This course is for business, technology, compliance, and other professionals without a legal background who work with, invest in, or advise public companies. You will start with ongoing disclosure: how a company becomes a reporting company under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, what Forms 10-K, 10-Q, and 8-K require, and how materiality guides decisions about what to disclose and when. You will then turn to shareholder voting, including how proxies work, how the SEC’s proxy rules require disclosure and prohibit fraud, and how proxy fights unfold. You will also examine Rule 14a-8 shareholder proposals, including who can submit them, when companies may exclude them, and how the SEC’s role has changed. Throughout, you will weigh the limits of shareholder democracy and the role of disclosure in informed decision-making.