Weekly Roundup: April 12-18, 2024

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This roundup contains a collection of the posts published on the Forum during the week of April 12-18, 2024

Creditor rights, collateral reuse, and credit supply

Posted by Brittany Lewis (Washington University in St. Louis), on Friday, April 12, 2024

Tags: BAPCPA, Congress, Credit supply, GFC

Key Considerations for the 2024 Annual Reporting and Proxy Season: Proxy Statements

Posted by Maia Gez, Scott Levi and Danielle Herrick, White & Case LLP, on Saturday, April 13, 2024

Tags: annual reports, Board of Directors, Compensation disclosure, disclosures, Proxy season, proxy statements

Proxy Preview 2024

Posted by Matt DiGuiseppe, Maria Castañón Moats, and Paul DeNicola, PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP, on Sunday, April 14, 2024

Tags: anti-ESG, disclosures, ESG, Hedge funds, Proxy season, SEC, Shareholder activism, Shareholder proposals

Comparing the SEC Climate Rules to California, EU and ISSB Disclosure Frameworks

Posted by Emma Bichet, Michael Mencher, Beth Sasfai, Cooley LLP, on Monday, April 15, 2024

Tags: Climate Disclosure, compliance, disclosures, domestic companies, FPIs, framework, implications, SEC

The Shortseller Enrichment Commission?: Whistleblowers, Activist Short Sellers, and the New Privatization of Public Enforcement

Posted by Alexander I. Platt (University of Kansas School of Law), on Monday, April 15, 2024

Tags: Activist, SEC, WBP, Whistleblower Bounty Program

HLS Corporate Faculty Excels in SSRN’s 2023 Citation Rankings

Posted by the Forum’s Editorial Team, on Monday, April 15, 2024

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Cybersecurity, audit, and the board: How does board oversight impact cybersecurity performance?

Posted by Edna Twumwaa Frimpong and Dottie Schindlinger, Diligent Institute, and Derek Vadala, Bitsight, on Tuesday, April 16, 2024

Tags: Board governance, board structure, cyber risk management, cyber risks, cyber threats, Cybersecurity, financial performance

Dissecting the Long-Term Performance of the Chinese Stock Market

Posted by Jun Qian (Fudan University), on Tuesday, April 16, 2024

Tags: Cash flows, China, IPO, Shareholder value, stock market

What Do Shareholders Propose?

Posted by Ali Saribas and Carmen Ng, SquareWell Partners, on Tuesday, April 16, 2024

Tags: anti-ESG, ESG, Europe, Proxy advisors, S&P 500, Shareholder proposals

Annual Incentive Plans – Payouts and Performance Alignment

Posted by Melissa Burek and Michael Bonner, Compensation Advisory Partners, on Wednesday, April 17, 2024

Tags: COVID-19, ESG, Executives, Incentives, Pay for performance

Sticky Charters? The Surprisingly Tepid Embrace of Officer-Protecting Waivers in Delaware

Posted by Jens Frankenreiter (Washington University in St. Louis) and Eric Talley (Columbia University), on Wednesday, April 17, 2024

Tags: AI, Artificial intelligence, ChatGPT, corporate law, delaware, Fiduciary duties, Large Language Model

Pass-Through Voting: Giving Individual Investors a Voice in Corporate Governance

Posted by Danielle Gurrieri and Chuck Callan, Broadridge, on Wednesday, April 17, 2024

Tags: investors, pass-through voting, portfolio companies, Proxy season, Proxy voting

Decoding the SEC’s First “AI-Washing” Enforcement Actions

Posted by Amy Jane Longo, Shannon Capone Kirk, and Isaac Sommers, Ropes & Gray LLP, on Thursday, April 18, 2024

Tags: AI, Artificial intelligence, Delphia, PDA, predictive data analytics, SEC

Majority Rules

Posted by Andrew Verstein (UCLA), on Thursday, April 18, 2024

Tags: Board independence, Board of Directors, Conflict of Interest, corporate law, independent directors, Majority voting

An Early Look at CEO Pay Trends From Proxy Season 2024

Posted by Joyce Chen and Courtney Yu, Equilar, Inc., on Thursday, April 18, 2024

Tags: CEO compensation, CEO Pay, CEOs, gender, pay ratio, Proxy season, PvP