">Antitrust, Anti-Activism<br />
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<div class="bylinenamedate"><em>Posted by Frank Partnoy (UC Berkeley), on <abbr title="2026-01-29T07:31:49-0500">Thursday, January 29, 2026</abbr></em></div>
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<div class="bylineweekly-tag"><small>Tags: <a href="https://corpgov.law.harvard.edu/tag/frank-partnoy/" rel="tag">Frank Partnoy</a></small></div>
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<h2 class="weeklylist"><a href="https://corpgov.law.harvard.edu/2026/01/29/is-dexit-real/">Is “DExit” real?<br />
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<div class="bylinenamedate"><em>Posted by Mallory Tosch Hoggatt, Daniel Litowitz, Samantha Peppers, A&amp;O Shearman, on <abbr title="2026-01-29T07:32:29-0500">Thursday, January 29, 2026</abbr></em></div>
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<div class="bylineweekly-tag"><small>Tags: <a href="https://corpgov.law.harvard.edu/tag/corporate-law/" rel="tag">corporate law</a>, <a href="https://corpgov.law.harvard.edu/tag/delaware/" rel="tag">delaware</a>, <a href="https://corpgov.law.harvard.edu/tag/nevada/" rel="tag">Nevada</a>, <a href="https://corpgov.law.harvard.edu/tag/texas/" rel="tag">Texas</a></small></div>
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