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KPMG Board Leadership Center (BLC)

Directors Quarterly: July 2025

As companies continue to respond to the impact of continuing tariff turbulence, a sweeping domestic policy bill in the Unites States, ongoing geopolitical risk, and expected slower global growth, boards must help management...more

Mintz

Draft SEC Five-Year Strategic Plan Emphasizes Importance of Climate Disclosures

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Recently, the SEC issued its five-year strategic plan for public comment.  This strategic plan covers a wide variety of topics, ranging from adapting to new technology to plans for increasing internal SEC workforce...more

Jones Day

DOJ Updates Its "Evaluation of Corporate Compliance Programs" Guidance

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The Situation: The Department of Justice ("DOJ") has updated its "Evaluation of Corporate Compliance Programs" guidance for prosecutors. The Result: The updates provide additional insights into the factors the DOJ is...more

Thomas Fox - Compliance Evangelist

Continuous Improvement in a Compliance Program

Today, I consider what techniques you, as Chief Compliance Officer (CCO), can use to create continuous improvement in your compliance program. ...more

McDermott Will & Schulte

Corporate Law & Goverance Update - January 2020

Given evolving Delaware law, understanding the difference between “risk oversight” and “risk management” is an increasingly important board task. In the Marchand and Clovis decisions, the Delaware courts sent an important...more

Fenwick & West LLP

Key Metrics for Technology and Life Sciences Initial Public Offerings - 2018 Full Year

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Survey Results - Life Sciences and Tech IPOs Continued Hot Streak in Second Half - The life sciences and technology IPO markets continued their strong performance in the second half of 2018, notwithstanding significant...more

Mayer Brown Free Writings + Perspectives

SEC Chair Testimony Before the Senate

SEC Chair Clayton testified on December 11, 2018 before the U.S. Senate Committee on Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs. In his testimony, Chair Clayton reviewed the Commission’s Strategic Plan and outlined the agency’s...more

McDermott Will & Schulte

Corporate Law & Governance Update - June 2018

Executive Compensation Recoupment - The most recent development in the prominent University of Louisville Foundation controversy is the release of an independent analysis suggesting that its senior executive leadership was...more

Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP

Top 10 Topics for Directors in 2018

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

Thomas Fox - Compliance Evangelist

Hallmark 9 – Continuous Improvement: Periodic Testing and Review

You should keep track of external and internal events which may cause change to business process, policies and procedures. Some examples are new laws applicable to your business organization and internal events which drive...more

Parker Poe Adams & Bernstein LLP

Prepping for Proxy Season

Every year about this time calendar-year-end companies should begin to prepare for the coming proxy season by looking back on lessons learned this year, considering recent SEC rulemaking and evaluating latest governance...more

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