Corporate Governance

Examining how lawyers, both in-house and outside, interact with boards of directors in times of challenge and crisis and trends in corporate law and board operations that affect companies.

  • Report finds shareholders interested in succession

    By Juliana Kenny | March 12, 2014

    A recent study has pointed out that an additional element of a business management strategy has shareholders weighing in: succession.

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  • Directors believe refreshing the board’s ranks is important

    By Zach Warren | March 11, 2014

    51 percent of surveyed directors believe it is important to refresh the boards ranks periodically. An additional 16 percent view it as critically important.

    1 minute read

  • The top 12 securities class action settlements of 2013

    By Amanda Ciccatelli | March 10, 2014

    According to a new report by the Securities Class Action Services unit of Institutional Shareholder Services Inc., the Top 100 Class Action Settlements Semi-Annual Report noted that 12 settlements from 2013 made the top 100 list.

    1 minute read

  • High returns dwarf corporate governance in fund managers’ minds

    By Zach Warren | March 10, 2014

    Corporate governance is all well and good, but how much do fund managers actually care about minority investors? Perhaps not at all especially when high returns are at stake.

    1 minute read

  • Inside: Remember, your client is the corporation, not executives

    By Jefferey Ogden Katz | March 3, 2014

    This is an issue inside counsel is faced with often, as many corporate executives do not appreciate that inside counsel loyalty lies with the corporation.

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  • Compliance programs require a team effort

    By Rich Steeves | February 24, 2014

    Its important to consider the best practices within the particular industry while taking into account a broad scope of other information, like regulations set down by the Securities and Exchange Commission.

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  • WomenCorporateDirectors and Spencer Stuart enter partnership

    By Amanda Ciccatelli | February 12, 2014

    Spencer Stuart and WomenCorporateDirectors have decided to team up, creating an alliance to serve board members and advance best practices in corporate governance across North America.

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  • U.S. lags in placing women on boards as investors urge for more diversity

    By Erin E. Harrison | February 6, 2014

    Women held only 16.9 percent of board seats in 2013 no change from last year (16.6 percent), according to the report, 2013 Catalyst Census: Fortune 500 Women Board Directors.

    1 minute read

  • Folsom named general counsel of U.S. Steel

    By Rich Steeves | February 6, 2014

    Suzanne Rich Folsom knows quite a bit about matters of governance, regulation and compliance, and now she brings that expertise to a historic and iconic American company that has been at the forefront of our countrys development and growth since the turn of the twentieth century, as she puts it....

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  • 6 noteworthy in-house career moves

    By Zach Warren | February 5, 2014

    Charting some of the most recent GC and in-house appointments

    1 minute read

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