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. Mon, 20 Jul 2026 20:07:07 +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: July 10-16, 2026 – The Harvard Law School Forum on Corporate Governance https://corpgov.law.harvard.edu 32 32 Weekly Roundup: July 10-16, 2026 https://corpgov.law.harvard.edu/2026/07/17/weekly-roundup-july-10-16-2026/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=weekly-roundup-july-10-16-2026 https://corpgov.law.harvard.edu/2026/07/17/weekly-roundup-july-10-16-2026/#respond Fri, 17 Jul 2026 11:30:32 +0000 https://corpgov.law.harvard.edu/?p=182644?d=20260716164112EDT Posted by the Harvard Law School Forum on Corporate Governance, on Friday, July 17, 2026

Editor's Note:

This roundup contains a collection of the posts published on the Forum during the week of July 10-16, 2026

Remarks by Chair Atkins on Disclosure Reform and Shareholder Proposal Policy

Posted by Paul Atkins, U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, on Friday, July 10, 2026

Tags: Board of Directors, corporate disclosure, Fiduciary duties, Public Companies, SEC, Shareholder rights

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

Posted by K. Ramesh (Rice University), on Saturday, July 11, 2026

Tags: Capital markets, Comment letters, Financial reporting, SEC rulemaking, Securities regulation, Semiannual Reporting

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

Posted by Sarah Keohane Williamson, FCLTGlobal, on Sunday, July 12, 2026

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

Recent Decisions Amplify Delaware Law on Forum Selection Provisions and Bylaws

Posted by Gail Weinstein, Philip Richter, and Steven Epstein, Fried, Frank, Harris, Shriver & Jacobson LLP, on Monday, July 13, 2026

Tags: delaware, Delaware law, Exclusive Forum Bylaws, fiduciary duty, Forum selection, Restrictive Covenants

Proxy Season 2026: Director Support & Board Independence

Posted by Subodh Mishra, ISS STOXX, on Monday, July 13, 2026

Tags: Board independence, Board of Directors, Director Support, Proxy Season 2026, Proxy voting, Shareholder voting

What the SEC’s Proposed Rescission of its Climate-Related Disclosure Rules Signals for Future Disclosure Rulemaking Beyond Climate

Posted by Erik Gerding, Melissa Hodgman, and Ginger Hervey, Freshfields US LLP, on Tuesday, July 14, 2026

Tags: Climate Disclosure, Climate Disclosure Rules, disclosure requirements, ESG, ESG disclosure, SEC

Shareholder Engagement: A Director’s Guide to Building Investor Credibility and Confidence

Posted by Matt DiGuiseppe, Gregory Johnson, and Ariel Smilowitz, PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP, on Tuesday, July 14, 2026

Tags: Board of Directors, Institutional Investors, Investor Relations, Proxy season, Shareholder activism, shareholder engagement

AI in Stewardship: A Strategic Framework for Asset Managers

Posted by Will Goodwin, Tumelo, on Wednesday, July 15, 2026

Tags: Artificial intelligence, Asset management, Proxy advisors, Proxy voting, Stewardship, Voting Policy

The End of the Beginning in Corporate Law: SB 21 and the Ab Initio Requirement

Posted by Roy Shapira (Reichman University), on Wednesday, July 15, 2026

Tags: corporate transactions, delaware, Delaware law, Fiduciary duties, Mergers & acquisitions, SB 21, Shareholder rights

SEC Chairman Signals Reassessment of Rule 14a-8 Regime

Posted by David A. Katz, Elina Tetelbaum, and Loren Braswell, Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz, on Wednesday, July 15, 2026

Tags: Proxy season, Proxy voting, Public Companies, Regulation S-K, Rule 14a-8, SEC, SEC rulemaking, Shareholder proposals

Quarterly SEC Round-Up – Q2

Posted by Igor Rogovoy, Kristina Trauger, and Mas Harntha, Linklaters LLP, on Thursday, July 16, 2026

Tags: Artificial intelligence, Board oversight, Esg governance, Regulatory Compliance, strategic planning

2026 Say-on-Pay Trends

Posted by AJ Patterson, Rachael Harrison, and Robert Kalb, Aon plc, on Thursday, July 16, 2026

Tags: Compensation committees, Executive Compensation, Pay for performance, Proxy season, Say on pay, shareholder engagement, Shareholder voting

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