Wilson Sonsini’s “Reporting Season Alert: Five Key Considerations for Proxy Season” highlights five areas that warrant companies’ attention this proxy season in light of recent developments and trends. Among the areas of focus are evolving disclosure expectations (including executive compensation, diversity, ESG, and AI), proxy advisor policies, shareholder engagement, the shareholder proposal process, and heightened scrutiny of proxy statements by plaintiffs’ lawyers. The post also identifies several common and preventable disclosure errors that companies should seek to avoid.
See also “ISS Identifies Early Trends in 2026 Proxy Season” (Bryan Cave).
This post first appeared in the weekly Society Alert!