Tag: BoardOfDirectors
Are Today’s Corporate Directors More Personally Liable?
On-Demand
Now more than ever, corporate directors are finding themselves named in lawsuits, says Katherine Henderson, veteran insurance board advisor and partner with Wilson Sonsini, in a video posted by Boardroom Resources LLC.
Director Compensation Report: 2015-16 Executive Highlights
Annual Report
the report provides a comprehensive overview of non-employee-director pay practices across a wide range of industries and company sizes. The report also includes six leading practices for director compensation from the Report of the NACD Blue Ribbon Commission on Director Compensation.
Download: Strengthening Compliance and Ethics Oversight
White Paper
New U.S. Department of Justice emphasis on the effectiveness of compliance and ethics programs in preventing, detecting, and mitigating the risk of individual wrongdoing is raising the bar for companies’ compliance efforts.
SEC Will Only Target Directors in Egregious Cases
NEWS
An SEC official sought to allay concerns voiced by corporations and their lawyers about the SEC enforcement cases against corporate directors and other gatekeepers, such as compliance officers, who may try to fix compliance problems and find themselves entangled in an agency investigation
What Lawyers Can Bring to the Governance Structure
Article
Boards of directors have traditionally been the bastions of CEOs, where business experience was paramount. But modern challenges to corporations suggest business-oriented attorneys – particularly those with GC experience – provide essential value and perspective
Caution by Company Officers Can Create Problems for Boards
Article
New policies create incentives for companies to give up individuals believed responsible for corporate wrongdoing, in hopes of receiving leniency from prosecutors.
The Board and Long-Term Value Creation
White Paper
The NACD Blue Ribbon Commission Report emphasizes that directors have a fundamental responsibility to ensure that the organization’s short-term actions are well aligned with its long-term strategy.
