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Board Leadership in Navigating Volatility

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Public company boards are facing an unprecedented convergence of destabilizing forces, including geopolitical shocks, inflation, supply-chain disruptions, social unrest, and rapid technological change. At the same time,...more

DarrowEverett LLP

Diversity Driven Derivative Suits: Culture Wars Come to the Boardroom

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Traditionally deployed to protect a corporation from its board’s imprudent investment or financial decision-making, in recent years shareholders have taken to bringing derivative actions on a corporation’s behalf for its...more

Bennett Jones LLP

Delaware Court Extends a Director's Duty of Oversight to Officers—What Could This Mean for Canadian Directors and Officers?

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In the United States, corporate directors owe, as a subset of their duty of loyalty, a duty to monitor and oversee the operations of the company, referred to as the "duty of oversight" in this blog. This duty is known as the...more

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP

The Informed Board - Winter 2023

In the current environment, tax-free spinoffs may be the best option for companies focusing their business lines, we explain in this issue of The Informed Board. Spin-offs do not depend on third parties, and they preserve...more

King & Spalding

HCM Disclosures Reaches Tipping Point

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Many boards have devoted additional time to human resources in recent years as investors and other stakeholders have demanded greater board involvement with “human capital management” (“HCM”). HCM is a broad concept that...more

White & Case LLP

E&S Disclosure Trends in SEC Filings 2018 – 2019

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In light of the increased spotlight on environmental, social and governance (“ESG”) disclosures, White & Case’s Public Company Advisory Group conducted a survey of environmental and social (“E&S”) disclosures in the...more

Womble Bond Dickinson

Will Corporations Be Required To Become Social Activists?

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The corporate world may be anticipating its biggest change since the SEC Act of 1934. As enormous companies stretch across nations, they are expected to become progressive citizens of the world, not simply money generating...more

The Volkov Law Group

The 5 Key Ingredients to a Culture of Ethics

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Every company wants to create a culture of ethics. If the senior leadership ignores or downplays a culture of ethics, they have narrowed business opportunities for the company, its shareholders, and other stakeholders. A...more

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SEC Chair White Discusses Directors’ Responsibilities

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In a recent speech at the Stanford Directors’ College, SEC Chair Mary Jo White discussed several “things that directors should know about the SEC.” Her speech focused on directors as gatekeepers, self-reporting of wrongdoing,...more

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