Supreme Court cases may hit business law
The degree of protection companies have from consumer class actions and employee lawsuits could radically change as the result of...
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OTC Markets Group initiates new governance standards for US firms
OTC Markets Group, which operates the OTCQX trading venue, has upped its governance requirements for US companies and banks. From...
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NASDAQ to change rule on shareholder votes in takeovers
NASDAQ wants to eliminate or change a rule that requires a vote by shareholders in certain situations where a company is carrying...
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Regulators pushing more personal liability for senior officers, Thomson Reuters says
A pervasive belief that regulators have not held senior executives accountable for conduct and events that led to the financial...
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Vatican Bank: big assets, questionable governance
In the first days of his papacy, Pope Francis declared: 'How I would like to see a church that is poor and is for the poor' —...
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Proxy advisers' role: who's happy now?
Public companies and proxy advisers have been engaged in a heated feud from almost the moment ISS and Glass Lewis arrived on the...
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Compliance lessons for JVs from Bristol-Myers FCPA settlement
Bristol-Myers Squibb (BMS) recently settled Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA) charges with the SEC for $14 million. The...
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European court’s decision compels rethink of data privacy practices
A decision handed down by the European Court of Justice (ECJ) -- the EU’s highest court -- on October 6 will force roughly 4,500...
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More companies admit to difficulty of staying on top of corruption
There is lots of room for improvement in companies’ anti-bribery and corruption (ABC) compliance programs, according to the...
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Second Circuit rules Dodd-Frank safeguards also apply to internal whistleblowers
The strong and lucrative protections that whistleblowers are guaranteed under the Dodd-Frank Act are no longer limited to those...
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