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. Tue, 07 Jul 2026 17:31:04 +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 Trends and Updates from the 2026 Proxy Season – The Harvard Law School Forum on Corporate Governance https://corpgov.law.harvard.edu 32 32 Trends and Updates from the 2026 Proxy Season https://corpgov.law.harvard.edu/2026/07/07/trends-and-updates-from-the-2026-proxy-season/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=trends-and-updates-from-the-2026-proxy-season https://corpgov.law.harvard.edu/2026/07/07/trends-and-updates-from-the-2026-proxy-season/#respond Tue, 07 Jul 2026 11:30:55 +0000 https://corpgov.law.harvard.edu/?p=182244?d=20260707123147EDT Posted by Elizabeth Bieber, Pamela Marcogliese, and Abbey MacDonald, Freshfields US LLP, on Tuesday, July 7, 2026
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Elizabeth Bieber is a Partner, Pamela Marcogliese is the Head of US Transactions, and Abbey MacDonald is a Senior Associate at Freshfields US LLP. This post is based on their Freshfields memorandum.

The Freshfields team reviewed key trends and developments for the 2026 proxy season, summarizing takeaways and guidance across several core areas: shareholder proposals; board, director and senior management trends; SEC updates; ESG proposals; compensation; anti-ESG legislation and litigation trends; shareholder activism; investor updates; and proxy advisory firm updates.

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