Corporate Governance

The Evolving Meaning Of “Independence” In The Board Room

Independence in the board room, often considered a solution to the problem of misaligned incentives, among other problems of governance, […]

How do boards determine CEO pay? A study by David De Angelis of Rice University and Yaniv Grinstein of the […]

Last year the percentage of companies that fired their CEOs was the lowest since 2010. Only 23.8 percent of all […]

The fraud-on-the-market doctrine could be invalidated by a decision in Halliburton v Erica P. John Fund, now before the U.S. […]

Two former high-level government enforcers, both of whom are now defense attorneys, warn companies that FCPA and other corruption enforcement […]

Standard& & Poor’s 500 companies pay their chief executives 331 times that of the average production and nonsupervisory worker, according […]

Social media has proven to be a powerful tool for many business purposes, but also at times a dangerous one. […]

The SEC and the stock exchanges have rules requiring minimum levels of independence for board members in respect to certain […]

Since 1996, more than 40 percent of corporations listed on major stock exchanges have been targeted by a securities class […]

The sudden ouster of American Eagle’s CEO earlier this year was the result of an “old boys’ club” board eager […]