Corporate Governance

Surveillance Court Okayed All 1,856 DOJ Requests in 2012

May 8, 2013

The law has raised alarms among some European authorities.

Insurance Coverage for Cyber Liabilities

May 7, 2013

A privacy breach is unlikely to be covered by a standard CGL policy…

2013 Follow-up on a Worldwide Risk and Resilience Study

May 7, 2013

The study contemplates shocks such as a market crash or a natural disaster, and defines resilience as…

New Standard for “Related Parties” Pending from the PCAOB

May 6, 2013

The PCAOB is about to publish a proposed revised standard for how auditors should address transactions involving related parties and other types of “unusual” transactions…

Foreign Whistleblowers are Encountering Obstacles

May 3, 2013

About 10 percent of SEC whistleblowers were from overseas in 2011 and 2012, the majority of them from the UK […]

Senate Proposal Would Require More Disclosure of Political Expenditures

May 3, 2013

A “Follow the Money Act” has been proposed in the Senate by Alaska Republican Lisa Murkowski and Oregon Democrat Ron Wyden.

Regulators in Europe Hone in on Executive Compensation

May 3, 2013

“Populist sentiment and the resulting political environment continue to fuel stricter regulation of executive and director compensation,” according to an […]

Shareholders Challenging Annual Proxy Disclosures

May 3, 2013

In 2012, plaintiff attorneys filed a wave of lawsuits challenging annual shareholder proxy votes and disclosures of executive compensation. This […]

Companies Want GC to Foresee Risk

May 3, 2013

This article is an analysis based on a KPMG International survey entitled “Beyond the Law: KPMG’s Global Study of How […]

Say-On-Pay Update

April 30, 2013

“No” recommendations appear to be down so far this year. Advice remains the same: Watch out for the so-called “pay-for-performance-disconnect,” […]

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