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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Wall Street protests seek community governance
As the Occupy Wall Street protests spread nationally and internationally this week, executives at many corporations are probably...
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First line of defense in third-party risk
Although companies find tracking their own regulatory compliance a tough enough challenge, they should be aware they can also find...
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Will the SEC crack down on more FCPA cases?
The unit has been without a chief since June, when Cheryl Scarboro left the division to become a partner at Simpson Thatcher’s...
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Dealing with political contribution disclosures
The Supreme Court’s 2010 Citizens United decision granted corporations the right to contribute to federal elections for the first...
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