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Davies Ward Phillips & Vineberg LLP

Governance Insights: Protecting Information to Protect Process – When is it Appropriate to Restrict a Director’s Access to Board...

When is a board of directors permitted to withhold information from one of its members? Although the Canadian corporate statutes generally grant directors a blanket right to inspect board and committee minutes, there is...more

Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP

Selecting Independent, Experienced Company Managers: One of The Most Important Decisions for Majority Owners

Majority owners of private companies have many important decisions to make, but one of their most impactful will be selecting the people to serve as the company’s managers (for LLCs) or as directors on its board (for...more

Tucker Arensberg, P.C.

Now is the Time to Review Key Provisions of Business Governance Documents

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Nearly every closely-held business has one or more governance documents which address the operation, management, and continuity of the organization. This might include an operating agreement, partnership agreement, or...more

Littler

Artificial Intelligence, Robots, Reskilling & Ethics – Fourth Revolution Board of Director Imperatives & the Chair's Evolving Role

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The Agricultural Revolution resulted in increased labor and land productivity, catapulting population growth and decreasing the agricultural portion of the labor force. What resulted was an urban workforce, paving the way for...more

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP

Social Responsibility and Enlightened Shareholder Primacy: Views From the Courtroom and Boardroom

There is an ongoing debate about the role that publicly traded for-profit business corporations should play in addressing a broad range of problems confronting our world today. Many issues fall under the ESG label — meaning...more

Best Best & Krieger LLP

[WEBINAR] Who Does What? Defining Proper Roles for Staff and Elected Officials

The most effective cities often share key traits in common. Among these is a solid history and practice of clearly defined and well-understood roles for the key players on the city’s team. When staff and elected officials...more

Mintz

Activism: An Overview from the Company Perspective

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Increasingly, companies are being confronted with shareholders seeking to exercise power and influence over business activities. The term “activism” has become a buzzword to refer to shareholders seeking to make operational,...more

Parker Poe Adams & Bernstein LLP

Shareholder-Director Engagement – The Latest Governance Trend?

A few weeks ago several large institutional investors identified as the Shareholder-Director Exchange (SDX) Working Group sent a letter to the lead directors and corporate secretaries of Russell 1000 companies asking them to...more

Morgan Lewis

SEC Chair White Discusses Directors’ Responsibilities

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In a recent speech at the Stanford Directors’ College, SEC Chair Mary Jo White discussed several “things that directors should know about the SEC.” Her speech focused on directors as gatekeepers, self-reporting of wrongdoing,...more

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