Weekly Roundup: February 28-March 6, 2025

Securities Law Alert: Year in Review Posted by Stephen Blake, Craig Waldman, and Jonathan Youngwood, Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP, on Friday, February 28, 2025 Tags: Chevron, circuit courts, Loper Bright, Supreme Court Exiting Delaware: The TripAdvisor Decision Posted by Anna T. Pinedo, Mayer Brown LLP, on Saturday, March 1, 2025 Tags: Delaware cases, Delaware […]

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Weekly Roundup: February 28-March 6, 2025

Posted by the Harvard Law School Forum on Corporate Governance, on Friday, March 7, 2025

Editor's Note:

This roundup contains a collection of the posts published on the Forum during the week of February 28-March 6, 2025

Securities Law Alert: Year in Review

Posted by Stephen Blake, Craig Waldman, and Jonathan Youngwood, Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP, on Friday, February 28, 2025

Tags: Chevron, circuit courts, Loper Bright, Supreme Court

Exiting Delaware: The TripAdvisor Decision

Posted by Anna T. Pinedo, Mayer Brown LLP, on Saturday, March 1, 2025

Tags: Delaware cases, Delaware Supreme Court, MFW, TripAdvisor

Sponsor-Controller Cleared of Conflicts in Sale Near Fund’s Term End

Posted by Gail Weinstein, Steven J. Steinman, and Steven Epstein, Fried, Frank, Harris, Shriver & Jacobson LLP, on Sunday, March 2, 2025

Tags: Delaware cases, Funds, Manti v. Authentix, Merger

Alignment Advance Notice Bylaw

Posted by Neil Whoriskey, Iliana Ongun, and Scott Golenbock, Milbank LLP, on Monday, March 3, 2025

Tags: Bylaws, Delaware Supreme Court, SEC, stockholders

Is ESG Making the Job Market More Polarized?

Posted by Thomas Rauter (UChicago), on Monday, March 3, 2025

Tags: Brazil, Corporate governance, ESG, Labor markets

The Changing Tides of the SEC Under the Second Trump Administration

Posted by Brad Goldberg, Beth Sasfai, and Reid Hooper, Cooley LLP, on Monday, March 3, 2025

Tags: Cybersecurity, ESG, Executive Orders, SEC

SEC Leadership Change Results in Key Policy Developments

Posted by Brian V. Breheny, Raquel Fox, and Marc S. Gerber, Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP, on Tuesday, March 4, 2025

Tags: Compliance and Disclosure Interpretations (CDIs), Crypto Task Force, Cyber and Emerging Technologies Unit (CETU), SEC

Decision Ready Data: One-Time Awards & CEO Succession

Posted by Krishna Shah and James McQuerrey, Glass, Lewis & Co, on Tuesday, March 4, 2025

Tags: CEO compensation, CEO succession, CEOs, S&P500

Delaware: The Empire Strikes Back

Posted by Lucian Bebchuk (Harvard Law School), on Tuesday, March 4, 2025

Tags: corporate law, Delaware cases, Delaware Court, moelis

Update on DEI—Federal Court Temporarily Blocks Most of the Administration’s DEI Orders, But Uncertainty Continues

Posted by Gail Weinstein, Philip Richter, and Steven Epstein, Fried, Frank, Harris, Shriver & Jacobson LLP, on Wednesday, March 5, 2025

Tags: Corporate governance, dei, Glass Lewis, U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ)

What is Top of Mind for US Investors in 2025?

Posted by Matt DiGuiseppe, Paul DeNicola, and Ariel Smilowitz, PricewaterhouseCoopers, on Wednesday, March 5, 2025

Tags: Board of Directors, Climate, GenAI, investors

Delaware and the Perils of Small Minority Controllers

Posted by Lucian Bebchuk (Harvard Law School), Kobi Kastiel (Tel Aviv University), and Edward B. Rock (NYU Law), on Wednesday, March 5, 2025

Tags: Delaware cases, Delaware Court, DGCL, Minority shareholders

Board Diversity: Policy Updates and Considerations for Proxy Season

Posted by Beth Sasfai, Michael Mencher, and Vince Flynn, Cooley LLP, on Thursday, March 6, 2025

Tags: board diversity, Board of Directors, dei, Proxy season

Stakeholder Theory and the Challenge of Welfare Economics

Posted by Robert T. Miller (University of Iowa), on Thursday, March 6, 2025

Tags: Corporate governance, Stakeholder, Stakeholderism, welfarism

Board Oversight of Cybersecurity Incidents

Posted by Aaron Wendt and Joah Clements, Glass, Lewis & Co., on Thursday, March 6, 2025

Tags: Board of Directors, Board oversight, Cybersecurity, SEC