Avoiding a Bored Board
Compliance Tip of the Day: COSO Governance Framework: Part 2, Oversight
Daily Compliance News: July 11, 2025, The What is a COI Edition
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
Personally, I’m sick of hearing about the Coldplay jumbotron scandal. But it does illustrate that it’s inevitable in a company’s life that there will be unexpected crises, and they are not fun if you’re someone who has to...more
In this episode of the Mintz On Air: Practical Policies podcast, Member Jen Rubin and Crisis Management and Strategic Response Chair Erek L. Barron dive into the world of crisis management and discuss the myriad of...more
Cyber threats continue to grow as a result of increased digitization, widespread use of cloud computing, advanced connectivity and artificial intelligence (AI), requiring boards of directors across all sectors to focus more...more
The Nature of Short Selling Attacks and Short Reports - Short selling attacks create unique challenges for boards, management teams and companies. Unlike traditional long activists, whose ultimate goal is to enhance...more
In our second webinar, we will address: - Virtual board meetings - Satisfying duties of care and supervision in an all-remote environment - Financial reporting to the board - Accessing endowment funds: a map to the...more
In our first webinar, we will address: - Understanding what is possible with nonprofit advocacy - Identifying and avoiding political campaign intervention - Navigating permissible lobbying activities - Protests, civil...more
The current COVID-19 crisis has rapidly re-shaped everyday life around the world, and our understanding of the impact this disruption to daily interactions and routines has had on business is constantly evolving....more
COVID-19 is testing every part of a corporation and its business continuity planning. And the very top of the organization — namely, the board of directors — is no exception. What are the board’s responsibilities during...more
Massachusetts General Laws Chapter 180, the Massachusetts corporate statute governing nonprofits, does not currently provide for emergency powers included in many of the model nonprofit acts adopted in other states....more
The coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak and its possible impacts on corporations highlight the importance of the board of directors’ oversight function in times of crisis. Faced with a crisis, a board must consider both the...more
As the COVID-19 (Coronavirus) outbreak continues to wreak havoc across the globe, boards of directors have a critical oversight role to play in helping their companies navigate through these uncertain times. Below is a...more
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
It is a new year, but many of the same issues that boards of directors faced in 2018 will still be significant issues as we move into 2019. We monitored the following topics closely last year and are continuing to track them...more
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY - 1. Cybersecurity threats. Cybersecurity preparedness is essential in 2018 as the risk of, and associated adverse impact of, breaches continue to rise. The past year redefined the upward bounds of the...more
The SEC prevailed on two summary judgment motions. One centered on a manipulation action. The other was against an attorney who facilitated a prime bank fraud. The Commission also filed: An action against UBS tied to its...more
We live in a world full of high-stakes, high-profile corporate crises – environmental disasters, product liability issues, data breaches and government investigations, to name a few. No company is immune. Therefore, advance...more