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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

Ann and Mike talk about the Tornetta decision and how activists recruit director candidates

2026 Predictions with Matt Moscardi + Damion Rallis of the Proxy Countdown podcast

Ann and Mike talk about what activists are actually doing at this time of the year

Ann and Mike talk about how ISS and Glass Lewis are responding to legal pressure and the likely effects on activism.

Mike talks with attorney Kyle Pinder about his research about shareholder proposals under Delaware law.

Ann and Mike talk about the competition between Pfizer and Novo Nordisk to acquire Metsera

Ann and Mike talk about the relationship of federal and state corporate law.

Ann and Mike talk about universal proxy after three years

Ann and Mike talk about SEC Chair Atkins’ speech before the Weinberg Center about shareholder proposals and their relation to Delaware law

Ann and Mike talk about majority vote standard proposals and amending bylaws and certificates of incorporation

Ann and Mike talk about M&A litigation in a recent important case and whether corporations are people

Ann and Mike talk about the SEC’s new position on mandatory arbitration for federal securities claims.