The Voice of Corporate Governance

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• Controllers Unbound with Lucian Bebchuk and Kobi Kastiel 27.05.2026 14min

  In this episode, CII General Counsel Jeff Mahoney interviews Lucian Bebchuk, the James Barr Ames Professor of Law, Economics, and Finance, and Director of the Program on Corporate Governance at Harvard Law School and Kobi Kastiel, Professor of Law at Tel Aviv University. Professors Bebchuk and Kastiel are the co-authors of a recently issued research article, forthcoming in the Texas Law Review, entitled the “Controllers Unbound,” which analyzes how the relaxation of constraints on controlling...
• The New Political Economy of Delaware Corporate Lawmaking with Professor Ed Rock 14.05.2026 26min

  In this episode, CII General Counsel Jeff Mahoney sits down with Edward Rock, the Martin Lipton Professor of Law, and Director of the Institute for Corporate Governance & Finance, at the NYU School of Law. Professor Rock is the co-author of a recent research paper entitled "The New Political Economy of Delaware Corporate Lawmaking." The paper discusses how changes in the capital and legal markets, particularly the rise of dual-class controlled companies, are reshaping the state’s lawmakin...
• CII’s Monthly Governance and Capital Market Regulation Update (March 26 – April 30) 06.05.2026 22min

  This episode features CII General Counsel Jeff Mahoney covering the top 10 important events affecting institutional investors from March 26 to April 30, 2026. Some of the topics addressed include: CII’s comment letter to the SEC on Regulation S-K disclosures, trends in CII Members’ updated proxy voting and stewardship policies, CII’s new dashboard tracking Rule 14a-8 no-action notifications, and the CII Research and Education Fund’s new resource comparing of jurisdictional approaches among De...
• Delaware's Agency Problem with Professor Charles Whitehead 22.04.2026 21min

  In this episode, CII’s General Counsel, Jeff Mahoney interviews Charles K. Whitehead, the Myron C. Taylor Alumni Professor of Business Law at Cornell Law School. In the episode Professor Whitehead discusses his article entitled “Delaware's Agency Problem.” Professor Whitehead explains why Delaware’s lawmaking process for amending their corporate law statutes has a “second order agency problem.” He then describes specific procedural reforms that he believes should be adopted to resolve the pro...
• CII’s Monthly Governance and Capital Market Regulation Update (March 3-26) 09.04.2026 19min

  This episode features CII General Counsel Jeff Mahoney covering the top 10 important events affecting institutional investors from March 3 through to March 26, 2026. Some of the topics addressed include: the separate comments of Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) Chairman Paul Atkins and Ranking Member of the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs (Senate Banking Committee) Senator Elizabeth Warren at CII’s Spring conference; and a letter from a bi-partisan group of 18 S...
• CII’s Monthly Governance and Capital Market Regulation Update (Feb. 3 - March 3) 26.03.2026 26min

  This episode features CII General Counsel Jeff Mahoney covering the top 10 important events affecting institutional investors from February 3 through March 3, 2026. Some of the topics addressed in this episode include: New CII research showing a decline in equal voting rights when reviewing initial public offerings in 2025, various investor lawsuits against public companies that omitted shareholder proposals from their annual proxy statements, and the introduction of the Enhancing Multi...
• Winning in the Face of Change with Pat Niemann 25.02.2026 19min

  In this episode, CII General Counsel Jeff Mahoney interviews Pat Niemann, Leader of EY Americas Center for Board Matters, on the results of a 2025 survey of corporate board members: What drives board effectiveness amid uncertainty. Pat also leads the EY Audit Committee Forum and previously managed Ernst & Young LLP’s Los Angeles office and audit practice.
• CII’s Monthly Governance and Capital Market Regulation Update (Jan. 6 - Feb. 3) 05.02.2026 28min

  This episode features CII General Counsel Jeff Mahoney covering the top 10 important events affecting institutional investors from January 6 through February 3, 2026. Some of the topics addressed in this episode include: The SEC's announcement objecting to the use of exempt solicitations by smaller shareholders; Proposed revisions to Regulation S-K; Developments in Delaware corporation law; and CII's letter to the SEC supporting Nasdaq's proposal on new listing standards for Chinese companies.
• CII’s Monthly Governance and Capital Market Regulation Update (Dec. 2, 2025 - Jan. 6, 2026) 08.01.2026 33min

