Shareholder Rights Project
The Shareholder Rights Project (SRP) is a clinical program operating at Harvard Law School and directed by Professor Lucian Bebchuk. The SRP works on behalf of public pension funds and charitable organizations seeking to improve corporate governance at publicly traded companies, as well as on research and policy projects related to corporate governance. Any views expressed and positions taken by the SRP and its representatives should be attributed solely to the SRP and not to Harvard Law School or Harvard University.

SRP Communications

SRP Post, Wachtell Lipton Was Wrong About the Shareholder Rights Project, The Harvard Law School Forum on Corporate Governance and Financial Regulation, April 9, 2013

SRP Post, 36 Declassification Proposals Going to a Vote in April and May, The Harvard Law School Forum on Corporate Governance and Financial Regulation, April 3, 2013

SRP News Alert, Substantial 2013 Results Already Produced by SRP and SRP-Represented Investors: 46 S&P 500 and Fortune 500 Companies Agree to Move towards Annual Elections, March 13, 2013

SRP Post, Initial 2013 Annual Meeting Results: Six Board Declassification Proposals Passed with Average Support of 79%, The Harvard Law School Forum on Corporate Governance and Financial Regulation, March 6, 2013

2012 SRP Annual Report

SRP News Alert, Large-scale Governance Reforms in S&P 500 Companies, February 13, 2013

Joint press releases with SRP-represented investors, February 13, 2013:

SRP News Alert, Advancing Corporate Governance Reforms in 2013, November 28, 2012

Joint press releases with SRP-represented investors, November 28, 2012:

SRP News Alert, Improving Corporate Governance in S&P 500 Companies, September 5, 2012

Joint press release by the Massachusetts Pension Reserves Investment Management Board and the SRP, August 21, 2012

SRP Post, SRP-Represented Investors Responsible for 36% of Successful 2012 Shareholder Proposals, August 8, 2012

SRP Post, Thirty-Three Declassification Proposals Win Approval with Average Support of 82%, The Harvard Law School Forum on Corporate Governance and Financial Regulation, June 13, 2012

SRP Post, Seventeen Boards of S&P 500 Companies Already Declassified Following Agreements with SRP-Represented Investors, The Harvard Law School Forum on Corporate Governance and Financial Regulation, May 17, 2012

SRP Post, Twelve Shareholder Declassification Proposals Submitted by SRP-Represented Investors Win Approval with Average Support of 79%, The Harvard Law School Forum on Corporate Governance and Financial Regulation, May 8, 2012

NYTimes Dealbook Op-Ed: Giving Shareholders a Voice, April 19, 2012

SRP Post, Thirty-Six Precatory Declassification Proposals Going to a Vote at Annual Meetings, The Harvard Law School Forum on Corporate Governance and Financial Regulation, April 10, 2012

SRP Post, Ten Additional Companies Disclose Management Declassification Proposals Made Pursuant to Agreements, The Harvard Law School Forum on Corporate Governance and Financial Regulation, April 4, 2012

SRP News Alert, Repealing Classified Boards in S&P 500 Companies, March 19, 2012

Joint press releases with SRP-represented investors, March 19, 2012:


Print and Online Media Mentions

New York Times DealBook, 4/16/2013

CorpGov.net, 4/10/2013

Law360, 4/9/2013

Thomson Reuters News & Insight, 4/9/2013

Wachtell Lipton, "A Reply to Professor Bebchuk," 4/9/2013

Forbes, 3/18/13

Business Standard (reprint from Breakingviews | Reuters), 3/17/13

The Wall Street Journal Deal Journal, 3/13/13

New York Times DealBook, 3/13/2013

Corporate Board Member, First Quarter 2013

Pensions & Investments, 1/21/2012

Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, 1/6/2013

Wachtell Lipton, "Pension Fund Advised by the Harvard Shareholder Rights Project Withdraws Declassification Proposal Amid Lawsuit Challenging Eligibility," 12/13/2012

Wachtell Lipton, "Harvard’s Shareholder Rights Project is Still Wrong," 11/30/2012

Thomson Reuters News & Insight, 11/29/2012

Pensions & Investments, 11/28/2012

CorpGov.net, 11/28/2012

Lawdragon, 11/18/2012

Directorship, 10/3/2012

The Wall Street Journal CFO Report, 9/5/2012

The Advocate for Institutional Investors, Summer 2012

Chicage Tribune, 8/10/2012

ValueWalk, 6/17/2012

ValueWalk, 6/14/2012

New York Times DealBook, 6/7/2012

Deadline New York, 6/5/2012

Philadelphia Inquirer, 6/1/2012

Corporate Counsel, 5/29/2012

Laurel Hill Advisory Group Newsletter, 5/18/2012

Lexington Herald-Leader, 5/11/2012

Bloomberg, 5/3/2012

Pittsburgh Business Times, 4/24/2012

Fuel Fix, 4/23/2012

Lawdragon, 4/23/2012

M & A Law Prof Blog, 4/20/2012

Lexington Herald-Leader, 4/20/2012

Economic Times, 4/19/2012

Litigiation & Trial, 4/6/2012

The Law of Business, 4/6/2012

Thomson Reuters On the Case, 4/3/2012

Jeffrey Gordon, "Wachtell Lipton’s Critique of Harvard Law School," 4/3/2012

Chicago Tribune, 4/1/2012

Overlawyered, 4/1/2012

St. Louis Post-Dispath, 3/30/2012

Corporate Counsel, 3/23/2012

The Network: Berkeley Law Business Blog, 3/22/12

ISS Governance Weekly, 3/22/2012

Wachtell Lipton, "Harvard’s Shareholder Rights Project is Wrong," 3/21/2012

New York Times DealBook, 3/21/2012

American Lawyer Daily, 3/21/2012

CFO Journal, 3/20/2012

New York Times DealBook, 3/20/2012