Weekly Roundup: July 3-9, 2026

Fri, 10 Jul 2026 11:30:13 +0000

Posted by the Harvard Law School Forum on Corporate Governance, on Friday, July 10, 2026

Editor's Note:

This roundup contains a collection of the posts published on the Forum during the week of July 3-9, 2026

Where Stewardship is Heading: Survey Findings on Outsourcing and Oversight

Posted by Rickard Nilsson, Glass, Lewis & Co., on Friday, July 3, 2026

Tags: Asset Managers, asset owners, ESG, Institutional Investors, Investment Stewardship, Investor Engagement, Proxy voting, shareholder engagement, Stewardship

Other People’s Votes

Posted by Edwin Hu (University of Virginia), Nadya Malenko (Boston College), and Jonathon Zytnick (Georgetown University), on Saturday, July 4, 2026

Tags: AI, corporate law, Institutional Investors, Proxy Advisor, SEC, Shareholder voting

Strategy’s Bitcoin Treasury Model: Corporate Omphaloskepsis, Polypharmacy of Risk, and Shareholder and Societal Welfare

Posted by Henry Hu (University of Texas Law School), on Sunday, July 5, 2026

Tags: bitcoin treasury company, Corporate governance, crypto regulation, Delaware law, disclosure rules, ETF, financial innovation, Index funds, Investment Company Act, Investor protection, MSCI, Nasdaq-100, SEC regulation, shareholder wealth maximization, stock indexes, Strategy Inc

Delaware’s First Read on the DGCL Section 144 Safe Harbor

Posted by Andre G. Bouchard, Michael Darby and Carmen X. Lu, Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP, on Monday, July 6, 2026

Tags: Ayers v Foley, Conflicted Transactions, delaware, Delaware law, DGCL, DGCL s.122, DGCL S.144, Director compensation, Director Independence, Safe harbor

The Say-on-Pay Vote Is In. What Did It Actually Say?

Posted by Serdar Sikca and Kenneth Sparling, FW Cook, on Monday, July 6, 2026

Tags: 2026 proxy season, annual meetings, Compensation committees, Executive Compensation, executive pay, Proxy season, Say on pay, shareholder engagement, Shareholder voting

Trends and Updates from the 2026 Proxy Season

Posted by Elizabeth Bieber, Pamela Marcogliese, and Abbey MacDonald, Freshfields US LLP, on Tuesday, July 7, 2026

Tags: Board of Directors, ESG, Executive Compensation, Institutional Investors, Proxy season, Proxy voting, SEC, Shareholder activism, shareholder engagement, Shareholder proposals

The Hidden Cost of Stock Market Concentration: When Funds Hit Regulatory Limits

Posted by Lubos Pastor, Taisiya Sikorskaya, and Jinrui Wang (University of Chicago Booth School of Business), on Tuesday, July 7, 2026

Tags: Asset management, ETFs, Market Concentration, Mutual funds, portfolio

Five Things the Strongest Boards Do Differently

Posted by Rusty O’Kelley, Richard Fields, and Laura Sanderson, Russell Reynolds Associates, on Tuesday, July 7, 2026

Tags: Board composition, Board culture, board effectiveness, Board leadership, Board of Directors, CEO succession, CEO Succession Planning, director engagement, director performance

Comment Letter on the SEC’s Proposal to Replace Quarterly Reporting with Semiannual Reporting

Posted by Sandra J. Peters and Matthew P. Winters, CFA Institute, on Wednesday, July 8, 2026

Tags: Capital markets, Comment letters, investor protections, Quarterly Reporting, SEC, Semiannual Reporting

Statement by Chair Atkins on the 2026 Regulatory Agenda

Posted by Paul Atkins, U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, on Wednesday, July 8, 2026

Tags: Capital formation, corporate disclosure, Investor protection, Regulatory, regulatory agenda, SEC, SEC rulemaking

Delaware Chancery Dismisses KnowBe4 Take-Private Challenge

Posted by Jason Halper, Michael C. Holmes, and Sara Brauerman, Vinson & Elkins LLP, on Thursday, July 9, 2026

Tags: Control group, delaware, Delaware Court of Chancery, Delaware law, Fiduciary duties, M&A Litigation, Private equity, Special committees

Comment Letter on the SEC’s Proposal to Replace Quarterly Reporting with Semiannual Reporting

Posted by Jeff Mahoney, Council of Institutional Investors, on Thursday, July 9, 2026

Tags: Comment letters, corporate disclosure, Form 10-Q, Form 10-S, Periodic reporting, Quarterly Reporting, SEC, Semiannual Reporting

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Weekly Roundup: July 3-9, 2026