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14 Jul 2022, 4:24 pm by luiza
Exposure by Michael Woodford Exposure is Michael Woodford’s memoir of exposing fraud at the Japanese medical device company Olympus. [read post]
4 Feb 2020, 7:00 am by Adam Faderewski
Woodford, 80, of Houston, died January 13, 2020. [read post]
12 Mar 2019, 4:26 am
The High Court heard evidence from a Slaughter and May partner in the long-running case against ex-Olympus CEO Michael Woodford. [read post]
4 Mar 2016, 9:35 am by Jonathan Tycko
Additionally, in 2011, another whistleblower incident occurred within the company, in which the former President and CEO of the Tokyo-based Olympus Corporation, Michael Woodford, publically released information related to the company’s illegal activities when performing acquisitions. [read post]
3 Aug 2015, 6:00 am by Donna Boehme
Michael Woodford: Japanese CEO-Turned-Whistleblower (and Sushi Aficionado) In  2012, Michael Woodford was hand-picked by the Chairman of Olympus Corporation, the Japanese manufacturing giant, to succeed him as CEO. [read post]
12 Sep 2012, 2:00 pm by CJLF Staff
CA Prop 34 Radio Debate: KQED Radio's Michael Krasney hosted a live debate on whether CA should end the death penalty with Proposotion 34. [read post]
24 Apr 2012, 8:17 am by Steve Hall
Ballot, is Michael Gardner's report in the San Diego Union-Tribune. [read post]
6 Apr 2012, 8:26 am by Lovechilde
”  As Woodford says, Californa's death penalty is a failed system "that is extremely costly, harms public safety and always carries the risk of executing an innocent person. [read post]
10 Jan 2012, 6:52 am by CorporateAcquisitions MergerLawBlogger
It was only when Olympus' new CEO Michael Woodford started asking questions... [read post]
14 Dec 2011, 7:38 am by Marc Goldstein
., organized crime) played any role in helping Olympus perpetrate the fraud, the fact that so many observers suspect such involvement is a problem for the credibility of corporate Japan.Olympus first made headlines in October when it abruptly fired its recently-appointed CEO, Michael Woodford. [read post]
5 Dec 2011, 9:56 am
Michael Woodford, former CEO of 96 years old japanese Olympus, became one of the world's most famous whistleblowers a few weeks ago after going public with accusations of massive accounting fraud. [read post]
1 Dec 2011, 2:13 pm by Brian Baxter
Michael Woodford, a British businessman ousted as CEO of the embattled Japanese camera and medical equipment maker in October, resigned from the board of directors this week in a bid to regain control of Olympus by forming an independent board. [read post]
10 Nov 2011, 11:14 pm by Tony Tsang
Some weeks ago Michael Woodford was fired from the company management for forcing an investigation of the company by releasing to media internal documents about investments that appeared to have gone wrong and demanding the entire board to resign. [read post]
8 Nov 2011, 10:01 am by John Wallbillich
About a week ago, I started working on a post about former Olympus CEO Michael Woodford, who was fired after raising concerns about the company’s excessive payments related to acquisitions. [read post]
It started rolling out about two weeks ago when the high flying CEO of Olympus, Michael Woodford was abruptly booted from the company after he questioned the $700 million in advisory fees to unknown... [read post]
4 Nov 2011, 2:00 am by Kara OBrien
 This post details the report and the recommendations that come from it. 2) FCPA Compliance & Ethics Blog: Olympus Redux: Lessons Learned for Investigating a Foreign Business Partner - This month, former CEO Michael Woodford contended that he had been fired from Olympus after raising questions about a series of acquisitions made at, what he said, were inexplicably high prices or involved disproportionately pricey advisory fees paid to two persons who acted… [read post]
26 Sep 2011, 9:41 am by Steve Hall
  For the anonymous executioners of death row, the ‘high’ of pulling the lever is often followed by a lifetime of doubt," is the title of Michael Daly's Newsweek report. [read post]