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The Voice of Corporate GovernanceAuthor: The Council of Institutional Investors
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Delaware's Agency Problem with Professor Charles Whitehead
Episode 6
Wednesday, 22 April, 2026
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 problem. He also discusses specific actions that institutional investors should consider in support of the adoption of his suggested reforms.
