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Daily Compliance News: July 10, 2025, The Loyalty Oath Edition

Welcome to the Daily Compliance News. Each day, Tom Fox, the Voice of Compliance, brings you compliance-related stories to start your day. Sit back, enjoy a cup of morning coffee, and listen in to the Daily Compliance News....more

The Volkov Law Group

LRN’s 2022 Ethics and Compliance Program Effectiveness Report Confirms Importance of Values-Driven and Ethics-Based Corporate...

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LRN conducts an annual Ethics and Compliance Program Effectiveness Report (“LRN Report”) that is a must-read for business leaders, managers, investors, compliance professionals and other stakeholders. LRN’s annual report has...more

Jones Day

2021 Transactional Year in Review and 2022 Forecast: Emerging Developments in Corporate Governance, Impact of COVID-19, and...

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The enduring COVID-19 pandemic continued to impact corporate governance practices and trends in 2021, while other notable developments, including a surge in shareholder proposals, changes to the proxy rules, and increased...more

Jones Day

2021 Transactional Year in Review and 2022 Forecast

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TRANSACTIONAL PERSPECTIVES ON 2022 - What are the trends, risks, and opportunities in 2022? As dealmakers recover from a record-breaking 2021, we expect another busy year in 2022. While risks in the financing market,...more

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Virtual Board Meetings may Soon be coming to an End

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On Friday, June 25, 2021, Governor Pritzker extended the Disaster Declaration related to COVID-19 for another 30 days. Pursuant to the declaration, public bodies may continue to hold virtual meetings in accordance with the...more

Hogan Lovells

2021 securities, shareholder, and M&A litigation outlook - April 2021

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One year ago, when we were finalizing our outlook for 2020, the world was in the early throes of the COVID-19 pandemic. While we anticipated that 2021 would bring many new challenges, few, if any, of us predicted at the time...more

Morgan Lewis

Conducting General Meetings by Hong Kong–Listed Issuers Amid COVID-19

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Despite a strict prohibition on gatherings of more than two persons in any public place in Hong Kong through at least February 17, there is an exemption for shareholders’ meetings of companies listed on the Stock Exchange of...more

Morgan Lewis

SEC Enforcement and Public Companies – 2020 Key Cases and What We Expect in 2021

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Most media accounts suggest that the incoming Biden administration will usher in a more “aggressive” SEC enforcement posture, with renewed emphasis on investigating potential fraud and controls deficiencies at public...more

The Volkov Law Group

2020: A Year of Ethical Challenges

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If ever there was a year that challenged corporate leaders on their commitment to business ethics, 2020 was the year.  The number of difficult issues facing corporate leaders were challenging and ran the gamut – from health...more

Mayer Brown Free Writings + Perspectives

SEC Solicits Comment on NYSE Proposed Changes to Shareholder Approval Rules

On December 16, 2020, the New York Stock Exchange (“NYSE”) filed a proposed rule change to certain of its shareholder approval requirements, which would bring the NYSE’s shareholder approval rules into closer alignment with...more

Morgan Lewis

Shareholder Activism at Sec Registered Closed-end Investment Funds in the Wake of Covid-19

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Shareholder activism in the United States and worldwide was noticeably down in 2020 when compared to 2019, and that decline was largely due to the impact of the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic. However, for US Securities and...more

Mitratech Holdings, Inc

GRC 2021 Predictions: Being Fully Digital in a Hybrid World

Governance, Risk, and Compliance (GRC) teams started 2020 with a clear picture of what they were going to focus on. GRC initiatives that were firmly in play typically covered enhancing capabilities around accountability,...more

K2 Integrity

Internal Audit and COVID-19: From Surviving to Thriving

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The COVID-19 pandemic has drastically impacted businesses and their known risk profiles. As part of an organization’s third line of defense (after the business’s operational management and its risk management and compliance...more

Morgan Lewis

Preparing for Shareholder Activism During the 2021 Proxy Season in the Wake of Covid-19

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The shock, turmoil, uncertainty, and lack of visibility that followed the immediate onset of the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic in March 2020 were significant factors accounting for why shareholder activism was relatively...more

A&O Shearman

Legal agility and risk resilience: How to enhance your organisation’s readiness to withstand the next crisis

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What can in-house legal, risk and compliance leaders learn from the Covid-19 pandemic and other notable crises of the past 20 years to strengthen the legal resilience of their organisations? More than any other crisis in...more

Akerman LLP - Health Law Rx

Is A Safer Healthcare System Within Reach?

COVID-19 has made healthcare organizations acutely aware of the need to fine-tune their internal safety systems. The National Steering Committee for Patient Safety (NSC), comprised of 27 organizations, has come to the rescue....more

Mayer Brown Free Writings + Perspectives

What’s the Deal? – Stock Repurchase Programs: Useful Reminders

As the pandemic has taken hold, there has been a predictable decline in stock repurchase activity; however, many issuers are evaluating restarting their programs or undertaking new programs.  In this What’s the Deal guide, we...more

Hogan Lovells

ABC – Beyond the horizon

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Getting to grips with the "new normal" needn't be guess work or a pursuit of the clairvoyant. While much remains uncertain, understanding how anti bribery and corruption (ABC) issues will develop in 2021 need not be. We have...more

Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP

COVID-19 UK: The Corporate Insolvency and Governance Act 2020 – The UK Restructuring Plan

Introduction - The economic impact of COVID-19 will be far reaching. Governments around the globe are currently grappling with a balance between the protection of the health of their populations and limiting damage to...more

Mitratech Holdings, Inc

Managing the New Normal with a Remote Workforce: Interact 2020

At the recent Mitratech Interact US 2020 online event, Tony Bethell, VP Alliances at Mitratech, and Jay Chakraborty, a Partner at PWC, explored the practical steps businesses are taking to manage better the challenges of...more

Mitratech Holdings, Inc

Seizing Opportunities During Disruption: Scott Metro & Mark Delgado

In the introductory session of the risk & compliance stream at Mitratech’s recent Interact user community conference, Scott Metro, Partner at PWC, and Mark Delgado, Managing Director of Mitractech GRC, explored how businesses...more

Cooley LLP

Blog: How has the pandemic affected CEO pay?

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In this new study, Equilar and the Rock Center for Corporate Governance at Stanford examine how COVID-19 has affected CEO compensation. Are boards focused more on making sure that CEOs have the right incentives to continue...more

Mitratech Holdings, Inc

Are Internal And External Risks Colliding?

The World Economic Forum published the 15th Edition of its Global Risks Report 2020 on January 15 with a warning that external and internal risks will be a substantial challenge going forward.  They probably had no idea how...more

Proskauer - Minding Your Business

Pandemic for Profit? – SEC Enforcement Patrols Press Releases

In times of crisis, fraudsters attempt to exploit the latest news developments to lure investors into scams, and the once-in-a-century global health crisis we are currently facing is no exception. On February 4, 2020, the SEC...more

Maynard Nexsen

Leading Through Pandemic Challenge

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In recent conversations with business leaders navigating unprecedented change and uncertainty, the following four themes have emerged as helpful principles for leading through highly challenging times....more

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