SMU CGI’s practice is to be explicit about what the page does not show. The following items are open as of 2026-08-05 and are flagged here rather than papered over:20
| Open question | Why it remains open | When likely resolved |
|---|---|---|
| ExxonMobil recommendation-pattern allegation | Testable against the SMU CGI Reincorporation Index cohort; SMU CGI has not yet published the matched-firm test. Allegation, not finding. Update (Aug. 5, 2026): the underlying vote-outcome record now exists in the Index (register 2026-08-06: 14 Texas-destination shareholder-meeting votes Jan. 1–Aug. 6, 2026, 12 approved, 2 rejected — universe: SEC-reporting firms, meeting votes only; written consents and the pre-registration American Fusion conversion excluded); a Layer 01 data dispatch is queued. | Layer 01 dispatch ahead of Q1 2027 |
| Glass Lewis v. Paxton docket number | Resolved: No. 1:25-cv-01153-ADA (W.D. Tex.) — confirmed from the filed complaint (Doc. 1, July 24, 2025) and the Attorney General’s motion papers. | Resolved 2026-08-05 |
| Federal trial posture — Feb. 2, 2026 | Resolved: the February 2, 2026 setting did not proceed; the preliminary injunction remains in effect; no new trial date as of Aug. 5, 2026. | Re-check at next docket pull |
| Federal PI scope — reach into DTPA framing | Whether the firm-specific Aug. 29, 2025 PI bars the May 20, 2026 DTPA action is itself a question the Collin County proceeding will surface. | Collin Cty. early-stage motion practice |
| Glass Lewis 2027 benchmark sunset — official paper URL | Reuters, Skadden, Harvard CorpGov, Akin Gump all report. Official Glass Lewis position-paper URL not yet linked. | SMU CGI will link when posted |
| Texas AG press-release slug (May 20, 2026) | Page links to AG news-release index plus AG-hosted petition PDF. Specific release slug pending verification. | Direct verification |
| Layers 01–03 empirical infrastructure | Schema designed (Layer 01), cadence confirmed (Layer 02), methodology drafted (Layer 03). Live data not yet running. | Q1 2027 cadence |