M&A: the long thaw
When the financial crisis hit, mergers and acquisitions were plunged into a deep freeze and deals simply ceased. Now, nearly two...
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Boardroom archive
Best practice: establishing an electronic meeting management process
Corporate secretaries and others involved in running board meetings have been trying to move to more dynamic and efficient ways of...
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Corporate Secretary Week: the SEC has been lying to you and punishing you for it
Dear readers, It is a common refrain and one that we have been hearing for a long time, but the problem is, it just isn’t true...
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Say on pay triggers proxy campaign at Occidental
Say on pay, while non-binding, has some serious teeth. Just ask Occidental Petroleum. In May a majority of shareholders refused to...
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Director education: demand for detail
It hardly seems possible but corporate board directors are under even greater scrutiny than they were just a year or two ago...
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USSC revises corporate sentencing guidelines
Amid the current flood of regulatory debate in Washington, an important change has taken place that will affect all compliance and...
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Insurance: protecting your board
Insuring directors and officers against lawsuits is getting awfully complicated. Foreign exposure is escalating as global...
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Boardroom: spotlight on the nominating committee
The nomination committee: there is no other committee of the board whose purpose and mission are so routinely and publicly...
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Recruitment: maintaining healthy board dynamics
The fallout from the financial crisis of 2008-2009 shed light on the decisions of corporate boards and their impact on the company...
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Missing the target: the risks of a CRO
So-called best practice calls for a company to have a chief risk officer (CRO) to monitor and control all risks taken by the...
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