Introduction to the SDX Protocol
Editor's Note: James Woolery is Deputy Chairman of Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft LLP, Co-Chair of its Corporate Department and head of its Business Development Group. This post is based on an...
View ArticleGovernance Priorities for 2014
Editor's Note: Holly J. Gregory is a partner and co-global coordinator of the Corporate Governance and Executive Compensation group at Sidley Austin LLP. This post is based on an article that...
View ArticleCommunication and Decision-Making in Corporate Boards
Editor's Note: The following post comes to us from Nadya Malenko of the Finance Department at Boston College. The board of directors is a collective body, whose members have diverse expertise in...
View ArticleDirectors Should Communicate with Shareholders
Editor's Note: John Wilcox is chairman of Sodali and former Head of Corporate Governance at TIAA-CREF. This post is based on a Sodali publication by Mr. Wilcox. To demonstrate their effectiveness,...
View Article2014 Annual Corporate Directors Survey
Editor's Note: Mary Ann Cloyd is leader of the Center for Board Governance at PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP. The following post is based on the executive summary of PwC’s Annual Corporate Directors...
View ArticleNACD Investor Perspectives: Critical Issues for Board Focus in 2015
Editor's Note: The following post comes from Peter Gleason, president of the National Association of Corporate Directors (NACD), and is based on an NACD publication; the complete publication, including...
View ArticleConsiderations on the Use of Electronic Board Portals
Editor's Note: The following post comes to us from Sullivan & Cromwell LLP, and is based on a Sullivan & Cromwell publication. Board portals and other mechanisms for the electronic...
View ArticleThe Evolving Landscape of Shareholder Activism: Developments and Potential...
Editor's Note: The following post comes to us from Sullivan & Cromwell LLP, and is based on a Sullivan & Cromwell publication by Jay Clayton, Mitchell S. Eitel, Joseph B. Frumkin, and Glen T....
View ArticleShareholder Activism: an Engagement Opportunity
Editor's Note: The following post comes to us from Ernst & Young LLP, and is based on a publication by the EY Center for Board Matters. The recent surge in shareholder activism [1] continues to...
View ArticleBalancing Division of Board Labor with Overall Director Responsibilities
Editor's Note: Eric Geringswald is Director of CSC® Publishing at Corporation Service Company. This post is an excerpt from the 2015 Edition of The Directors’ Handbook, by Thomas J. Dougherty of...
View ArticleDue Diligence Considerations for Nominees
Editor's Note: The following post comes to us from Ackneil M. Muldrow, partner focusing on merger and acquisition transactions at Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP, and is based on an article by...
View ArticleAdvancing Board-Shareholder Engagement
Editor's Note: The following post comes to us from Mark Watson, partner at Tapestry Networks, and is based on the introduction of a Tapestry paper by Anthony Goodman and Tom Woodard. The full paper is...
View ArticleBoard Engagement with Corporate Shareholders
Editor's Note: Jeffrey Stein is a partner in the Corporate Practice Group at King & Spalding LLP. This post is based on a report from the Lead Director Network by Mr. Stein, Bill Baxley, and Rob...
View ArticleDelaware Court Finds Dissident Director Breached Duty of Loyalty
Editor's Note: The following post comes to us from Steven M. Haas, partner focusing on mergers and acquisitions, corporate law and corporate governance at Hunton & Williams LLP. This post is part...
View ArticleFrom Vigilance to Vision
Editor's Note: Jennifer Mailander is director of CSCPublishing at Corporation Service Company. This post is an excerpt from the 2013 Edition of The Directors’ Handbook, by Thomas J. Dougherty, partner...
View ArticleCourt Orders Company to Provide Privileged Communications to Dissident Director
Editor's Note: The following post comes to us from Michael O’Bryan, partner in the Corporate Department at Morrison & Foerster LLP. This post is based on a Morrison & Foerster Client Alert, and...
View ArticleDirectors Survey: Boards Confront an Evolving Landscape
Editor's Note: Mary Ann Cloyd is leader of the Center for Board Governance at PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP. The following post is based on the executive summary of PwC’s Annual Corporate Directors...
View ArticleGlobal Trends in Board-Shareholder Engagement
Editor's Note: Matteo Tonello is managing director of corporate leadership at The Conference Board. This post relates to an issue of The Conference Board’s Director Notes series authored by James Kim...
View ArticleThe Autonomous Board
Editor's Note: John Wilcox is chairman of Sodali, a co-chair of ShareOwners.org, and former Head of Corporate Governance at TIAA-CREF. This post is based on a Sodali publication by Mr. Wilcox. “Can we...
View ArticleSelected Issues for Boards of Directors in 2014
Editor's Note: Alan L. Beller is a partner focusing on complex securities, corporate governance and corporate matters at Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton LLP. This post is based on a Cleary...
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