Getting on the same page
It has been a long time coming but it appears as though the SEC may have finally coordinated its Sarbanes-Oxley Section 404...
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Boardroom archive
Breaking the broker vote
In response to the heated debate generated by the NYSE’s proposal to eliminate broker voting for uncontested director elections...
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Open to discussion
In late May, the Lotos Club in Manhattan hosted the third Corporate Secretary East Coast Think Tank, where speakers and...
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new era of privilege
Corporate Secretary magazine has partnered with Foley & Lardner to produce a series of webcasts that will continue throughout the...
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Minutes of Integrity
Where there’s smoke, there’s fire. It’s an old adage, but often old sayings are the most accurate. This certainly appears to be...
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Failure to communicate
Investors aren’t happy, and company leaders are feeling the effects. Over the past two years one CEO after another left companies...
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Protecting the messenger
Retaliation against company employees who bring inappropriate or illegal action to light has long been a problem. With the...
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The new vote buying
What if an investor borrowed shares or engaged in an equity swap, acquired voting rights on your company’s record date, and then...
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Investor state
Delaware, California, New York. These are the states that generally come to mind when thinking about influential corporation law...
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An environment of risk
In 2004, more than two years before Al Gore’s ‘An Inconvenient Truth’ hit movie theatres nationwide, Cinergy, now part of Duke...
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