Fiduciary Duty, Board of Directors, Internal Controls

On the 2025 audit committee agenda

KPMG Board Leadership Center (BLC) on 1/9/2025

Drawing on insights from our interactions with audit committees and business leaders, the KPMG Board Leadership Center highlights nine issues for the audit committee to consider for the year ahead....more

A few lessons for internal and outside counsel from the WorldCom collapse - 20 years later

BCLP on 7/26/2022

It has now been 20 years since the historic collapse of WorldCom, Inc. (“WorldCom” or the “Company”). A review of the WorldCom collapse yields some continuing lessons for corporate counsel....more

COVID-19 Directors’ Duties of Oversight: Reporting and Monitoring

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP on 3/27/2020

Boards of directors have a duty to exercise oversight and to monitor the company’s operational viability, legal compliance and financial performance during this COVID-19 pandemic. In Marchand v. Barnhill, the Delaware Supreme...more

Podcast: Cybersecurity and the Boardroom

Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP on 3/20/2019

In this episode, the third of three building on Akin Gump’s annual Top 10 Topics for Directors report, partner Michelle Reed discusses the critical question of cybersecurity and the corporate world. Among the topics covered: ...more

Fiduciary Duties With Respect To Trade Secrets For Dual Or Multiple Directors

Seyfarth Shaw LLP on 12/13/2018

The purpose of this short paper is to ‘join the dots’ between a director’s fiduciary duties and especially a person holding dual or multiple directorships and trade secrets....more

Fiduciary Duty › Board of Directors › Internal Controls

On the 2025 audit committee agenda

A few lessons for internal and outside counsel from the WorldCom collapse - 20 years later

COVID-19 Directors’ Duties of Oversight: Reporting and Monitoring

Podcast: Cybersecurity and the Boardroom

Fiduciary Duties With Respect To Trade Secrets For Dual Or Multiple Directors

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