Spending and strategy are more important for a GC than lawyering
Dear readers, No mater what we have going on in our lives, either personally or professionally, money always seems to be one of...
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Boardroom archive
Audit committee chairmen in the firing line
It is well known that the US government has increased its enforcement of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA). It has also...
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Time to take things outside
One man’s trash is another man’s treasure, as they say, and for those in the outsourcing business the recent economic crisis was...
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How to get the most out of your board
The history of corporate America is lately more one of failure than of success. And for every great failure, we have seen a...
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The emerging role of risk committees
An emerging trend at public companies and some private firms is the formation of stand-alone risk committees. Most of these are in...
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Managing systemic risk, ethics and integrity
Some board members who were supposed to prevent their companies imploding in the
credit crisis seem to have emerged unscathed and...
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Managing systemic risk, ethics and integrity
Some board members who were supposed to prevent their companies imploding in the
credit crisis seem to have emerged unscathed and...
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Corporate Secretary Week: SEC threatens credit ratings agencies
Dear readers, It has all the makings of a classic courtroom drama: a powerful and wealthy, yet apparently unrepentant, defendant...
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Corporate Secretary Week: New liability disclosure rules put companies at risk and damage shareholder value
Dear readers,The flood of expanded disclosure requirements for US corporations just keeps getting worse. Congress is responsible...
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Corporate Secretary Week: Make sure your directors get hired – or you might get fired
Dear readers,The hysteria is reaching a crescendo. In about 24 hours the SEC will have made its recommendation on proxy access...
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