The Voice of Corporate Governance

This episode features CII General Counsel Jeff Mahoney covering the top 10 important events affecting institutional investors from April 1 to May 6, 2025.

In this episode, CII General Counsel Jeff Mahoney interviews James D. Cox, the Brainerd Currie Distinguished Professor of Law at Duke University. Cox is a member of The Shadow SEC, a recently formed independent organization of six current academics that, like the earlier established Federal Reserve Shadow Open Market Committee, is intended to provide, encourage, facilitate and distribute policy discussions and debates relating to the federal securities laws and the SEC. 

This episode features CII General Counsel Jeff Mahoney covering the top 10 important events affecting institutional investors from March 4 to April 1, 2025. This includes two updates to CII's Policies on Corporate Governance (on reincorporation and stealth dual-class stock) and CII's recent advocacy efforts in the Delaware legislature opposing Senate Bill 21.

In this episode, CII General Counsel Jeff Mahoney interviews renowned British Economist Sir John Kay. Sir John Kay is the author of a new book entitled The Corporation in the Twenty-First Century: Why (Almost) Everything We Are Told About Business Is Wrong.

This episode features CII General Counsel Jeff Mahoney covering the top 10 important events affecting institutional investors from February 5 to March 4, 2025, including an in-depth Q&A covering the SEC's new guidance on submitting 13D and 13G filings as it applies to institutional investors.

In this episode, CII General Counsel Jeff Mahoney interviews John W. Barry, Assistant Professor of Finance at Rice University. Professor Barry is the co-author of a recent research paper entitled "Shareholder Voice and Executive Compensation."

This episode features CII General Counsel Jeff Mahoney covering the top 10 important events affecting institutional investors from January 7 to February 5, 2025.

In this episode, CII General Counsel Jeff Mahoney interviews Stephen I. Vladeck, the Agnes Williams Sesquicentennial Professor of Federal Courts at Georgetown University Law Center. Professor Vladeck is a leading researcher and expert on "judge shopping," a hotly-debated topic in the federal court system.

This episode features CII General Counsel Jeff Mahoney covering the top 10 important events affecting institutional investors from December 3, 2024, to January 7, 2025.

In this episode, CII General Counsel Jeff Mahoney interviews Ally Zimmerman, the Madeline Duncan Rolland Associate Professor of Business Administration at Florida State University. Professor Zimmerman is the co-author of a recent paper entitled "A Tale of Three Perspectives: How GNFs, Annual NAFs, and Triennial NAFs Experience the PCAOB Inspection Deficiency Remediation Process."