  This episode features CII General Counsel Jeff Mahoney covering the top 10 important events affecting institutional investors from December 2, 2025 – January 6, 2026. Some of the topics addressed in this episode include: President Donald Trump’s executive order relating to proxy advisors; provisions of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2026 that were approved by Congress and signed into law by President Trump; and CII’s letter to SEC Chairman Paul S. Atkins regarding the ...
• CII’s Monthly Governance and Capital Market Regulation Update (October 28 - December 2) 04.12.2025 26min

  This episode features CII General Counsel Jeff Mahoney covering the top 10 important events affecting institutional investors from October 28 through December 2, 2025.
• The Shadow SEC and Quarterly Reports with Professor James Cox 20.11.2025 25min

  In this episode, CII General Counsel Jeff Mahoney interviews James D. Cox, a member of the Shadow SEC and the Brainerd Currie Distinguished Professor of Law at Duke University. Their discussion covers the Shadow SEC's view of SEC Chair Paul Atkin’s plans to scrap quarterly reporting.
• CII’s Monthly Governance and Capital Market Regulation Update (October 1-28) 06.11.2025 30min

  This episode features CII General Counsel Jeff Mahoney covering the top 10 important events affecting institutional investors from October 1-28, 2025.
• Courts, Legislation and Delaware Corporate Law with Professor Kobi Kastiel 23.10.2025 18min

  In this episode, CII General Counsel Jeff Mahoney interviews Kobi Kastiel of Tel Aviv University, Harvard Law School and the European Corporate Governance Institute. Professor Kastiel is a co-author of a recently issued research paper entitled the "Courts, Legislation, and Delaware Corporate Law."
• CII’s Monthly Governance and Capital Market Regulation Update (September 2 - October 1) 09.10.2025 32min

  This episode features CII General Counsel Jeff Mahoney covering the top 10 important events affecting institutional investors from September 2 to October 1, 2025.
• CII’s Monthly Governance and Capital Market Regulation Update (August 4 - September 2) 03.09.2025 27min

  This episode features CII General Counsel Jeff Mahoney covering the top 10 important events affecting institutional investors from August 4 to September 2, 2025.
• The Price of Delaware Corporate Law Reform with Roberto Tallarita 21.08.2025 21min

  In this episode, CII General Counsel Jeff Mahoney interviews Roberto Tallarita, Assistant Professor of Law, Harvard Law School. Professor Tallarita is the co-author of a recent research paper entitled "The Price of Delaware Corporate Law Reform."
• CII’s Monthly Governance and Capital Market Regulation Update (June 30 - August 4) 07.08.2025 26min

  This episode features CII General Counsel Jeff Mahoney covering the top 10 important events affecting institutional investors from June 30 to August 4, 2025.
• Texas, Delaware, and the New Controller Primacy with Christine Hurt 24.07.2025 17min

  In this episode, CII General Counsel Jeff Mahoney interviews Christine Hurt, Senior Associate Dean for Academic Affairs, the Alan R. Bromberg Centennial Chair in Corporate, Partnership, Business and Securities Law, and Professor of Law at the Southern Methodist University Dedman School of Law. Professor Hurt is the author of a new research paper titled "Texas, Delaware, and the New Controller Primacy."
• CII’s Monthly Governance and Capital Market Regulation Update (June 3-30) 03.07.2025 31min

  This episode features CII General Counsel Jeff Mahoney covering the top 10 important events affecting institutional investors from June 3-30, 2025.
• Havens for Corporate Lawbreaking with William Moon 18.06.2025 17min

  In this episode, CII General Counsel Jeff Mahoney interviews Professor William J. Moon, the J.B. and M.K. Pritzker Family Foundation Distinguished Visiting Professor of Law, Northwestern Pritzker School of Law & Edward M. Robertson Professor of Law, University of Maryland Carey School of Law. Professor Moon is the author of a recent essay “Havens for Corporate Lawbreaking” that discusses the trend of jurisdictions undercutting the legal compliance obligations of directors and officers.