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Weekly Roundup: March 21-27, 2025

Shareholder Engagement on Compensation Matters: Special Time-Sensitive Complications for the 2025 Proxy Season Posted by Alessandra Murata, Michael Bergmann, and Brad Goldberg, Cooley LLP, on Friday, March 21, 2025 Tags: Board of Directors, Proxy season, SEC, shareholder engagement How DEI Shareholder Proposals Are Faring in 2025 Posted by David A. Bell and Wendy Grasso, Fenwick […]

Mar 28, 2025 - 14:51

Posted by the Harvard Law School Forum on Corporate Governance, on Friday, March 28, 2025

Editor's Note:

This roundup contains a collection of the posts published on the Forum during the week of March 21-27, 2025

Shareholder Engagement on Compensation Matters: Special Time-Sensitive Complications for the 2025 Proxy Season

Posted by Alessandra Murata, Michael Bergmann, and Brad Goldberg, Cooley LLP, on Friday, March 21, 2025

Tags: Board of Directors, Proxy season, SEC, shareholder engagement

How DEI Shareholder Proposals Are Faring in 2025

Posted by David A. Bell and Wendy Grasso, Fenwick & West LLP, on Saturday, March 22, 2025

Tags: Anti-DEI, dei, Proxy season, Shareholders

The Future of Board Diversity Disclosures

Posted by Ali Perry, Jennifer Zepralka and Gabrielle Levin, Mayer Brown LLP, on Sunday, March 23, 2025

Tags: Board of Directors, dei, Fifth Circuit, Proxy season

Key Legal Considerations in Nonprofit Spinout Transactions

Posted by Michael Santos, Daniel Irvin, and Stefan Rajiyah, Morrison & Foerster LLP, on Monday, March 24, 2025

Tags: assets, IRC, Nonprofits, Section 501(c)(3)

Does Mandatory Risk Disclosure Harm Corporate Innovation?

Posted by Shiu-Yik Au (University of Manitoba) and Hongping Tan (McGill University), on Monday, March 24, 2025

Tags: Corporate governance, regulation, Risk disclosure, SEC

Navigating DEI Disclosure amid Regulatory Shifts

Posted by Neil McCarthy, Markus Hartmann and James Palmiter, DragonGC, on Monday, March 24, 2025

Tags: dei, disclosures, proxy statements, SEC

2024 Year End Activism Review

Posted by Andrew Freedman, Olshan Frome Wolosky LLP, on Tuesday, March 25, 2025

Tags: CEOs, Proxy Contest, SEC, Shareholder activism

Signaling Long-Term Information Using Short-Term Forecasts

Posted by Frank Zhou (The Wharton School), on Tuesday, March 25, 2025

Tags: Corporate governance, disclosures, earnings, Voluntary Disclosure

The Governance of Geopolitical Risk in 2025

Posted by Subodh Mishra, ISS STOXX, on Tuesday, March 25, 2025

Tags: Board of Directors, Corporate governance, geopolitics, Risks

SEC Priorities Regarding Cybersecurity Enforcement in the Second Trump Administration

Posted by Jennifer Lee, Shoba Pillay, and Charles Riely, Jenner & Block LLP, on Wednesday, March 26, 2025

Tags: Cybersecurity, Donald Trump, Public Companies, SEC

Posted by Kyle Logue (University of Michigan Law School), Will Thomas (University of Michigan Ross School of Business), and Jeffery Zhang (University of Michigan Law School), on Wednesday, March 26, 2025

Tags: Banks, Corporate governance, Liability, proposals

Remarks by Commissioner Crenshaw at the Investment Company Institute’s 2025 Investment Management Conference

Posted by Caroline A. Crenshaw, U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, on Wednesday, March 26, 2025

Tags: Investment Advisers Act, Investment Company Act, Regulators, SEC

2025 Environmental and Social Developments

Posted by Amanda Urquiza, Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati, on Thursday, March 27, 2025

Tags: Climate, dei, Donald Trump, ESG

Scope, Scale, and Concentration: A New Perspective on the 21st-Century Firm

Posted by Gerard Hoberg (USC Marshall School of Business) and Gordon Phillips (Tuck School of Business), on Thursday, March 27, 2025

Tags: concentration, Mergers, Scale of firms, Scope

Early Filers: Bonuses Up Amid Flat Financial Performance

Posted by Lauren Peek and Joanna Czyzewski, Compensation Advisory Partners, on Thursday, March 27, 2025

Tags: Board of Directors, CEOs, Executive Compensation, Pay for performance