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So, You Want To Join A Public Company Board

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Retired senior executives often receive, or seek out, public company directorships as the next step in their journeys. Before accepting, they should carefully evaluate key areas to make sure they are prepared for the...more

Smith Anderson

Public Companies Update: Reminders for the 2024 Form 10-K and Proxy Statement Filing Season

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In this Client Alert, we highlight key considerations public companies should keep in mind when preparing their upcoming annual reports on Form 10-K and proxy statements, including rule changes, recent guidance and reporting...more

White & Case LLP

Cybersecurity Developments and Legal Issues

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For most large companies, a frictionless flow of information and the ability to transfer customer data, employee files, financial records and other information around the world quickly and cost-effectively is a critical...more

Fox Rothschild LLP

In the Boardroom With Resnick and Fuller - Episode 4

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A podcast series in collaboration with PLUS, the Professional Liability Underwriting Society. Episode Four With a recession looming, learn how and why communication with stakeholders can help companies minimize legal risks....more

Saul Ewing LLP

Three Practical Steps for Business Continuity Planning in Times of Crises

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Do not fret if your organization was not completely prepared for COVID-19. Many weren’t and it’s not too late to implement good planning for immediate needs and for the future. ...more

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP

Reevaluating the Board Risk Oversight Process: Implications of Marchand and Other Recent Developments | Insights | Skadden, Arps,...

On February 26, 2020, Skadden held a webinar titled “Reevaluating the Board Risk Oversight Process: Implications of Marchand and Other Recent Developments.” The panelists were Edward Micheletti, litigation partner and...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

Society of Corporate Compliance and Ethics...

[Event] Regional Compliance & Ethics Conference - February 13, Dubai, UAE

Our one-day Regional Compliance and Ethics Conferences provide attendees with a forum to interact with local compliance professionals, share information about your compliance successes and challenges, and create educational...more

Ruder Ware

The Essence of Compliance - Compliance Officer Authority and Resource Allocation

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How Are Compliance Budgeting and Compliance Officer Autonomy Tied Together When Assessing Compliance Effectiveness? The Department of Justice (“DOJ”)’s compliance program evaluation identifies the need to allocate...more

Perkins Coie

OFAC Issues Sanctions Compliance Program Guidance

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The Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC), an agency of the U.S. Department of the Treasury, administers and enforces U.S. economic sanctions programs against targeted foreign governments, individuals, groups and entities...more

Holland & Knight LLP

Department of Justice Issues New Guidance on How It Evaluates Compliance Programs

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Last week, the DOJ Criminal Division published a guidance document entitled "Evaluation of Corporate Compliance Programs" (ECCP). This document is meant to assist prosecutors in determining what credit should be given to a...more

Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati

DOJ Criminal Division Releases Updated Guidance for Prosecutors Evaluating Corporate Compliance Programs

On April 30, 2019, Assistant Attorney General Brian A. Benczkowski announced the release of an updated version of the Criminal Division's "The Evaluation of Corporate Compliance Programs" during a keynote address at the...more

The Volkov Law Group

DOJ’s New Corporate Compliance Guidance: Risk Assessments and Policies and Procedures (Part II of IV)

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Part 1 of the Corporate Compliance Guidance addresses the following elements of a well-designed compliance program: risk assessment, policies and procedures, training and communications, confidential reporting structure and...more

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DOJ Issues New and More Robust Guidance on Evaluation of Corporate Compliance Programs (Part I of IV)

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In a major development in ethics and compliance program expectations, the Justice Department has issued a new and important revised guidance on the Evaluation of Corporate Compliance Programs....more

Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP

#NotMe: Sex, Reps and Remedies

In 2018, victims and their supporters decried sexual harassment in the workplace. They argued for the right, the freedom, the luxury to work without fear of gender-based harassment or discrimination. Prominent and powerful...more

Eversheds Sutherland (US) LLP

Legal Alert: New York’s New BSA/AML Rule Imposes Monitoring, Filtering and Certification Requirements

On June 30, 2016, the New York Department of Financial Services (DFS) adopted a new anti-terrorism and anti-money laundering (AML) regulation (Final Rule) that builds on federal anti-money laundering requirements to address...more

Foley & Lardner LLP

Spain Sets a New Milestone with its Corporate Compliance Statute

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As of July 1 of this year, Spain becomes the latest in a string of nations with a corporate compliance defense. Article 33 of Spain’s criminal code will provide an exemption from corporate criminal liability where the company...more

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Top Three Cybersecurity Misconceptions

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Cybersecurity is an issue that should be top-of-mind for all companies. But there are three misconceptions about cybersecurity that can put companies at significant risk. In this video, Foley Partner Michael Overly discusses...more

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Blue Pill/Red Pill: How Officers and Board Members Can Swallow the Red Pill and See the Real World of Cybersecurity

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Trying to understand how a hacker thinks can twist your brain around – while you normally think about how to make something work or why something is not working, hackers think how to get something to work in ways that it is...more

Dorsey & Whitney LLP

Board Oversight of Cyberrisks: Directors and Officers Litigation

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The duty of a board to monitor and oversee organizational risk includes cyberrisks. As cyberrisks and incidents proliferate, boards are seeking to enhance the information they receive about cyberrisks and incidents. One...more

Goodwin

Breaches in the Boardroom: What Directors and Officers can do to Reduce the Risk of Personal Liability for Data Security Breaches

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Corporate directors and officers may increasingly be targets of shareholder derivative lawsuits in the wake of the surge of regulatory actions and private litigation around data breaches,. While no individual directors and...more

Davis Wright Tremaine LLP

Federal Financial Institutions Examination Council Releases Cybersecurity Assessment Results: Boards of Directors and Senior...

The Federal Financial Institutions Examination Council (FFIEC) released general observations yesterday from a cybersecurity assessment of over 500 community financial institutions. The cybersecurity assessment evaluated the...more

BakerHostetler

What Questions CEOs and Board Members Should Be Asking Themselves About Tax Inversions

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Partner and Chair of BakerHostetler's Tax Group, Paul Schmidt, discusses tax inversions. What CEOs and Board of Directors should be asking themselves?...more

The Volkov Law Group

Defining Corporate Governance: Decisions, Direction, Culture and Risk

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When reading about corporate governance, it is hard not to get frustrated. So-called “experts” in the field provide little practical advice but are filled with platitudes that apply to corporate boards, senior management and...more

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