Both ISS and Glass Lewis recently released updates to their 2026 pay-for-performance models and proxy voting guidelines, which will apply to annual meetings held on or after February 1, 2026. This article outlines updates to executive and non-employee …
Statistics released by the Social Science Research Network (SSRN) indicate that, as of the end of 2025, Harvard Law School Corporate Faculty featured prominently on SSRN’s law school faculty rankings. These five HLS faculty members captured five of the top …
On December 18, 2025, the President of the United States signed into law the Holding Foreign Insiders Accountable Act (“HFIAA”), making officers and directors of foreign private issuers (“FPIs”) subject to public reporting of holdings of, and transactions …
According to Diligent Market Intelligence (DMI) Voting data, average support for director elections at U.S.-based companies during the 2024-2025 proxy season was 94.2%, up from 93.7% on the previous year, and 93.4% in the 2022-2023 season. For companies in …
Posted by the Harvard Law School Forum on Corporate Governance, on Friday, January 16, 2026 Editor's Note: This roundup contains a collection of the posts published on the Forum during the week of January 9-15, 2026 Posted by G.J. Ligelis Jr., Andrew M …
The murder of a healthcare senior executive in midtown Manhattan in December 2024 prompted many companies to re-evaluate the measures in place to secure the physical safety of their executives. [1] More recently, a mass shooting occurred in an office tower …
Mergers & Acquisitions THE BIGGER THE BETTER: WHAT A SPIKE IN MEGA-DEALS IN Q3 MEANS FOR M&A PROFESSIONALS While every M&A lawyer, banker or corporate development professional knows that a $200 million carve-out M&A transaction or joint …
An update on DExit, from the Corporate Census Despite fears that Delaware’s recent judicial and legislative turmoil would trigger a corporate “DExit,” new formation data show the opposite: Delaware experienced a sharp increase in corporate incorporations …
Since 1982, Regulation S-K has been the Commission’s central repository for filer disclosure requirements outside of the financial statements. Over the past forty-plus years, that repository has grown from the size of a gym locker to the size of an …
Few business leaders have experienced the scope, complexity, and combination of issues facing companies today. Disruption, volatility, and uncertainty will continue to test board agendas in 2026, upending the assumptions that have long driven corporate …
Key Takeaways: As the year draws to a close, public companies with a calendar year-end are once again turning their focus to the upcoming annual reporting season. In this In Depth, we outline key considerations for public companies when preparing their …
On November 26, 2025, Vice Chancellor Fioravanti issued a 75-page opinion dismissing plaintiffs’ complaint in DrugCrafters, L.P., et al. v. Loh, et al., C.A. No. 2024-0111-PAF. The action was brought by former Paratek Pharmaceuticals (“Paratek” or the “ …
Dear Chairman Atkins: I am writing on behalf of the Council of Institutional Investors (CII). CII is a nonprofit, nonpartisan association of United States (U.S.) public, corporate and union employee benefit funds, other employee benefit plans, state, and …
Today, the US House of Representatives passed a bipartisan capital formation bill, H.R. 3383 or the Incentivizing New Ventures and Economic Strength Through Capital Formation (“INVEST”) Act of 2025, 302 to 123. Announced by the US House Committee on …
We examine one of the most significant developments in U.S. capital markets: the rise of dual-class share (DCS) structures in initial public offerings. In the mid-1990s, only a small fraction of IPOs used dual-class; in recent years the figure has hovered …
Posted by David A. Bell, Ran Ben-Tzur, and Elizabeth Gartland, Fenwick & West LLP, on Friday, January 2, 2026 Posted by Morton Pierce, Michael P. Sternheim, and Colum J. Weiden, Fried, Frank, Harris, Shriver & Jacobson LLP, on Monday, January 5, …
As companies, investors and regulators celebrate the new year, changes are already underway for the 2026 proxy season: The Wall Street Journal has reported that JPMorgan Chase’s asset-management unit is cutting ties with proxy advisory firms and will use …
What You Need To Know Glass Lewis has released its 2026 Benchmark Policy Guidelines, with “noteworthy revisions” focused on mandatory arbitration provisions and pay-for-performance methodology, as well as clarifying amendments to the sections dealing with …
INTRODUCTION GECN Group conducts annual research on global trends in executive compensation and governance across leading economies on five continents. This year’s research considers how CEO compensation and incentive structures are shaped by both local …
For years, boards, investors, and firms have said that people are a firm’s most important asset. Today, that claim is increasingly reflected in governance decisions, with boards routinely discussing workforce strategy alongside capital allocation, …
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