The Harvard Law School Forum on Corporate Governance

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. Sun, 17 May 2026 11:30:53 +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 Weekly Roundup: May 8-14, 2026 – The Harvard Law School Forum on Corporate Governance https://corpgov.law.harvard.edu 32 32 Weekly Roundup: May 8-14, 2026 https://corpgov.law.harvard.edu/2026/05/15/weekly-roundup-may-8-14-2026/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=weekly-roundup-may-8-14-2026 https://corpgov.law.harvard.edu/2026/05/15/weekly-roundup-may-8-14-2026/#respond Fri, 15 May 2026 11:30:31 +0000 https://corpgov.law.harvard.edu/?p=181143?d=20260514162249EDT Posted by the Harvard Law School Forum on Corporate Governance, on Friday, May 15, 2026

Editor's Note:

This roundup contains a collection of the posts published on the Forum during the week of May 8-14, 2026

Prevalence of CEO Personal Security Perquisites Continues to Rise

Posted by Kyle Eastman and Gray Broaddus, Compensation Advisory Partners, on Friday, May 8, 2026

Tags: CEO perks, CEO security, CEOs, executive security, Security, security risks

Remarks by Chairman Atkins on AI Innovation, Capital Markets, and Regulatory Flexibility

Posted by Paul Atkins, U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, on Saturday, May 9, 2026

Tags: AI, Blockchain, Capital markets, Financial regulation, SEC

Remarks by Chairman Atkins on the Role of Economic Analysis in Financial Market Regulation

Posted by Paul Atkins, U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, on Sunday, May 10, 2026

Tags: Capital markets, enforcement, Financial regulation, Investor protection, SEC

Uneasy Handshakes: Observations on Informal Settlements in Shareholder Activism

Posted by Sergi Corbatera, DEF 14 Inc., on Monday, May 11, 2026

Tags: Activist, activist campaigns, informal settlements, Shareholder activism, Universal Proxy Card

AI Corporate Governance and Ben & Jerry’s Risk

Posted by Jesse Fried (Harvard Law School) and Idan Reiter (Harvard Law School), on Monday, May 11, 2026

Tags: AI, AI Corporate Governance, Anthropic, OpenAI

From Principles to Practice: Governing AI in the Corporation

Posted by Matteo Tonello, The Conference Board, Inc., on Monday, May 11, 2026

Tags: budgeting, Corporate Citizenship, Corporate Social Responsibility, Nonprofits, Philanthropy

Control Issues: Delaware Holds Parties to Their Bargain in Recent Governance Decisions

Posted by Adam Magid, Douglas Mo, and Peter Bariso, Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft LLP, on Tuesday, May 12, 2026

Tags: Contract Law, delaware, Delaware Corporate Law, Delaware Court of Chancery, Fiduciary duties, LLC Deadlock, M&A, mergers and acquisitions

Special Equity Awards: Navigating Governance Considerations

Posted by Kenneth Sparling, FW Cook, on Tuesday, May 12, 2026

Tags: CEO Pay, equity awards, Equity-based compensation, Executive Compensation, Say on pay

Delaware Law Permits Companies to Adopt Mandatory Arbitration Clauses for Federal Securities Claims

Posted by Doru Gavril and Mia Tsui, Freshfields US LLP, on Wednesday, May 13, 2026

Tags: Corporate Bylaws, delaware, Delaware General Corporation Law, Mandatory Arbitration, Securities litigation, Shareholder litigation

Not New: A Response to Claims About “New Control” in Control and its Discontents

Posted by Hon. J. Travis Laster, Delaware Court of Chancery, on Wednesday, May 13, 2026

Tags: Controlling Stockholder Doctrine, delaware, Delaware Corporate Jurisprudence, Entire Fairness Review, Fiduciary duties, Transactional Control

CEO/Chair Leadership: When and Why Boards Combine or Separate the Roles

Posted by Matteo Tonello, The Conference Board, Inc., on Wednesday, May 13, 2026

Tags: Board Leadership Structure, CEO Duality, CEO Succession Planning, Independent Board Leadership, Lead Independent Director, Shareholder proposals

Recent Developments Affecting US Public Companies and Boards

Posted by Julia Thompson, Keith Halverstam, and Jenna Cooper, Latham & Watkins LLP, on Thursday, May 14, 2026

Tags: Artificial Intelligence Risk, Capital structure, Cybersecurity, Mergers & acquisitions, Shareholder activism, Shareholder proposals

Beyond Deregulation Simplification as Institutional Design

Posted by Maria Lucia Passador (Bocconi University), on Thursday, May 14, 2026

Tags: administrative law, Financial regulation, Reflexive Simplification, Regulatory Complexity, Soft Law, sustainable finance

2026 Comparison of Key Corporate Governance Features in the Cayman Islands, Delaware, Nevada, and Texas

Posted by James Crowe, Council of Institutional Investors, on Thursday, May 14, 2026

Tags: Board of Directors, Cayman Islands, Corporate governance, delaware, DExit, Nevada, reincorporation, Texas

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