The new face of activism
Eric Jackson was annoyed. As a minor Yahoo shareholder in 2006, he felt like he was ‘watching a train wreck as an outsider,’ which...
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Boardroom archive
Beating back the tide
One day in late May a small airplane circled Dallas’ city center capturing the attention of onlookers with a large banner that...
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Having their say
A new voice joins the vigorous compensation debate amongst proxy advisory services, shareholder activists and corporations in the...
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Compliance programs as quality control
Corporations face growing demands not only to comply with all the laws and regulations that apply to their business but also to...
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Advancing the paperless revolution
Despite more than 40 years of dematerialization, many paper stock certificates still circulate on numerous exchanges. This might...
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A great victory for the status quo
It takes a lot to excite corporate lawyers. They are, by nature and nurture, a relatively constrained bunch. So it is testament to...
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Growing in stature
There is an old saying that if you can’t explain something to a child or to your grandmother then you don’t really understand it...
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Governance for all
The road to good corporate governance is not straight and narrow; many paths can lead to your destination. Now that some of these...
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Anatomy of a takeover
All happy companies might be alike, but all unhappy companies are unhappy in their own way. Kellwood Company, a Saint Louis-based...
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The cost of being fired
Investors and analysts were braced for the impact an executive termination package would have on Marsh & McLennan’s (MMC)...
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