Most Recent Articles from Directors & Boards

• The Xs and Os 

  A WISE PUBLISHING veteran once said: "It strikes me that a good editor must know what the reader wants before the reader even knows he wants it....

  09/22/09 by James Kristie · More from publication

• 'Once more unto the breach': here we go again: the SEC re-storms the Harfleur of proxy access 

  Set historically in the early 15th century, Act III of Henry V begins with Henry's exhortation to his soldiers to renew the attack upon the French...

  09/22/09 by Hoffer Kaback · More from publication

• The gritty stuff: heard this in your governance seminars? 

  I'VE SUCCESSFULLY SAT through several seminars for board members, and actually stayed awake through most. My public companies earned ISS points for...

  09/22/09 by Gary Sutton · More from publication

• When preferred and common collide: a recent Delaware case gives directors appointed by preferred stockholders a reminder of their foremost obligation 

  IT IS COMMON KNOWLEDGE that directors should act in the best interests of their corporation; however, where the interests of the corporation's...

  09/22/09 by Doug Raymond · More from publication

• Boards and Special Committees: the role of Special Committees in dealing with the "entire fairness standard" 

  Any corporate transaction involving an existing or potential conflict of interest may become the subject of litigation initiated by minority...

  09/22/09 by Karl D'Cunha · More from publication

• Board and management succession planning: key issues for boards to consider when addressing succession planning 

  The CEO, senior corporate officers, and board members typically possess a valuable combination of intelligence, skills, and experience. Because...

  09/22/09 by Steven W. Vazquez; Evelyn Dilsaver · More from publication

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