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Rivkin Radler LLP

When A Shareholder Loses Control of Their S Corporation

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If given their druthers, most transactional corporate attorneys would prefer to spend their day practicing “happy law,” by which they typically mean transactions that involve capital formation, mergers and acquisitions, joint...more

KPMG Board Leadership Center (BLC)

Board oversight of GenAI

Like few topics before it, generative artificial intelligence (GenAI) has dominated discussions in many C-suites over the last year. Boards are playing a crucial role in both encouraging management to accelerate the pace of...more

Ankura

The Evolving Role of the PortCo CFO

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The Chief Financial Officer (CFO) plays a critical role in orchestrating the financial strategy of the company. With massive amounts of capital stockpiled by private equity (PE) firms and ready to be deployed, the demand for...more

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Operationalizing the N.Y. Department of Financial Services Character and Fitness Guidance

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At the start of 2024, the New York State Department of Financial Services (“DFS”) issued an industry letter: Guidance on Assessment of the Character and Fitness of Directors, Senior Officers, and Managers (the “Guidance”),...more

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP

Matters To Consider for the 2024 Annual Meeting and Reporting Season

Companies have important decisions to make as they prepare for the 2024 annual meeting and reporting season. We have compiled this overview of the latest key issues — including SEC disclosure requirements, SEC guidance,...more

Nossaman LLP

Podcast: Risk Management Lessons for Directors and Officers from Recent Bank Failures

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The first half of 2023 has seen three bank failures, Silicon Valley Bank, Signature Bank and First Republic Bank. In 2008–the last time multiple FDIC-insured banks failed–the collapse of the economy and massive bank reform...more

Society of Corporate Compliance and Ethics...

[Virtual Event] ESG and Compliance Conference - June 28th, 8:25 am - 4:30 pm CT

Achieve your ESG goals in 2023 - Environment, Social, and Governance (ESG) is a top priority for organizations of all types and sizes, and it the compliance team is a key factor in the ESG equation. Much like regulatory...more

Society of Corporate Compliance and Ethics...

[Virtual Event] Compliance Solutions Across Industries - June 9th, 8:55 am - 4:30 pm CDT

Compliance Solutions Across Industries - Are you looking to: - Create a stronger compliance program for your organization? - Explore key takeaways from recent international and domestic enforcement actions? -...more

McDermott Will & Emery

Stress and Distress: CFO Checklist

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Three months into the outbreak of the Coronavirus (COVID-19) in the United Kingdom, there are clearly many unknowns as businesses seek a return to normality or, at the very least, economic stability. Such uncertainty may...more

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SDNY: Directors Not Liable For Whistleblower Claims Under SOX

On December 9, 2019, the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York ruled that, as a matter of law, directors cannot be held liable under the anti-retaliation provisions of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act. Zornoza v....more

Cooley LLP

Blog: Should CFOs serve on outside boards?

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When a company’s CFO serves on another company’s board, does it help or hurt the financial reporting of the CFO’s company? It’s easy to imagine that the time commitment associated with outside board service would be a...more

Faegre Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP

A Director’s Mission: Understanding, Monitoring and Accurately Reporting Mission Critical Operations

On October 1, 2019, the Court of Chancery rendered an opinion in In re Clovis Oncology, Inc. Derivative Litigation, denying a motion to dismiss a Caremark claim for breach of fiduciary duty and reinforcing a director’s duty...more

Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati

Delaware Supreme Court Provides Guidance on Board Oversight Obligations

On June 18, 2019, the Delaware Supreme Court issued an opinion addressing the fiduciary obligation of directors and officers to exercise proper oversight over the corporation and to implement a system of controls to ensure...more

Fenwick & West LLP

Gender Diversity Survey—2018 Proxy Season Results

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The Fenwick & West Gender Diversity Survey provides unique insight into women’s participation at the most senior levels of public technology and life sciences companies in the Silicon Valley 150 Index (SV 150) and the large...more

McDermott Will & Emery

Corporate Law & Governance Update - February 2019

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INCREASING FOCUS ON CORPORATE PURPOSE - There is a notable increase in governance discourse on the relationship of corporate purpose to sustainable revenue growth, in the context of changing social and political...more

Holland & Hart LLP

SEC Provides Long-Awaited Guidance on Cybersecurity Disclosures

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On February 21, 2018, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) released interpretive guidance to assist public companies in the proper disclosure of cybersecurity risks and incidents (“New Guidance”) – seven years...more

Fenwick & West LLP

Gender Diversity Survey - 2016 Proxy Season Results

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The Fenwick & West Gender Diversity Survey provides unique insight into women’s participation at the most senior levels of public technology and life sciences companies in the Silicon Valley 150 Index (SV 150) and the large...more

McDermott Will & Emery

Corporate Law & Governance Update - August 2016

The Hershey Governance Settlement - On Friday, July 29, the Pennsylvania Attorney General, the Hershey Trust Company and the Milton Hershey School, entered into a written settlement resolving an investigation conducted...more

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