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Articles in Summer, 2008 issue of Directors & Boards

• Hiding in plain sight: how to find and develop the next generation of directors
  by Thames Fulton
• Who's on board 2007; Directors Roster annual review of newly elected board members
• What's your story?
• Now that you know what you don't know
• Just ask
• A tale of two fairness opinions; Last year brought us FINRA Rule 2290—a wake-up call for dealmaking directors
  by Donald G. Jr. Kempf
• Year in review II
• The Aspen Principles: a better way forward: a critical mass of 'strange bedfellows' came to market in 2007 with a plan to reverse the destructive pull of short-termism
  by Judith Samuelson
• Next steps? Be careful what you wish for: in the name of advancing shareholder rights, let's not harm shareholder interests
  by Peter C. Clapman
• What the proxies tally: a rising tide of activism: the voting both last year and this year shows a stiffening resolve by shareholders to press boards on several fronts, including executive pay, corporate performance, board representation, and investor con
  by James Melican
• 'Say on pay' is not a 'slippery slope': an advisory vote on executive compensation makes sense for both companies and shareholders. Here are 10 reasons why
  by Jhon C. Wilcox
• SEC report card 2007; The commission tackled proxy access, Sarbanes-Oxley refinements, terrorism ties, securities markets globalization, and other business and financial-reporting developments. How did it measure up?
  by Ralph Ferrara
• Mission of the CAQ: enhance audit quality; Investors view auditors as allies, but expect them to find fraud. We're hearing that and lots more in our 'listening tour' on how to improve financial reporting
  by Cindy Fornelli
• Corporate governance litigation: 2007 review: report from Delaware: a spotlight on several court rulings that moved the governance needle
  by John L. Reed
• On the front lines of executive pay: revisiting the top comp stories of 2007 suggests some next-stage steps for crafting pay programs that meet board, shareholder, and regulator requirements
  by Jack Dolmat-Connell
• Stakeholder face-off in the Facebook age: the board challenge ahead: Be better prepared to use the Web proactively and reactively to engage with your diverse constituencies
  by James Farrar
• D&O insurance: a pressure check: as companies caught 'financial flu,' liability risk rose. A few educated guesses about what's ahead
  by Evan Rosenberg
• The year in governance; A month-by-month recap of the people, actions, and organizations that defined and refined board oversight in 2007
  by James Kristie
• 2007 article index; The hot issues and agenda items that Directors & Boards authors addressed last year
• Our man in governance: An appreciation: columnist Hoffer Kaback at the decade mark in filing provocative dispatches on board practices … and malpractices
• "I never saw it coming"
• Apples and oranges?
• Ouch!
• The squeeze is on
• Making lemonade