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21 Jan 2010, 11:34 am
A few firms are singled out, like Chesapeake Energy, which awarded its outside directors an average of $670,000 in fees, with one director (the 79 year old cousin of the CEO) receiving $784,000. [read post]
17 Dec 2013, 11:57 pm
[vi] The basic finding was that outside director liability is very rare. [read post]
22 Feb 2016, 4:36 pm
In addition, an outside director was found liable when he failed to detect the misrepresentations. [read post]
22 Jan 2013, 12:00 am
People automatically think of Enron or even more recently, “Too Big to Fail. [read post]
13 Nov 2009, 6:11 am
They could point to other examples in this country’s history, including to the broad federal legislative response to the Great Depression and, more recently, to the enactment of Sarbanes-Oxley in response to the “Enron Era. [read post]
23 May 2007, 7:32 am
The outside investment part is not unusual. [read post]
19 Sep 2023, 6:22 am
” “The US drastically curtailed the consulting work accounting firms can do for audit clients in the Sarbanes-Oxley Act, passed in 2002 after the Enron scandal. [read post]
19 Jun 2007, 5:15 am
had been acquired by Constellation Brands.In many ways, the case study illustrates the important role of independent directors, something enhanced in the aftermath of Enron and Worldcom. [read post]
31 Jul 2017, 3:51 am
Why would anyone other than independent directors oversee financial reports? [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]
17 Aug 2020, 6:00 am
In late 1996, Watkins saw seeds of fraud at Enron and was concerned about looking for employment outside of Enron in Houston. [read post]
20 Jun 2007, 5:15 am
Credit Suisse, an appeal arising out of the Enron debacle, the 5th Circuit concluded that primary liability under Rule 10b-5 only extended to those persons with a duty to disclose. [read post]
20 Sep 2008, 3:49 am
"That being said, it must be noted that the Enron cohort of scandals involved some element of fraudulent conduct on the part of the actors involved (that included both insiders such as the board and managers as well as outside gatekeepers such as auditors), while in the current situation there has been no such allegation or finding yet, with the situation arising mostly from misjudgments in valuing complex financial instruments and transactions that these companies either… [read post]
24 Sep 2008, 5:11 pm
"That being said, it must be noted that the Enron cohort of scandals involved some element of fraudulent conduct on the part of the actors involved (that included both insiders such as the board and managers as well as outside gatekeepers such as auditors), while in the current situation there has been no such allegation or finding yet, with the situation arising mostly from misjudgments in valuing complex financial instruments and transactions that these companies either… [read post]
5 Oct 2016, 4:00 am
Outside pressures can cause people to behave in ways they normally would not. [read post]
18 Jun 2007, 12:49 pm
Other heavy users of RNC e-mail accounts include former White House Director of Political Affairs Sara Taylor (66,018 e-mails) and Deputy Director of Political Affairs Scott Jennings (35,198 e-mails). [read post]
13 Jan 2016, 5:05 pm
In contrast, cyber threats can originate from both inside and outside corporate walls, resulting in a much broader risk profile that requires at least an equivalent if not greater board attention and focus. [read post]
18 May 2009, 1:07 pm
Collins, outside counsel to Refco for 10 years, is indicted. [read post]
9 Dec 2008, 1:15 pm
But the case studies presented above, particularly the Enron case, clearly demonstrate that even boards completely dominated by independent outsiders are not immune from capture. [read post]
11 Mar 2014, 8:48 am
The Court further observed “that Congress was as focused on the role of Enron’s outside contractors in facilitating the fraud as it was on the actions of Enron’s own officers. [read post]
