Governance
Executive coach and strategic advisor Amii Barnard-Bahn provides guidance on how executives can prepare for a board appointment: Start by following the 10 steps outlined here.
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Last year, BlackRock CEO Larry Fink announced the global investment firm’s intention to consider companies’ social missions in determining who would get their investment dollars. Phil Brown, Intelligize’s Chief Strategy Officer, shares how this move indicated a growing wave of...
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What’s wrong with director selection at public companies? Looking through the lens of GE’s board composition and recent struggles, Henry D. Wolfe explains that we are often looking at the wrong criteria for board selection. The public company governance model...
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On the whole, boards don’t have a great grasp on technology-related risks, and conveying those threats to nontechnical professionals can prove challenging. Protiviti’s Jim DeLoach discusses how to have the conversation in the context of strategy, risk mitigation and impact...
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Growing Risks for Directors and Officers In the third of a series of articles discussing emerging theories of liability for directors and officers Stephanie Resnick, Philadelphia Office Managing Partner and Chair of the Directors’ and Officers’ Liability Practice Group at...
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7 Steps to Minimize Risk Today’s boards are increasingly aware of the significance and scrutiny given to their oversight obligations in the #MeToo era. Depending on the soundness and swiftness of their actions, an organization can be seen as capable...
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Report Reveals Increased Focus on Environmental, Social, Governance Issues The proxy season for 2018 has shown trends that shareholders are increasingly investing in environmental, social and governance (ESG) issues. How do companies address these issues? In addition to traditional investor...
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The Impact of BPM on Organizations Regulations and compliance are some of the most important topics of discussion in the marketplace today, yet dozens of companies are hit with fines simply because they are unable to prove they are in...
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This is the first in a series of articles covering the various ways directors and officers can be liable. Here, Stephanie Resnick, Philadelphia Office Managing Partner and Chair of the Directors’ and Officers’ Liability Practice Group at Fox Rothschild, and...
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What Boards Should Know As corporate scandals hit the headlines, boards of directors must often answer questions about their own engagement and oversight. Could they have known more sooner? With just a few attorneys directing search experts in an investigation...
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And What You Can Do About It With Audi’s CEO arrested for fraud, it’s time to shine the spotlight on corporate governance. Inexperienced leaders, confusion over the role of governance and a lack of commitment means that time and time...
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Independent Oversight Meets the SEC Ron Kral discusses the the emerging trend of cybersecurity committees that are being created as companies recognize the need to create independent oversight of cyber risks. Cybersecurity risks pose grave threats to investors, our capital...
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- Equal Earth, Inc., et al. June 18, 2019SEC Charges Green Energy Company and Two Senior Officers with Offering Fraud Charges
- Raymond Starker June 18, 2019SEC Charges New Jersey Investor with Insider Trading
- Alton Perkins, et al. June 14, 2019SEC Charges North Carolina Businessman and His Companies with Fraudulent Offering Scam
