Weekly Roundup: August 14-20, 2026

This roundup contains a collection of the posts published on the Forum during the week of August 14-20, 2026

Boardroom Catalysts: Patterns in Activist Director Selection

Posted by Sergi Corbatera, DEF 14 Inc., on Friday, August 14, 2026

Tags: activist investors, Board composition, Board of Directors, Director nominations, Proxy contests, Shareholder activism

Debunking Five Investor Relations Fallacies for Controlled Companies

Posted by Garrett Muzikowski, Christina Dell’Orto, and Caleigh Leyton, FTI Consulting, on Saturday, August 15, 2026

Tags: Board of Directors, Capital allocation, Company valuation, Controlled companies, Controlling shareholders, Dual-Class Shares, Investor communications, Investor Relations, M&A, mergers and acquisitions, Shareholder activism, shareholder engagement

2026 Proxy Season: CPA Political Disclosure and Accountability Effort Maintains Strong Momentum

Posted by Dan Carroll, David Pahlic, and Bruce Freed, Center for Political Accountability, on Sunday, August 16, 2026

Tags: Campaign finance, Corporate Accountability, Corporate Political Spending, ESG investing, Political Accountability, Political Disclosure, Political Spending Disclosure, Proxy Season 2026, Shareholder activism, Shareholder proposals

Shareholder Engagement Responses to Adverse Sayon-Pay Votes

Posted by Nicholas Sasso, Erin Conlon, and Jennifer Dorney, DragonGC, on Monday, August 17, 2026

Tags: Executive Compensation, incentive plans, Pay for performance, Say on pay, SEC Disclosure, shareholder engagement

Wildest Campaigns of 2026

Posted by Antoinette Giblin, Diligent Market Intelligence, on Monday, August 17, 2026

Tags: Activist Investing, AI Activism, mergers and acquisitions, Proxy fights, Shareholder activism, Shareholder rights

What to Expect in SEC Rulemaking: Takeaways From the SEC’s Spring 2026 Regulatory Agenda

Posted by Erin Kauffman, Victoria Anglin, and W. Hardy Callcott, Sidley Austin LLP, on Tuesday, August 18, 2026

Tags: Broker-dealers, Deregulation, Financial regulation, Investment advisers, Regulatory developments, SEC, SEC reform, SEC regulatory agenda, SEC rulemaking, securities law, Securities regulation

Prediction Market Surveillance: A View from the Trenches

Posted by Robert DeNault (Kalshi) and Daniel Taylor (UPenn), on Tuesday, August 18, 2026

Tags: compliance, Financial regulation, Insider trading, Market Integrity, market surveillance, MNPI, prediction markets, Securities regulation

Dropbox and the Evolving Governance Debate Over Corporate Domicile

Posted by Sarah Abrams, The OakBridge Team, on Tuesday, August 18, 2026

Tags: Corporate Migration, delaware, Delaware law, Dropbox Litigation, Fiduciary duties, Shareholder litigation

DOJ Withdraws Antitrust Guidance for Proxy Advisory Industry

Posted by Craig Waldman, Randi Lesnick, and Ferrell Keel, Jones Day, on Wednesday, August 19, 2026

Tags: Antitrust, antitrust enforcement, DOJ, Glass Lewis, ISS, Proxy advisors, proxy advisory firms, Proxy voting, Shareholder activism, Shareholder voting

2026 Director Compensation Report

Posted by Daisy Laska, Stephanie Lane, and Ted Simmons, FW Cook, on Wednesday, August 19, 2026

Tags: Board Compensation, Board of Directors, Compensation trends, Director compensation, Equity Compensation, Executive Compensation

Supreme Court All But Ends Corporate Liability for Aiding-and-Abetting Human Rights Abuses

Posted by David Livshiz, Tim Harkness, and Beth George, Freshfields US LLP, on Thursday, August 20, 2026

Tags: aiding and abetting, Alien Tort Statute, business and human rights, Corporate liability, global strategic risk management, high-risk jurisdictions, Human rights, human rights abuses, litigation, multinational corporations, Torture Victim Protection Act, U.S. Supreme Court

What Companies Reward: The Changing Mix of Metrics in Executive Incentive Pay

Posted by Paul Hodgson and Andrew Jones, The Conference Board, Inc., on Thursday, August 20, 2026

Tags: CEO compensation, Compensation committees, ESG metrics, Executive Compensation, Executive Incentive Pay, Financial Metrics, Incentive Compensation, Long-Term Incentives, Nonfinancial Metrics, performance metrics, Say on pay, Short-Term Incentives