PwC leadership contributed to a Harvard Law School Forum on Corporate Governance article regarding private company boards increasingly adding outside directors to their ranks.
Read MoreThe most recent episode of Morrison Foerster’s Podcast, Above Board, discusses the U.S. DOJ’s new corporate voluntary self-disclosure policy.
Read MoreOn March 15, 2023, Chancellor Kathaleen St. J. McCormick of the Delaware Court of Chancery issued a rare post-trial decision finding a CEO personally liable for millions of dollars in damages for breaching his fiduciary duties by tilting his company’s sale process in favor of his preferred acquiror and failing to disclose material facts about the sale process.
Read MoreWilson Sonsini is recently shared updates around ESG and sustainability issues, to include news, key legal developments, and resources related to sustainability and environmental, social, and governance (ESG) matters relevant to public and private companies internationally.
Read MoreThe Stanford Closer Look Series (part of the Corporate Governance Research Initiative) just released a paper on current trends in shareholder activism and their potential impact.
Read MoreLife science companies are facing a complex matrix of economic and financial challenges that are impacting valuations, especially companies in the early stages and with a long horizon to operating profit.
Read MoreMeridian Compensation Partners discusses executive compensation best practices in this recent thought leadership piece.
Read MoreThe Markkula Center for Applied Ethics at Santa Clara University has compiled various articles around generative artificial intelligence and the resulting ethical dilemmas.
Read MoreTo help board members understand the ramifications of the latest artificial intelligence developments on their companies, read Glenn Gow’s recent Fortune article, If ChatGPT Can Disrupt Google In 2023, What About Your Company?
Read MoreNew research from Stanford Graduate School of Business Professor David Larcker finds "significant discrepancies" between corporate public commitments to diversity and actual hiring practices.
Read MoreAccording to a recent survey by Russell Reynolds, CEOs of public companies believe that the capabilities, behavior and management of critical issues by their C-suite leaders have fallen and they lack the agility it takes to meet today’s challenges.
Read MoreSidley Partner Derek Zaba posted on the NACD Blog about the the new “universal proxy” rules of the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC).
Read MoreBPM has launched a new podcast series called “Business Insights,” where industry leaders share their knowledge and perspectives on some of today’s most pressing issues. The first episode is “Employee Monitoring and the Hybrid Workforce.”
Read MoreForty percent of global CEOs think their organization will no longer be economically viable in ten years’ time, if it continues on its current course. Read more as part of PwC’s 26th Annual Global CEO Survey.
Read MoreWhat can board members can do to think like an activist and be able to react quickly should an inquiry arise?
Read MoreWSGR’s 2022 Delaware Corporate Law and Litigation Year in Review discusses the most notable cases, issues, and trends for practitioners, corporations, boards, and investors, including as to controlling stockholder litigation, multiclass capital structures, director compensation, directors’ oversight obligations, stockholder activism, the Twitter battle, stockholders’ ability to obtain directors’ and officers’ emails, and the 2022 DGCL amendments.
Read MoreSVDX recently hosted the first webinar in a series devoted to entrepreneurial boards. The webinar recording will be posted shortly and the next webinar will take place on February 15th. If you were not able to join the session, check out the following resources below related to the topic.
Read MoreMoFo's recent Above Board podcast, Beyond the Breach: What Should Boards Think About? features Dave Lynn speaking with Miriam Wugmeister and Jackie Liu about the questions that a board should ask after a data breach has occurred, the implications for a company’s corporate governance, and key SEC disclosure considerations.
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