Weekly Roundup: May 1-7, 2026

Fri, 08 May 2026 11:30:46 +0000

Posted by the Harvard Law School Forum on Corporate Governance, on Friday, May 8, 2026

Editor's Note:

This roundup contains a collection of the posts published on the Forum during the week of May 1-7, 2026

What Explains the Rise in CEO Age?

Posted by Valentin Kecht (University of Bonn), Alessandro Lizzeri (Princeton University), and Farzad Saidi (University of Bonn), on Friday, May 1, 2026

Tags: Board composition, board diversity, board skills, CEO, CEO age

Socially Minded Investors and Corporate Behavior

Posted by Merritt B. Fox (Columbia Law School) and Menesh Patel (UC Davis School of Law), on Saturday, May 2, 2026

Tags: Agency costs, Corporate governance, financial economics, Publicly-traded corporations, Shareholder value maximization

The Path to the Boardroom for Technology Executives

Posted by Katrien Demeester, Art Hopkins, and Jesse Reich, Russell Reynolds Associates, on Sunday, May 3, 2026

Tags: Board of Directors, board skills, CIO, technology, technology leadership, technology officer

Chancery Finds Investment Manager’s Board May Have Breached Fiduciary Duties, Aided and Abetted by the Buyer

Posted by Gail Weinstein, Philip Richter, and Steven Epstein, Fried, Frank, Harris, Shriver & Jacobson LLP, on Monday, May 4, 2026

Tags: assets, delaware, Delaware Court of Chancery, Fiduciary duties, investment managers, YWCA v. Hatteras Funds

Why Employee Share Ownership Matters for Long-Term Value Creation

Posted by Nicolai Tangen, Carine Smith Ihenacho, and Shilpi Nanda, Norges Bank Investment Management, on Monday, May 4, 2026

Tags: Employees, ESOPs, Institutional Investors, investment managers, Shareholder

SEC Enforcement FY2025 Results Signal Shift in Priorities in Direct Critique of Prior Administration

Posted by Lara Shalov Meharban, Ranah Esmaili, and Steve Cohen, Sidley Austin LLP, on Tuesday, May 5, 2026

Tags: enforcement, fiduciary duty, Insider trading, Investor protection, Market manipulation, Regulatory, SEC, Securities regulation

Defending the Disclosure Ecosystem: The Essential Role of Shareholder Proposals and Regulation S-K

Posted by Sanford Lewis, Khadija Foda, and Tanya Agarwal, Shareholder Rights Group, on Tuesday, May 5, 2026

Tags: Division of Corporate Finance, Regulation S-K, Rule 14a-8, shareholder engagement, Voluntary Disclosure

Statement by Commissioner Uyeda on Proposing Release for Semiannual Reporting

Posted by Mark T. Uyeda, U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, on Wednesday, May 6, 2026

Tags: compliance, Exchange Act, Form 10-Q, Form 10-S, Regulation S-X, reporting, SEC, Securities regulation

Statement by Chair Atkins on Proposing Release for Semiannual Reporting

Posted by Paul Atkins, U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, on Wednesday, May 6, 2026

Tags: Form 10-Q, Form 10-S, IPOs, Make IPOs Great Again, Public Companies, SEC

SEC Order Allows 10-Business-Day Minimum Offer Periods

Posted by Piotr Korzynski, Mark Mandel, and Steven Sandretto, Baker & McKenzie LLP, on Thursday, May 7, 2026

Tags: Equity securities, Exchange Act, M&A, Mergers, Regulation 14D, SEC, Tender offer

Leader-Follower Dynamics in Shareholder Activism

Posted by Gonzalo Cisternas, Federal Reserve Bank of New York, on Thursday, May 7, 2026

Tags: Activism, activist investors, Blockholders, investors, Shareholder activism

ESG Shifting Tides: An Analysis of the Changing Narrative around Sustainability and ESG Investment Contraction

Posted by Eleanor Viney, Neil McCarthy, and Emily Drazan Chapman, DragonGC, on Thursday, May 7, 2026

Tags: anti-ESG, Climate Disclosure, ESG, ESG disclosures, Form 10-K, Sustainability

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Weekly Roundup: May 1-7, 2026