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Corporate Governance Trends in the United States

Adapting to a new, evolving political and regulatory landscape Governance leader...

New C&DIs on Types of Shareholder Engagement Could Caus...

Today, the Staff in the Division of Corporation Finance at the Securities and Ex...

ISS 2025 US Benchmark Policy Guidelines

On December 17, 2024, one of the two most influential proxy advisory firms, ISS,...

The Industry Veteran CEO: Friend or Foe?

Director nominees with CEO experience have long featured in Board slates put for...

Implications of Tornetta v. Musk II for Executive Compe...

In Tornetta v. Musk (Jan. 30, 2024, “Tornetta I”), the Delaware Court of Chancer...

Weekly Roundup: February 7-13, 2025

Delaware’s Rocky Year–What Lies Ahead? Posted by Mark E. McDonald, Roger A. Coop...

The Evolving Anti-DEI and Anti-ESG Landscape: Implicati...

Boards will seek to minimize their legal and regulatory risks, particularly cons...

Recent Developments for Directors

New SEC Chair Expected to Take Agency Back to Basics President Trump’s nominee f...

Caremark’s Fractured State

Delaware’s hegemony in U.S. corporate law is indisputable. Law students are taug...

The Transformation of the CEO: Global CEO Turnover Inde...

Chapter One: A record year for elections and CEO turnover With almost half the w...

A Significant Shift Away From ESG and Toward Crypto Is ...

Key Points The SEC is set to undergo sweeping changes under the second Trump adm...

Corporate Climate Commitments: Empty Promises or Profit...

The surge of corporate climate pledges worldwide raises a fundamental question: ...

Voting on ESG: A Gap Becomes a Gulf

Key Observations U.S. support for E&S proposals fell further in 2024.  U.S. mana...

Glass Lewis and ISS Publish 2025 Updates

On November 14, 2024, Glass Lewis published its 2025 U.S. Benchmark Policy Guide...

Economic Surveillance using Corporate Text

Over the past decennium, we have witnessed a significant growth in the volume of...

Shareholder Democracy and the Challenge of Dual Class S...

One share, one vote is a basic principle of shareholder democracy. It protects m...

President Trump Acts to Roll Back DEI Initiatives

Executive Orders: Require Attorney General to Recommend Measures to Encourage Pr...

Strategic Insider Trading and Its Consequences for Outs...

Motivation Information asymmetry is inherent to trading and will always remain a...

A Review of Director Commitments Policies, 2023 to 2024

In recent years, director commitments policies have become more prevalent at U.S...

Looking Ahead to 2025

Serving on an audit committee in 2025 might be daunting even if the committee co...

Weekly Roundup: January 24-30, 2025

Private Equity—2024 Review and 2025 Outlook Posted by Andrew J. Nussbaum, Steven...

Thoughts for Boards: Key Issues in Corporate Governance...

As we look ahead to the challenges and opportunities facing boards of directors ...

2024 Corporate Governance Practices and Trends in Silic...

Corporate governance practices vary significantly among public companies. This r...

Action Items for U.S. Public Companies for 2025

Rapid rulemaking and aggressive enforcement by the SEC, combined with legislativ...

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