Saturday January 28, 2012
Jeff Cunningham | January 27, 2012

Heads or Tails, the Union Wins

The National Labor Relations Board is supposed to be an independent arm of the U.S. government, appointed by the president and confirmed by the >>>

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Christopher Y. Clark | January 25, 2012

Beyond Disclosure

Quite simply, Elisabeth Rosenthal, a reporter and blogger for The New York Times, and her piece in the Sunday New York Times " >>>

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Jeff Cunningham | January 20, 2012

Encore at the House of Forbes

“While alive, he lived” were the last words Malcolm S. Forbes would ever publish—his epitaph. To the four sons who inherited his eponymous >>>

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Richard S. Levick | January 17, 2012

CSR for Profit

There’s an ongoing transformation in the very way companies define their corporate social responsibility programs. The messages are different, the >>>

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Jeff Cunningham | January 6, 2012

From the Battlefield to Board Duty

General (Ret.) Hugh Shelton was chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff under Presidents Clinton and Bush, now devotes his considerable energy and >>>

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Emerging Technology and the Board

Technology is a difficult topic for directors. On one hand, it seems to present a mercurial lurking risk, with each passing week bringing another story in the business press highlighting a multi-million dollar loss due to nefarious hackers, an IT >>>

Altera Adds JDS CEO to Board

JDS Uniphase CEO and Director Thomas H. Waechter is joining the Altera board of directors. Symantec has appointed Starbucks Chief Information Officer and Executive Vice President of Digital Ventures Stephen Gillett to the board of directors.

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Delaware’s Noteworthy 2011 Decisions

This is the seventh year that we are providing an annual review of key Delaware corporate and commercial decisions. During 2011, we reviewed and summarized approximately 200 decisions from Delaware’s Supreme Court and Court of Chancery on >>>

Preparing the Board for Crisis

A new director of a public company, starting a normal term of service, should expect to be involved in at least one crisis during his or her service. A crisis can come in many forms it may involve health issues of senior executives, product recall, >>>

Disagreement in Frequency Votes

Seventy-two percent of shareholders called for annual compensation votes in the 2011 proxy season, the first season in which the Dodd-Frank Act mandated non-binding “say on frequency” votes, finds GMI in its final report in its Say on Pay >>>

‘Kicking the Tires’ of Conflicts Policy

Memo to the governance committee: It's time to “kick the tires” of the board’s conflicts policies. There are new signs of a tougher regulatory approach to conflicts of interest, whether arising in the boardroom or the C-suite. An approach that >>>

Special Litigation Committees: Best Practices

A corporation confronted with a derivative lawsuit, which involves claims brought by shareholders purportedly acting on the corporation’s behalf, has several options at its disposal. One option is to form a special litigation committee (SLC) to >>>
For an audit committee, the decision to launch an independent investigation into suspected fraud or serious misconduct at a company is one of the most crucial and difficult. Bradley J. Bondi, a litigation/ regulatory enforcement and internal >>>

Accounting & Audit

Auditor rotation and reporting is in the spotlight. McGladrey's Rick Day and Phyllis Deiso provide insight on these important accounting issues.

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