2022 Stakeholder Capitalism and ESG as Tools for Sustainable Long-Term Value Creation, dated June 10, 2022
2020 The Friedman Essay and the True Purpose of the Business Corporation (Revised), dated September 17, 2020
2020 The Spotlight on Investors – Proposed Expansive Regulation of Institutional Investors and Shareholder Behavior – Imposing New Fiduciary Duties on Investors (and Companies), dated September 29, 2020
2020 A Wake-Up Call on Short-Termism: Study on directors’ duties and sustainable corporate governance, dated August 31, 2020
2020 A Framework for Management and Board of Directors Consideration of ESG and Stakeholder Governance, dated June 3, 2020
2020 State Street Global Advisors Sharpens Voting Push on Financially Material ESG Matters, dated January 29, 2020
2019 Stakeholder Corporate Governance – Business Roundtable and Council of Institutional Investors, dated August 20, 2019
2018 Corporate Governance – The New Paradigm – A Better Way Than Federalization, dated August 17, 2018
2017 A Synthesized Paradigm for Corporate Governance, Investor Stewardship, and Engagement, dated April 4, 2017
2016 New Theory in Corporate Governance Undermines Theories Relied on by Proponents of Short-Termism and Shareholder Activism, dated November 23, 2016
2015 Responding to Attacks by Activist Hedge Funds and to Hostile Takeover Bids, dated December 22, 2015
2015 A Personal Reflection on Corporate Governance: Is 2015, like 1985, an Inflection Year?, dated December 3, 2015
2015 Will a New Paradigm for Corporate Governance Bring Peace to the Thirty Years’ War, dated October 2, 2015
2015 Some Lessons from BlackRock, Vanguard and DuPont – A New Paradigm for Governance, dated June 29, 2015
2015 Further Recognition of the Adverse Effects of Attacks by Activist Hedge Funds, dated April 9, 2015
2015 Recognition of the Threat to Shareholders and the Economy from Attacks by Activist Hedge Funds (Updated), dated January 23, 2015
2015 The Threat to the American Economy and Society from Activism and Short-Termism, dated January 16, 2015
2014 Current and Former SEC Commissioners Question Legality of Harvard Declassification Proposals, dated December 11, 2014
2014 European Commission Proposes to Moderate Short-termism and Reduce Activist Attacks, dated April 10, 2014
2014 ISS Publishes Guidance on Director Compensation (and Other Qualification) Bylaws, dated January 16, 2014
2013 New Empirical Studies Support Director-centric Governance (Corrected Copy), dated December 8, 2013
2013 Empiricism and Experience; Activism and Short-Termism; the Real World of Business, dated October 25, 2013
2013 Delaware Court of Chancery Issues Guidance for Dealing with Dissident Directors, dated July 2, 2013
2013 Shareholder Activism Update: Bylaw Protection Against Dissident Director Conflict/Enrichment Schemes, dated May 9, 2013
2013 Bite the Apple; Poison the Apple; Paralyze the Company; Wreck the Economy, dated February 22, 2013
2011 The ISS Hewlett-Packard Decision; Another Form-Over-Substance Decision and Another Effort to Promote the Idea that the Principal Function of the Board is to Monitor the CEO, dated March 11, 2011
2011 Delaware Court Reaffirms the Poison Pill and Directors’ Power to Block Inadequate Offers, dated February 16, 2011
2010 Guiding Corporate Social Responsibility: A United Nations Blueprint to Promote Human Rights, dated November 24, 2010
2010 Corporate Governance and Compensation Provisions in Dodd-Frank Financial Reform Bill, dated June 30, 2010
2010 Deepwater Horizon Tragedy Demonstrates Critical Importance of Effective Board Oversight of Safety and Risk Management, dated June 21, 2010
2010 Corporate Social Responsibility: Essential Considerations for the United Nations Efforts to Promote Human Rights, dated May 27, 2010
2010 Corporate Governance and Compensation Provisions Applicable to all Public Companies in Senate Financial Reform Bill, dated May 21, 2010
2010 United Nations Continues Development of Proposals to Change Corporate Law to Promote Human Rights, dated January 11, 2010
2009 A Crisis Is a Terrible Thing to Waste: The Proposed “Shareholder Bill of Rights Act of 2009” Is a Serious Mistake, dated May 12, 2009
2009 Chancery Court Affirms Business Judgment Rule Protection in Dismissing Allegations of Failure to Monitor Business Risk, dated February 25, 2009
2008 A United Nations Proposal Defining Corporate Social Responsibility For Human Rights, dated May 1, 2008
2007 There Is No Connection Between Corporate Governance and Corporate Performance, dated December 20, 2007
2007 SEC Proposes Two Alternatives on Shareholder Access to Director Nominations in Company Proxy Statements, dated August 6, 2007
2007 Directors Face-to-Face Meetings with Institutional Investors on Corporate Governance Policies and Practices, dated June 28, 2007
2006 Delaware Supreme Court Affirms Disney Case: the Business Judgment Rule Prevails, dated June 12, 2006
2006 Hilton Stockholder Vote Puts Spotlight on Legality of Binding Anti-Pill Bylaw Amendments, dated May 26, 2006
2006 SEC Denies Exclusion of Majority Voting Shareholder Proposal from Proxy Materials, dated January 9, 2006
2005 Some Thoughts for Boards of Directors in 2005; Revised for Recent Developments, dated September 6, 2005
2004 Updated Model Audit Committee Pre-Approval Policy and Updated Model Audit Committee Charter, dated April 1, 2004
2003 The Millennium Bubble And Its Aftermath: Reforming Corporate America And Getting Back To Business, dated June 15, 2003
2003 Conference Board’s Blue Ribbon Commission’s Report on Corporate Governance, dated January 11, 2003
2002 Corporate Governance in Light of Sarbanes-Oxley and the NYSE Rules (Revised), dated September 3, 2002
2000 New Burdens for the Audit Committee: The Revised SEC Rules on Auditor Independence, dated December 8, 2000
2000 SEC Adopts Final Rules and Approves NYSE Rules on Audit Committee Effectiveness, dated January 16, 2000
1999 SEC Adopts Final Rules and Approves NYSE Rules on Audit Committee Effectiveness, dated December 28, 1999
1999 The SEC and NYSE Propose Rules Implementing the Blue Ribbon Committee’s Recommendations on Improving the Effectiveness of Corporate Audit Committees, dated October 15, 1999
1999 A Cautionary Approach to the “Report and Recommendations of the Blue Ribbon Committee on Improving the Effectiveness of Corporate Audit Committees,” dated June 11, 1999
1999 Recommendations of the Blue Ribbon Committee on Improving the Effectiveness of Corporate Audit Committees, dated March 10, 1999