Corporate Governance

Survey: Most Senior Managers Question Value Of Internal Audit

While many businesses say they have improved internal audit practices, progress there has not kept up with the increasingly risky […]

More Companies Paying CEOs To Find Their Replacement

Given how much a company stands to lose if a transition at the top doesn’t go well, it’s not surprising […]

Company Insider Can Leave, Take Business, Not Breach Fiduciary Duty

A Massachusetts court rules that a part owner and key employee of a closely held company who left and started […]

Key Governance Decisions From Delaware Courts in 2013

In the Harvard Law School Forum, John L. Reed, a partner at DLA Piper, analyzes some 2013 decisions by the […]

Prep For The 2014 Proxy Season

In a Q&A, Latham & Watkins partners Jim Barrall and Steven Stokdyk consider what the SEC, as well as ISS […]

CEOs With Bling More Likely To Oversee Errors, Fraud, Study Finds

Executive teams led by a CEO who drives expensive cars or owns several houses are more likely to oversee a […]

“Say On Pay” Won’t Kill CEO Employment Agreements

“Say on Pay” regulations, a part of the Dodd-Frank Act regulations that allows shareholders to vote on executive pay, has […]

Factors Driving Merger Enforcement

Merger law has been primarily shaped by the Department of Justice and the Federal Trade Commission. Court decisions are rare […]

Protecting Against Political Risk in Overseas Ventures

In recent years international companies have experienced expropriations, cancellations of operating licenses, and contract frustration, as the result of actions […]

Income Inequality Hurts Bottom Line, Even For The One Percent

The widening income gap between the richest and poorest Americans should concern those who are well off, because underpaid workers […]

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