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Delaware Entity Voting Should Sound Alarm Over Corporate Power
If prediction markets existed 16 years ago, when the US Supreme Court decided Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission, bets would have been laid that we were on the cusp of corporations voting in political elections. The idea might be startling but it was already happening—in a few limited places, legal entities could already cast real ballots. The practice had never been tested by the courts. Now, entity voting has survived its first legal test. ACLU of Del. v.
Delaware Entity Voting Should Sound Alarm Over Corporate Power
If prediction markets existed 16 years ago, when the US Supreme Court decided Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission, bets would have been laid that we were on the cusp of corporations voting in political elections. The idea might be startling but it was already happening—in a few limited places, legal entities could already cast real ballots. The practice had never been tested by the courts. Now, entity voting has survived its first legal test. ACLU of Del. v.
The Harvard Law School Forum on Corporate Governance
Posted by Jill Fisch (University of Pennsylvania), on Tuesday, December 9, 2025 Jill Fisch is the Saul A. Fox Distinguished Professor of Business Law at the University of Pennsylvania Carey Law School. This post is by Professor Fisch, Sarah Haan, the Sheridan Albert ’48 Professor of Law at Brooklyn Law School, Ann M. Lipton, a Professor of Law and the Laurence W.
Donald Trump’s Authoritarian Playbook Is Based on Failures of US Corporate Democracy, not Foreign Dictators
Sarah Haan writes that to understand American authoritarianism, it’s less useful to analyze the strategies of elected dictators around the globe than to look at how corporate leaders in the United States have rigged corporate democracy. Six weeks into President Donald Trump’s second term, experts are sounding the alarm for democracy.
Reclaiming Corporate Democracy
The following is an excerpt from Sarah C. Haan’s book, “Reclaiming Corporate Democracy.” “By means of proxies, American corporation officials are used to holding meetings with no one but themselves attending…” -Prof. William H. Lough, 1914 On the last day of January, 1888, hundreds of people streamed into the old Fitchburg train depot on cobbled Causeway Street in Boston.
Citizens United Overreach: New CAP Report Reveals Legal Risk in For-Profit Corporate Boards’ Political Spending
Citizens United gave corporations—but not for-profit corporate boards—the authority to spend in candidate elections. But those boards immediately started spending anyway, improperly handing U.S. citizens’ constitutional rights over to large shareholders and foreign nationals. A new Center for American Progress report shows how it could cost them. Join CAP for a virtual discussion with The Hon. Shana M.
How Delegated Corporate Voting Advances Corporate Democracy
Starting in the 1930s with the earliest version of its proxy rules, the Securities and Exchange Commission gradually increased the proportion of instructed votes on a shareholder’s proxy card until, for the first time in 2022, it required a fully-instructed proxy card — the universal proxy. This evolution shifted the exercise of the shareholder’s vote from the shareholders’ meeting to the vote delegation that occurs when the shareholder completes the proxy card.
Corporate governance after GameStop
By Faith Stevelman and Sarah C. Haan NEW YORK — Last week, a social-media-fuelled populist rebellion gripped capital markets. Retail investors purchased huge amounts of stock in struggling companies like GameStop, AMC and BlackBerry (among others). They wanted to make a buck. But, even more than that, they wanted to punish the financial elites, like hedge funds, that had been betting on the companies’ decline.
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Corporate governance after GameStop
Last week, ordinary citizens responded to systemic inequalities with a populist, market-based campaign to disrupt the mechanisms of elite accumulation – and sent a powerful message about the need for a new model of corporate governance. After decades of passivity, the time has come for directors to lead Last week, a social-media-fueled populist rebellion gripped capital markets.
Meal Planning Made Simple
By: Sarah Haan, Registered Dietitian, 5/4/2010 Without a shopping list, a casual trip to the grocery store can be a recipe for disaster. And sometimes, even with a list in hand, we still find ourselves in a state of confusion as we meander through the store. Organizing your shopping list can smooth out your grocery shopping experience and make shopping and cooking more efficient. Whether you’re shopping for one meal or seven, yourself or a house full of people, the basic process is the same.
Boards in Information Governance
When the markets go haywire, as they appear to be doing now, stock prices cease to provide useful signals about corporate value or the performance of the men and women in the C-suite.
Mark Zuckerberg thinks Facebook’s problems can be fixed with authentic speech.
Mark Zuckerberg thinks Facebook’s problems can be fixed with “authentic” speech. He’s so wrong. Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg leads a conversation on free expression at Georgetown University on Thursday in Washington. Riccardo Savi/Getty Images for Facebook The Lines of Code That Changed Everything Women on Historic Spacewalk Pause to Politely Correct Man’s Error Glyphosate Doesn’t Cause Cancer. It Saves Native Ecosystems.
Donald Trump's Presidency Is Hurting American Business and Economic Growth
Significant damage has already been done. Recall the Trump administration's prior showdown with the judicial branch over its controversial ban on travel from Muslim-majority nations. That tempest, with the president still tweeting about wanting a broader travel ban, may still affect international investments in the United States. Trump's first, hastily-written executive order surprised businesses and workers and generated significant costs.
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