Navigating e-proxy
A lawyer at a major company that tried e-proxy, a fulfillment agent and a governance adviser brought the issues surrounding notice...
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Local firms, world presence
Three and a half years after adopting a statute allowing publicly listed companies to incorporate at the European level, the...
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Mutually assured disclosure
Companies the world over are irked by the increasing number of national and industry regulatory bodies that need to be appeased...
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New obstacles to setting the tone
Companies have come to accept that it’s the responsibility of the board and senior management to set the ethical tone at the top...
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End of the line
CEO severance bonanzas did not end with the likes of Dick Grasso and Robert Nardelli. Already this year the SEC, citing Sarbanes...
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The responsible company
Environmentalists and investors worried about climate change are turning up the pressure on companies to disclose financial risks...
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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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A complicated fix
The way all public companies, financial institutions and the markets as a whole are policed could be about to undergo significant...
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Bear Stearns
While a board of directors’ focus on corporate governance issues is nothing new, such issues remain at the top of the agenda for...
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Board’s role in M&A
In this age of shareholder rights and director fiduciary responsibility, a lot of attention is being focused on the board’s role...
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