Think of the conniptions that the independent directors of Tesla must have had every time Elon Musk took to Twitter. Or how Theranos board members must have felt when Elizabeth Holmes’ claims that the company could diagnose hundreds of conditions with a simple blood test could not be verified.

Noting how often CEOs and boards of directors prompted criminal investigations, plunged into regulatory trouble and generated unflattering headlines last year, New York midsize law firm Richards Kibbe & Orbe publicly announced Thursday that it’s launching a board and director advisory group.