On September 30, 2018, despite voicing some reservations, California Governor Jerry Brown signed into law SB-826, mandating that publicly traded corporations have women on their boards. The new law will require all California...more
10/9/2018
/ Board of Directors ,
Corporate Governance ,
Diversity ,
Gender Equity ,
Governor Brown ,
Investment Funds ,
New Regulations ,
Pension Funds ,
Publicly-Traded Companies ,
Quotas ,
Woman Board Members
On Tuesday, Governor Nathan Deal signed into law a change to Georgia’s business judgment rule. The legislation, which was supported by the Georgia Bankers Association and the Georgia Chamber of Commerce, purports to modernize...more
On June 16, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit upheld the right of a company to terminate for cause executives who refuse to cooperate with an internal investigation and remain “silent” even with the specter of...more
6/29/2016
/ Bid Rigging ,
Board of Directors ,
Cooperation ,
Corporate Executives ,
Criminal Investigations ,
Employee Benefits ,
Hiring & Firing ,
Internal Investigations ,
Just Cause ,
Summary Judgment ,
Termination ,
Yates Memorandum
On March 5, 2014, Judge Richard Story in the United States District Court for the Northern District of Georgia issued an order denying Plaintiff OneBeacon Midwest Insurance Company’s (OneBeacon) Motion for Limited...more
In an unexpected turn of events, two recent cases arising out of the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Georgia have resulted in two sets of certified questions to the Georgia Supreme Court that will likely have...more