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Delaware Law Alert: Which Officers and Employees Have Advancement Rights?

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In a notable opinion that impacts how Delaware corporations consider advancement of litigation expenses to their officers and employees, the Delaware Chancery Court signaled that, when corporations grant a right to...more

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP

How Best To Measure Your Board’s Effectiveness: FAQs

Key Points - - Board self-assessment processes aimed at improving board performance, composition, culture and processes are common but vary widely in how they are conducted and who is assessed. - Most S&P 500 companies...more

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP

Preparing Now for the SEC’s New Climate Rules

On March 6, 2024, the SEC adopted new rules mandating climate-related disclosures in public companies’ annual reports and registration statements. As anticipated, the rules are facing multiple legal challenges, which have...more

Barnea Jaffa Lande & Co.

How to Conduct Board and Committee Meetings

In recent years, we have witnessed a sharp increase in the number of lawsuits filed in Israel against officers and directors of companies and a broadening of the scope of their liability. As a result of their roles, directors...more

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[Event] 2020 Virtual Chicago Regional Compliance & Ethics Conference - May 1st, Chicago, IL

Our Virtual Regional Compliance Conferences provide updates on the latest news in regulatory requirement, compliance enforcement, and strategies to develop effective compliance programs. Watch, listen, and ask questions from...more

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP

Insights: The Delaware Edition - November 2019

This issue focuses on important, developing areas of Delaware corporation law and deal litigation, including recent trends in Delaware corporate disclosure law, the Delaware Supreme Court’s important ruling in Marchand v....more

Bennett Jones LLP

Cyber Crash Course for Directors and Officers

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We had a packed house for our Cyber Time: Crash Course for Directors and Officers event this week at the Bennett Jones Calgary office. The half-day session covered current cyber threats facing businesses today, litigation...more

White & Case LLP

Corp Fin Director Highlights the Need for Tailored Brexit Disclosures and Principles-Based Sustainability Disclosures

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In his March 15, 2019 speech1 at the 18th Annual Institute on Securities Regulation in Europe, William Hinman, Director of the Securities and Exchange Commission's ("SEC") Division of Corporation Finance ("Corp Fin"),...more

Gray Reed

Am I My Director’s Keeper?

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Board of directors member Y.I. Gnough, who is also president of Algae Company, is in a pickle. Although denying any knowledge of sexual harassment and misconduct by the company founder and deal-maker Iam Algae, three co-board...more

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Cybersecurity and Risk Management: “Navigating the Digital Age: The Definitive Cybersecurity Guide for Directors and Officers”

A timely new resource for business executives, technology professionals, and lawyers alike is the newly-published Navigating the Digital Age: The Definitive Cybersecurity Guide for Directors and Officers from the New York...more

Troutman Pepper Locke

[Event] Financial Distress in the Energy Sector: Managing Exposure and Leveraging Opportunities - July 23, Boston, MA

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Locke Lord is pleased to bring this important and timely discussion to Boston. By leveraging the extensive experience our lawyers bring to the table from the energy, restructuring & insolvency and private equity sectors, we...more

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP

"Insights Focus: Key Observations for Directors and Senior Executives"

Although Insights is intended to cover a wide range of issues, there are a number of topics we believe will be of particular interest to directors and senior corporate executives. Below is an introduction to these topics and...more

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP

"US Corporate Governance: Boards of Directors Remain Under the Microscope"

For a number of years, the message for directors of U.S. public companies has been that their decisions face greater and greater scrutiny. While some of this enhanced scrutiny has come from federal and state governments,...more

Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP

Top 10 Topics for Directors in 2015

In this issue: - Strategic Planning Challenges - Cybersecurity - Assess the Impact of Advances in Technology and Big Data - Shareholder Activism - The Return of M&A - Risk...more

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