Corporate Governance

For Execs, Losing Court Case To SEC May Be Better Than Settling

The SEC’s recent shift in policy away from “neither admit nor deny” will make settlements harder to come by. Defendants […]

Law Firms Could Be “Soft Underbelly” of Company Cyber-Security

Legal departments get a warning from a general counsel and security expert from the tech company Unisys. Pavel Klimov, the […]

Gender Diversity In Silicon Valley

A new study compares gender diversity at the largest Silicon Valley companies with the largest U.S. companies in all sectors, […]

CEOs Optimistic For 2014

Going into the new year, twice as many CEOs say the economy will improve in the next 12 months, and […]

Get Ready To Deal With Pay Ratio, Sustainability, Campaigns

Mandatory pay ratio disclosure is coming, with only the details remaining to be worked out, and they probably will be […]

Tax Treatment of Fines and Penalties

Examples of jaw-dropping fines and penalties for corporate wrongdoing abound in the recent press. They include reports that JPMorgan Chase […]

Hot Stock: Attractive CEOs See Higher Assigned Share Values

A University of Wisconsin study found that a good-looking CEO has real and immediate benefits for a company: Attractive CEOs […]

Enhanced Consumer Law Enforcement: Class Actions Often Follow

Newly empowered federal and state regulators, including the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB), the Federal Trade Commission (FTC), the Department […]

The All-Important Insurance Factor In M&A

There are a host of insurance issues that arise in the context of M&A, and they should be addressed early […]

North Carolina Supreme Court Addresses Duties of Corporate Directors

In a rare opinion, the North Carolina Supreme Court addressed the duties of corporate directors, reaffirming that those duties are generally owed only to the corporation itself rather than the individual shareholders.