Governance

Record median settlement amid declining activity Whitepaper Securities Class Action Settlements: 2025 Review and Analysis What's in this report from Cornerstone Research: Cornerstone Research's annual securities class action settlements report reveals a nearly three-decade high in median settlement amounts even as total settlement activity declined in 2025. The median settlement reached $17.3 million, driven largely by Securities Act of 1933-only...

Cognitive bias, concentration risk and third-party dependencies haven't disappeared just because we have advanced digital tools to identify patterns and anomalies

Depending on outcome, “we might see death by a thousand cuts” to chancery’s authority, warns one attorney

94% of PE firms report financial impact from cyber risk; half of logistics professionals unprepared for UAE cargo security enforcement

At your next board meeting where AI appears on the agenda, add one question: Can our AI growth plans and our climate commitments succeed together? That simple litmus test will reveal whether you're treating energy demand as a governance issue or leaving it as a technical detail, says Tim Weiss, CEO and co-founder of Optera. The real risk may not...

Audit leaders focusing on AI and data analytics, while boards are looking at M&A and strategic partnerships

For NYSE-listed companies, annual board assessments are required, and investors increasingly expect to see evidence that assessments drive change, not merely check a box. But the true organizational value of these assessments turns on follow-through. Allison Davis of Snell & Wilmer examines what separates boards that treat assessments as ongoing governance tools from those that treat them as compliance exercises,...

When high trust exists, organizations surface issues earlier and manage crises with resilience

The “uplift” process to meet PCAOB standards can be burdensome and time-consuming, requiring two or three years of compliant audited financial statements

The discipline legal ops brings — technology evaluation, vendor management, compliance monitoring — maps to capabilities required for AI governance

If you're building data products today, you may subsidizing your competitor's offerings

Veil-piercing is notoriously unpredictable, but rigorous maintenance of corporate separateness minimizes risk