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Carlton Fields

Five Tips for a New Public Company Director

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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

Morgan Lewis

Boards of Directors Must Continue to Meet Fiduciary Duties During Pandemic

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As the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic disrupts everyday life throughout the world, boards of directors of corporations working around the clock to understand, address, and mitigate its effects on business operations must...more

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP

Directors’ Fiduciary Duties: Back to Delaware Law Basics

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The dawn of a new decade brings with it the certainty of ongoing challenges to the conduct of public company directors based on alleged breaches of fiduciary duty. This note is a brief reminder for directors of Delaware...more

Snell & Wilmer

Yahoo! Data Breach Results in Another Lawsuit Against Corporate Directors and Officers

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A number of claims have been made against companies’ directors and officers alleging a breach of fiduciary duty for failing to adequately oversee data security programs. To date, the defendants’ oversight of the programs and...more

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