Corporate Governance

Securities Lawsuit Targeting Stanley Black & Decker Cites “Macro Factors”

April 7, 2023

A securities lawsuit targeting Stanley Black & Decker, a U.S.-based tool manufacturer said to be worth more than $11 billion, […]

SEC Final Pay vs. Performance Disclosure Rules: Planning for the 2023 Proxy Season and Investor Reactions

April 4, 2023

A new financial reporting challenge is looming for publicly traded companies: compliance with the most significant change in executive compensation […]

Risk Oversight On The Director’s Plate

March 6, 2023

The Caremark decision in the Delaware Court of Chancery Court (1996) set a high bar for assigning personal liability to […]

SEC Hardball In Recent Video Game Enforcement Action

March 2, 2023

A Securities and Exchange Commission enforcement action against behemoth gaming company Activision is based on an expansive reading of at […]

Private Equity Firms Advised To Revisit Their Insurance Profile

February 28, 2023

Under renewed scrutiny from the SEC, the risk profile of private equity firms has expanded dramatically and as a result […]

ESG Unpacked: It’s A Political Firecracker.

February 27, 2023

The acronym ESG (“environmental, social, and governance”) has become a shorthand term for social responsibility and a “nebulous concept with […]

D&O Claims Re Cyber & Crypto Are Up; For SPACs, Down

February 23, 2023

Tapping coverage dispute attorneys and experts from the insurance industry, a post from Business Insurance says that cyber and crypto […]

SEC Said To Be Hedging On Proposed Climate-Disclosure Rule

February 21, 2023

Concerned about a potential barrage of lawsuits, SEC Commissioner Gary Gensler is considering backing off on pending climate-action disclosure requirements. […]

Party Hangover: Potential Executive Liability In McDonald’s Case

February 16, 2023

A judge in Delaware’s Court of Chancery has refused to dismiss a shareholder derivative lawsuit alleging that a former HR […]

Twenty-Five State AGs Sue To Block ESG “Green” Rule

February 7, 2023

A lawsuit filed in U.S. District Court in Amarillo, Texas, by 25 red state attorneys general is attempting to block […]

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