Tips for transitioning to an independent chair
A new, independent board chair means changes – for the company and its management, for the board, and for you as the corporate...
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Corzine exits amid criminal probe, books prominent lawyer
Jon Corzine, the top MF Global executive tendered his resignation on Friday over an alleged breach of ethics relating to the...
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Busted: SEC leaves FINRA with a black eye
Even before this embarrassing revelation, the US Chamber of Commerce issued a report that blasted FINRA’s lack of transparency in...
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Spencer Stuart: Director turnover slowest in 10 years
The Spencer Stuart Board Index governance survey for 2011 says only 294 new directors joined boards of S&P 500 companies during...
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Where succession planning can go wrong
Nowadays, corporate secretaries are often tasked with finding the right candidate to fill a position on the board or in the legal...
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Proxy season proposals revolve around pay
Last week, the proxy adviser issued several proposed changes to its policy voting recommendations for next year – changes that...
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Can you trust your general counsel?
There has been some recent buzz about current and former general counsels stepping down from their high-powered posts at major...
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SEC discloses breach of employees' trading data
The SEC does not know whether the shared data was misused, but Thomas Bayer, the SEC’s chief information officer, recently sent...
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Dispelling five myths about the corporate secretary
What does a corporate secretary do? For many governance professionals, once they step outside of the governance arena – even...
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Occupy Wall Street moves to the boardroom
As the Occupy Wall Street (OWS) protesters are hitting the streets worldwide, another movement is quietly unfolding online...
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