As we head into the height of annual meeting season, be sure to check out our informative 25-minute podcast with Cooley’s Reid Hooper & Michael Mencher on some of the key developments during this year’s proxy season. Topics include:

1. Impact of the Staff’s decision to no longer serve as Rule 14a-8 referee
2. Shareholder proposal trends and success rates
3. AI disclosures in proxy statements
4. How boards are dealing with new oversight demands
5. Changes in how companies are addressing DEI-related disclosures
6. Evolution of proxy advisor policies and strategies for responding to adverse recommendations
7. Outlook for the 2027 proxy season

If you have insights on a securities law, capital markets or corporate governance issue, trend or development that you’d like to share with our members in a podcast, please email me at john@thecorporatecounsel.net or Meredith at mervine@ccrcorp.com. We’re always looking for new topics and we’d love to hear from you!

– John Jenkins