United States: Corporate Governance

You built something real. Now you want to get paid: whether through acquisition, fundraise, or IPO. But a few preventable mistakes can crater your valuation or kill a deal entirely.

Rob Keller, Associate General Counsel at Cisco, joins Sara Morgan to challenge conventional wisdom: data governance carries more legal weight than AI itself. Overseeing product legal for $24B in annual revenue, Rob reveals why GCs should prioritize overlapping EU regulations without stalling launches, what good AI vendor diligence looks like, and two near-term compliance deadlines GCs are underestimating—California AB 2013 and EU high-risk AI use case directives, both due this summer.

On May 29, 2026, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) proposed to rescind in its entirety the climate-related disclosure regime adopted in March 2024.

The SEC's proposed shift from quarterly to semiannual reporting may seem like a straightforward compliance simplification, but it could create significant misalignment with existing credit and derivatives agreements that contractually require quarterly financial data. This potential disconnect raises questions about defaults, operational disruptions, and the preservation of contractual rights across financing and derivatives documentation.

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Green Street Advisors has revised its governance scoring methodology to penalize public REITs that use OP unit-based compensation, arguing it creates potential misalignment between management and shareholders.

The latest issue of the Goodwin Public Company Advisory News Roundup has been posted, covering the period from May 11, 2026 – May 21, 2026.

If you’re on the management team of a Delaware corporation or serve as general counsel to one, it’s only a matter of time before a stockholder shows up with a books and records demand under Section 220...

The SEC has formally proposed to rescind its comprehensive climate-related disclosure rules adopted in March 2024, citing concerns about statutory authority and regulatory overreach. This proposal would eliminate all mandated climate disclosure requirements for public companies, including greenhouse gas emissions reporting, climate risk assessments, and financial statement disclosures related to severe weather events.