Five Tips for a New Public Company Director
Everything Compliance: Shout Outs and Rants: Episode 156
Compliance Tip of the Day – COSO Objective 1 – Control Environment
Sunday Book Review: June 15, 2025. The Books on Corporate Governance Edition
Compliance Tip of the Day: Board Oversight on Internal Controls
Great Women in Compliance: Board Bond - Why Ethics & Compliance Professionals Should Be on Boards and How to Get on One
Tariffs and Trade Series: What Boards of Directors Need to Know
Third-Party Risk The competitive world of banking struggles to keep up with technological advances, particularly in a regulatory environment.
The Privacy Insider Podcast Episode 4: Don't Be Evil: In the Hot Seat of Data Privacy, Part 1
REFRESH Nonprofit Basics: Director Duties and Best Practices for the Typical Nonprofit Public Benefit Corporation
REFRESH Nonprofit Basics: Designators, Members, Directors, Officers - The Who’s Who of Nonprofit Governance
“Monsters, Inc.” y el buen gobierno corporativo
Market Leaders Podcast Episode 94: Exploring the Perils of Optics-Driven DEI Initiatives with Guest Mira Dewji
AGG Talks: Cross-Border Business Podcast - Episode 16: The Political and Legal Maze of ESG in the U.S. and Abroad
Episode 322 -- Checking in on Caremark Cases
Compliance into the Weeds: What Are Boards Doing About AI (Hint: Not Much)
Conflictos de interés en Colombia, nueva regulación
The Informed Board Podcast | CEO Succession Planning on a Clear Day
Podcast - Deberes fiduciarios de los administradores
Innovation in Compliance - Diligent 5-Part Series - Building a Stronger Culture of Compliance Through Targeted and Effective Training: Part 5 - The Role of the Board
The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) held its Roundtable on the executive compensation disclosure requirements at its headquarters in Washington, DC on June 26, 2025. Chairman Paul S. Atkins set the tone in his...more
On June 26, 2025, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) hosted a roundtable on executive compensation disclosure requirements. As noted in prior Insights, the SEC convened the roundtable to evaluate the...more
How should attorneys advise their clients who are new to a public company board? Where should a corporate secretary start if asked to provide an orientation for a public company board? Former SEC Special Counsel Brian Soares...more
The amendments to the Corporate Governance Code (“CG Code”) and the related Rules Governing the Listing of Securities on The Stock Exchange of Hong Kong Limited (the “Exchange” and “Listing Rules”, respectively) come into...more
While openness fosters trust among members, there are instances where confidentiality is necessary for legal or practical reasons. Finding the right balance can mean the difference between a harmonious community and one...more
Section 220 of the Delaware General Corporation Law (“DGCL”) was recently amended by Delaware Senate Bill 21 to reflect the Delaware legislature’s efforts to continue to provide a business-friendly environment and preserve...more
In a recent decision, the Eastern Caribbean Supreme Courts’ Court of Appeal reaffirmed the statutory rights of directors under the BVI Business Companies Act, 2004 (the “BCA”) to inspect company documents, including...more
The Upper Tribunal has upheld the FCA’s decision that the CEO and CFO of Metro Bank were knowingly concerned in the Bank’s breach of the Listing Rules....more
As I blogged last month, the SEC is holding a half-day roundtable on Thursday, June 26th to consider whether the SEC’s executive pay disclosure requirements need updating. At the time, the public was invited to submit...more
Join us for the next KPMG Board Leadership Center quarterly webcast as we discuss trends from the 2025 proxy season. Topics to be discussed include: - A look at proxy voting trends and outcomes - The board’s story and...more
Most director resignations are routine affairs, but that was not the case with a recent and very public director resignation. This resignation and others like it may serve as a cautionary tale for any board. In this week’s...more
In this edition of UK Equity Capital Markets Insights, we report on the coming into force of regulations to create the PISCES secondary trading market and the launch of a commission to evaluate the ongoing role of the...more
On May 14, 2025, the Canadian Securities Administrators (CSA) announced Coordinated Blanket Order 45-935 – Exemption from Certain Conditions of the Listed Issuer Financing Exemption (Blanket Order) aimed at enhancing...more
The 2025 Texas Legislative Session concludes on June 2, and new regulations impacting homeowners’ associations and condominium owners’ associations will be implemented on September 1, 2025....more
The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) recently issued a press release announcing that it will host a public roundtable on June 26, 2025, to discuss executive compensation disclosure requirements. The event will...more
This Freeman Law blog provides an overview for the Texas nonprofit corporation to understand its obligations relating to the maintenance of books and records under Texas law and as to when, and under what circumstances, those...more
In Solak v. Mountain Crest Capital, the Delaware Court of Chancery found that a stockholder plaintiff pleaded a viable breach of fiduciary duty claim based on an alleged failure of the board of directors of a SPAC to disclose...more
Last week, Texas Governor Greg Abbott signed into law Texas Senate Bill 29, which includes a comprehensive package of amendments to the Texas Business Organizations Code aimed at reinforcing and revitalizing the governance...more
On Friday, the SEC announced that it would host a roundtable on executive compensation disclosure requirements on June 26th with investor and public company representatives (and others) as part of the process “to ensure that...more
On May 16, 2025, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission announced that it will host a Roundtable on Executive Compensation Disclosure Requirements on June 26, 2025. SEC Chairman Paul S. Atkins issued a statement on the...more
Given the hubbub over the SEC’s new EDGAR Next, I thought it would be useful to provide a FAQ explaining the rationale for Section 16 to a new director or officer who is unfamiliar with the concept....more
Earlier this year, the ABA Standing Committee on Ethics and Professional Responsibility issued Formal Opinion 514 addressing a lawyer’s obligations for advising an organizational client when the advice might also be relied...more
The members of Maynard Nexsen’s Public Company Advisory Practice counsel public companies and companies aiming to become public on the full range of matters shaping their governance and operation in the public markets. As a...more
With tariffs so top of mind right now, I checked in with Cooley’s Beth Sasfai and asked her to think back to her in-house counsel days and what she would be doing to help her company navigate the current environment. Here are...more