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19 Nov 2010, 1:55 pm
Yeah, I know… it’s been several months since my last Monthly Museletter. [read post]
10 Aug 2010, 2:38 am
I discussed these conflicts involving non-officer directors in a prior post, here. [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 Aug 2010, 6:15 am
Note that the Delaware chancery court dismissed the shareholder suit against Citigroup directors last year because the allegations didn’t show conduct outside the protection of the business judgment rule, and specifically not in breach of the “Caremark” bad faith standard. [read post]
16 Jun 2010, 2:22 pm
The rule came in the wake of Enron and WorldCom when there was public outcry for more regulation of corporate counsels. [read post]
22 Mar 2010, 7:57 am
Thinks outside legal finance is thin edge to changing how legal advice is delivered. [read post]
4 Mar 2010, 6:09 am
A Fundamental Flaw The various reform efforts chronicled above were informed by a belief that shareholders elect directors, that directors have a fiduciary duty to protect the shareholders’ interest, and that management is accountable to the board. [read post]
23 Feb 2010, 8:27 am
Compliance is usually outside the flow of business processes. [read post]
21 Feb 2010, 6:18 am
Many of you know that, at the end of last year, I voiced my concern that the draft legislation would weaken protections developed from the lessons learned about corporate governance after Enron and Worldcom. [3] One loophole in the bill that exemplifies this is the provision that would exempt 50% of all US public companies from having an outside audit of their internal controls. [read post]
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]
6 Jan 2010, 4:55 am
http://kuex.us/5a2fDidn’t We Learn Something From Enron? [read post]
4 Dec 2009, 6:31 am
Just as the failure of Penn Central in 1970 and the collapses of Enron and WorldCom earlier this decade led to fundamental changes in the U.S. corporate governance model, the corporate failures of 2008 are resulting in significant changes in the way that boards, management and shareholders govern U.S. public companies. [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]
16 Oct 2009, 9:20 am
Textron’s director of tax reporting also testified that Textron, as a publicly traded company, was required to file its financial statements with the SEC, including any tax reserves. [read post]
27 Aug 2009, 11:07 am
After all, directors are elected by shareholders, so why shouldn't the shareholders be allowed to nominate directors? [read post]
2 Aug 2009, 4:55 am
Following the collapse of Enron, Congress passed the Sarbanes-Oxley legislation creating new accounting standards for publicly traded companies. [read post]
14 Jul 2009, 6:37 am
The only answer needed to that question is a reading of Strine's AIG flambe, issued in February in the derivative action against its directors and auditors. [read post]
6 Jul 2009, 4:43 am
But everyone jumped in on matters outside his or her own immediate jurisdiction. [read post]
18 May 2009, 1:07 pm
Collins, outside counsel to Refco for 10 years, is indicted. [read post]
1 May 2009, 8:21 am
After the collapse of Enron, Lehman, and AIG; the imminent demise of the Big Three, and, the death of the fractionated mortgage market, Washington is the new downtown and the FTC the new "Murray. [read post]
