Ann and Mike talk about how proxy votes actually work, using SBUX as an example

Ann and Mike talk about a precatory proposal at BJ and activism at SNAP

Ann and Mike talk about recent developments at the SEC

Ann and Mike talk about Exxon’s proposed move to New Jersey, and pending proxy contests this year

Ann and Mike talk about EngageSmart and proxy advisors and executive compensation

Mike and Ann talk about how states have begun the process of regulating proxy advisors.

Mike and Ann talk about a(nother) Twitter securities fraud case against Musk, the latest in WBD

Mike and Ann talk about the contest for Warner Brothers Discovery between Netflix and Paramount Skydance

Mike and Matt Moscardi sort through the mailbag

Books:

The Modern Corporation & Private Property, Adolph A. Berle and Gardner Means

Foundations of Organizational Strategy, Michael C. Jensen

Exit, Voice, and Loyalty, Albert O. Hirschman

Corporate Governance, Robert A. G. Monks and Nell Minow

Dear Chairman, Jeff Gramm

Disney War, James B. Stewart

Barbarians in the Boardroom, Owen Walker

On Board, Jonathan F. Foster

Principles of Corporate Finance, Richard Brealy, Stewart Myers, Franklin Allen

Harvard Law School corp gov forum, The CLS Blue Sky Blog

Cooley memos

Matt Levine at Bloomberg

Mr. CorpGov Substack - Andrew Droste at CT

Business Law Prof Blog

The Corporate Counsel blog

secinfo.com, Boardroom Alpha

Email news letters - FT Alphaville substack, Law360 and Bloomberg Law newsletters

https://kfilings.com/

Ssrn newsletter

deallawyers.com

thecorporatecounsel.net

compensationstandards.com