Corporate America scored a strong victory last week in the first skirmish this year over shareholder access to the proxy statement, as activists fell far short in a vote to grant proxy access at corporate governance bellwether Hewlett-Packard.

Corporate America scored a strong victory last week in the first skirmish this year over shareholder access to the proxy statement, as activists fell far short in a vote to grant proxy access at corporate governance bellwether Hewlett-Packard.