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Global Cyber Conflict - What You and Your Business Need to Know

SVDX is pleased to announce the addition of a new sponsor, BPM LLP. BPM LLP is one of the 50 largest public accounting and advisory firms in the nation with experts in accounting, tax, and finance. BPM's latest article on Global Cyber Conflict – What You and Your Business Need to Know highlights steps for companies to mitigate cyber risks during this time of heightened awareness of cyberattacks.

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Stefan ZierBPM, Cybersecurity
Litigation Trends in Delaware

Sidley just released a podcast around the latest Delaware rulings and what they say about SPAC directors’ fiduciary duty, as well as COVID’s effect on M&A deals, and how corporations and boards can mitigate their liability.

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Stefan ZierSidley, M&A
Diversity and the Board

A recent SVDX webinar on board diversity covered a number of issues around how companies have fared in the race to comply with recent mandates. This blog posts has links to the webinar recording (which will be available shortly) as well as other organizations and articles related to diversity on boards.

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Stefan ZierDiversity, MoFo, Deloitte, PwC
Human Capital Management

Human Capital Management (HCM) involves finding and hiring the right people while managing an evolving set of workforce challenges and opportunities so as to “optimize” productivity. Human capital is the largest expenditure category for the majority of companies and the newly introduced SEC disclosure requirements around this topic are fraught with both opportunity and risk. Talking about HCM is easy (and common these days) but unearthing actionable areas of HCM improvement includes a discussion of: financial security for employees, workforce retention strategies during the “great resignation”, tax goals as related to ESG strategies, and more. SVDX recently held a webinar to discuss what boards need to know about HCM including the opportunities around new disclosure requirements, DE&I trends, training and retention innovations, a more holistic view of employee well-being, employee financial security, and the new normal of engagement with flexibility.

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What to Expect with New Board Requirements

Heffernan Insurance Brokers reviews SB 826 and AB 979 and what to expect with new board requirements. With the passing of two California laws that come with requirements by the end of 2021, Heffernan reviews both SB 826 and AB 979 and what corporations need to do in order to be in compliance.

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Stefan ZierHeffernan
Recent Trends in Corporate Governance

SVDX recently held a small group session around recent trends in Corporate Governance featuring Katherine Henderson and Richard Blake (Partners at Wilson Sonini Goodrich & Rosati). The discussion covered risk considerations, formalizing board oversight (are more committees the answer?), and what boards should be thinking about from a liability perspective.

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Founder-led Companies and Board Governance: Data on the Board of Director Perspective

Of the 33 IPOs in Silicon Valley in the past year, 31 had a founder in the role of CEO/Chair. Fully one-third of the 150 largest public companies in Northern California are now led by Founder/CEOs.

Founder-led companies benefit from their leader’s entrepreneurial spirit and clarity of vision. Founders have passion, focus, creativity and drive. But do they have the experience and the business skills to lead their companies after the IPO? Will investor interests be protected in companies where Founder/CEOs have voting control?

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