Having just taught a corporate governance seminar class on the proxy process (from a company's perspective), proxy advisory services, and institutional voting, I have the upcoming proxy season on my mind.  There are a great collection of resources available for those interested for academic or practice-related reasons.  My students found many of these summaries to be a good distillation of the issues and introduction to the nuts and bolts of proxy access.  I have provided my list of resources below, in addition to a quick summary of the major governance issues likely to be on the table in 2016.

Major Governance Issues:

• Dodd Frank pay ratio disclosure
• Say on Pay majority voting
• Executive compensation disclosures subject to new SEC interpretations
• Proxy Access Bylaws (see New York campaign)
• Cybersecurity 
• Audit Committee Disclosures
• Independent Chair proposals

2016 Proxy Season Resources:

• Cadwaladler
• Dinsmore
• DLA Piper
• Dodd Frank 2016 Proxy Guidelines
• Foley Lardner
• Glass Lewis 2016 Proxy Materials
• Harvard Law School Forum on Corporate Governance & Financial Regulation
• Institutional Shareholder Services
• Mayer Brown
• MoFo Proxy 2016
• NACD (National Association of Corporate Directors)
• Sidley Austin

-Anne Tucker