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7 Aug 2007, 12:43 pm
Moreover, their study suggests that the rarity of civil liability for outside directors will continue notwithstanding the fact that outsider directors had to pay out-of-pocket damages in connection with the WorldCom and Enron settlements. [read post]
6 Dec 2006, 12:52 pm
Enron Corp., 01-cv-03624, 11-30-06,In the post-Sarbanes-Oxley era, independent outside directors are critical to sound corporate governance and many people are concerned that there may not be enough good ones. [read post]
3 Aug 2010, 9:40 am
In this post-SOX (and post-Enron and WorldCom individual director settlements) world, outside directors should plan on working hard for their money. [read post]
2 Jan 2007, 7:14 am
According to the Powers report, many on Enron's board of directors failed to understand "the economic rationale, the consequences, and the risks" of their company's S.P.E. deals—and the directors sat in meetings where those deals were discussed in detail. [read post]
16 Sep 2007, 7:00 am
The former JFF directors will pay $41.5 million, more than the combined payments of former directors in the Enron and WorldCom cases. [read post]
22 Apr 2007, 11:16 pm
What do WorldCom, Enron, and Just for Feet Inc. have in common? [read post]
2 Mar 2007, 9:16 am
Glynn (Seton Hall University - School of Law) has posted Delaware's Vantagepoint: The Empire Strikes Back in the Post-Post-Enron Era on SSRN. [read post]
4 Jan 2013, 12:42 am
However, the fact is that outside directors are rarely held liable under the U.S. securities laws. [read post]
13 Jun 2011, 1:59 am
However, it is not clear why he thinks directors should be held liable more often. [read post]
19 Apr 2007, 5:15 am
In the aftermath of Enron, the stock exchanges adopted listing standards that included tougher governance provisions, including the requirement that boards have a majority of independent directors. [read post]
25 Jul 2008, 5:01 pm
We then focus on the labor market for outside directors to evaluate the consequences of the implementation decision. [read post]
4 Mar 2008, 8:11 am
Other settling defendants include former Enron auditor Arthur Andersen, Andersen's worldwide affiliate, Bank of America, Lehman Brothers, Enron's former outside directors, and the law firm of Kirkland & Ellis. [read post]
4 May 2008, 11:20 pm
Most of the time, Warren Buffet’s activities, when unrelated to Gen Re, fall outside the Law Blog’s long-arm jurisdiction. [read post]
20 Jul 2011, 2:54 pm
Earlier today, in a three-hour long hearing a committee member referenced Enron and reminded the Murdochs of the concept of "willful ignorance," suggesting that this scandal could perhaps rival the Enron scandal. [read post]
8 Jan 2008, 7:02 am
” Wrote Citigroup: “Run by felons and self-confessed fraudsters, and under the supervision of a compliant board of directors that at best chose either not to look, or to look the other way, Enron as a matter of law has only itself to blame. [read post]
17 Sep 2008, 12:10 pm
The lawsuits sought to represent 1200 shareholders and to seek recovery against “several financial institutions and Enron outside officers and directors” under seven theories – “common law fraud and fraud-on-the-market, negligence, statutory fraud, aiding and abetting liability under the Texas Securities Act, civil conspiracy, aiding and abetting common law fraud, and negligent misrepresentation. [read post]
18 May 2007, 3:30 am
Fuhs was not a managing director of the company. [read post]
5 Jun 2008, 6:15 pm
Former CFTC Official Says the Way Enron Loophole Closed Will Lead to Regulatory ArbitrageA former senior CFTC official maintains that the manner in which the recent Farm Bill closed the Enron Loophole will lead to further regulatory arbitrage. [read post]
6 Oct 2008, 3:00 pm
The internal controls had to be examined by outside auditors. [read post]
26 Mar 2008, 5:15 am
The nine outside directors? [read post]
