Weekly Roundup: May 29-June 4, 2026

This roundup contains a collection of the posts published on the Forum during the week of May 29-June 4, 2026

From Scorched Earth to Mars: Corporate Governance Goes Rogue in 2026

Posted by Michael Garland, New York City Office of the Comptroller, on Friday, May 29, 2026

Tags: Exxon, Proxy season, SEC, SEC regulation, Shareholder rights, Texas

Statement by Chair Atkins on Proposing Release for Rescission of Climate-Related Disclosure Rules

Posted by Paul Atkins, U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, on Saturday, May 30, 2026

Tags: Climate Disclosure Rules, Climate Risk Disclosure, ESG Regulation, Public Company Reporting, Regulatory Rescission, SEC

Statement by Commissioner Peirce on Proposed Rescission of Climate-Related Disclosure Rules

Posted by Hester M. Peirce, U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, on Sunday, May 31, 2026

Tags: Climate Disclosure Rules, Climate Risk Reporting, ESG Compliance, ESG Regulation, SEC, Securities regulation

Shareholder Voting in an Era of Constraint: Climate Accountability and Shareholder Rights at a Crossroads

Posted by Jessye Waxman, Sierra Club, on Monday, June 1, 2026

Tags: AGM Season 2026, Climate Risk Disclosure, Director Accountability, ESG Stewardship, Proxy voting, Shareholder rights

Statement by Chair Atkins on the SEC’s Regulatory Priorities and Capital Formation Agenda

Posted by Paul Atkins, U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, on Monday, June 1, 2026

Tags: Capital markets, Digital Asset Regulation, Free Market Economics, IPO Modernization, Regulatory Policy, SEC

Activist Investors Are Holding Boards Accountable for AI Strategy

Posted by Tom Miles, David Rosewater, and Margaret Williams, Morgan Stanley, on Tuesday, June 2, 2026

Tags: AI, AI Activism, AI Governance, Artificial intelligence, Investor Relations, investors, Shareholder activism

Three Things the Commission Could Do for European Shareholder Democracy

Posted by Georgia Stewart, Tumelo, on Tuesday, June 2, 2026

Tags: Asset management, pass-through voting, Proxy voting, Retail investors, shareholder democracy, Shareholder Rights Directive

Even Musk Admirers Should Be Troubled by SpaceX’s Governance

Posted by Lucian Bebchuk (Harvard Law School) and Kobi Kastiel (Tel Aviv University), on Tuesday, June 2, 2026

Tags: Controlling shareholders, Dual-class stock, Elon Musk, IPO, SpaceX

The SEC’s Proposal on Registered Offering Reform

Posted by Carlos Juarez, Anna Pinedo, and Brian Hirshberg, Mayer Brown LLP, on Wednesday, June 3, 2026

Tags: Form S-3, noemail, Registered Offering Reform, SEC, Securities Act, securities act of 1933, Securities regulation, SPAC

Corporate Criminal Liability and Firm Value

Posted by Dhruv Aggarwal (Northwestern Pritzker School of Law), on Wednesday, June 3, 2026

Tags: Controlling shareholders, Corporate crime, criminal liability, Institutional Investors, noemail, Shareholder rights

Executive Compensation Disclosure Changes

Posted by Mike Kesner and Jon Weinstein, Pay Governance LLC, on Wednesday, June 3, 2026

Tags: Compensation disclosure, Executive Compensation, LAFs, NAFs, noemail, Public Companies, Say on pay, SEC

SEC Proposes Rules Simplifying Filer Status Determinations and Increasing Disclosure Accommodations

Posted by Ali Perry, Liz Walsh, and Jennifer Zepralka, Mayer Brown LLP, on Thursday, June 4, 2026

Tags: disclosures, EGCs, Exchange Act, LAFs, NAFs, SEC, SNF, SRCs

Mirroring the Market: Passive Voting and Outcome Non-Neutrality

Posted by Nathan Atkinson (University of Wisconsin Law School) and Jonathan Macey (Yale Law School), on Thursday, June 4, 2026

Tags: Index funds, Institutional Investors, Proxy voting, Shareholder rights, Shareholder voting

CEO Pay Trends: A Post-Proxy Season Recap

Posted by Joyce Chen, Equilar, Inc., on Thursday, June 4, 2026

Tags: CEO Pay, Executive Compensation, Gender pay, gender pay equity, Pay disclosure, pay ratio