Weekly Roundup: May 22-28, 2026

Fri, 29 May 2026 11:30:37 +0000

Posted by the Harvard Law School Forum on Corporate Governance, on Friday, May 29, 2026

Editor's Note:

This roundup contains a collection of the posts published on the Forum during the week of May 22-28, 2026

2026 Policy Updates from Key Investors

Posted by Rajeev Kumar, Daniel Chang, and Meighan McGowan, Georgeson, on Friday, May 22, 2026

Tags: board diversity, ESG voting guidelines, Executive Compensation, Institutional Investors, Proxy voting policies, shareholder engagement

District Courts Weigh in on Shareholder Proposal Exclusions

Posted by Helena K. Grannis, Shuangjun Wang, and Abena Mainoo, Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton LLP, on Saturday, May 23, 2026

Tags: As You Sow v Chubb, DiNapoli v BJs, Fonds des Missions v UnitedHealth, Rule 14a-8, Rule 14a-8(i)(7), Shareholder proposals

What Corporate Boards Need to Know and Do About Anthropic’s Mythos and Project Glasswing

Posted by Bob Zukis, Digital Directors Network and Jess H. Webb, Avalon Healthcare Solutions, on Sunday, May 24, 2026

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Roles and Responsibilities: Threshold Questions in Enterprise AI Adoption

Posted by Kevin Schwartz, Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz, on Monday, May 25, 2026

Tags: AI Safety, Artificial intelligence, Cybersecurity, Defensive Technology, National Security, Vulnerability Research

Chancery Rules Stockholder, through its Board Designee, May Have Conspired with Company Fiduciaries to Commit Fraud

Posted by Gail Weinstein, Philip Richter, and Steven Epstein, Fried, Frank, Harris, Shriver & Jacobson LLP, on Tuesday, May 26, 2026

Tags: CFO, delaware, Delaware Court of Chancery, Diem v. Maisonette, fiduciary duty, fraud, Stockholder

Attacks on ESG Investing are Also Attacks on Company Support for Sustainability

Posted by Timothy Smith, ICCR & Shareholder Rights Group, on Tuesday, May 26, 2026

Tags: Corporate responsibility, Employee benefits, ESG initiatives, Human capital management, Talent retention, Workplace sustainability

How Investors Are Adapting to the SEC’s Deregulatory Agenda, and What to Do About It

Posted by Ferrell Keel, Joel May, and Kim Pustulka, Jones Day, on Wednesday, May 27, 2026

Tags: Investor Engagement, Public company disclosures, Rule 14a-8 reforms, SEC deregulation, Shareholder activism

The Impact of SEC Punting

Posted by Anna Toniolo (Harvard Law School), on Wednesday, May 27, 2026

Tags: No-action letters, Proxy season, SEC, SEC regulation, Shareholder activism, Shareholder proposals

Companies Disclose Executive Pay Impacts of Trump Tariffs

Posted by Joyce Chen, Equilar, Inc, on Wednesday, May 27, 2026

Tags: Corporate Disclosures, Geopolitical Risk, Public Companies, Risk disclosure, SEC filings, Supply Chains, Tariffs, Trade Policy

The SEC’s Proposal on Semiannual Reporting is Easier Said than Done

Posted by Julie Laskin and Felipe Ucrós, Gladstone Place Partners, on Thursday, May 28, 2026

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

Corporate National Identity: Contestation and Reconfiguration in an Age of Weaponized Interdependence

Posted by Curtis J. Milhaupt (Stanford Law School), Mariana Pargendler (Harvard Law School), and Dan W. Puchniak (Yung Pung How School of Law), on Thursday, May 28, 2026

Tags: CNI, ESG, Geopolitical, Proxy season, Proxy voting, SEC, Shareholder activism

Remarks by Chair Atkins on Revitalizing Public Markets Through Regulatory Simplification and Capital Formation

Posted by Paul Atkins, U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, on Thursday, May 28, 2026

Tags: Capital markets, IPO Reform, Public company disclosures, public markets, SEC regulation, securities law

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