Corporate Governance

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Securities Lawsuit Targeting Stanley Black & Decker Cites “Macro Factors”

A securities lawsuit targeting Stanley Black & Decker, a U.S.-based tool manufacturer said to be worth more than $11 billion, […]

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SEC Final Pay vs. Performance Disclosure Rules: Planning for the 2023 Proxy Season and Investor Reactions

A new financial reporting challenge is looming for publicly traded companies: compliance with the most significant change in executive compensation […]

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Risk Oversight On The Director’s Plate

The Caremark decision in the Delaware Court of Chancery Court (1996) set a high bar for assigning personal liability to […]

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SEC Hardball In Recent Video Game Enforcement Action

A Securities and Exchange Commission enforcement action against behemoth gaming company Activision is based on an expansive reading of at […]

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Private Equity Firms Advised To Revisit Their Insurance Profile

Under renewed scrutiny from the SEC, the risk profile of private equity firms has expanded dramatically and as a result […]

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ESG Unpacked: It’s A Political Firecracker.

The acronym ESG (“environmental, social, and governance”) has become a shorthand term for social responsibility and a “nebulous concept with […]

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D&O Claims Re Cyber & Crypto Are Up; For SPACs, Down

Tapping coverage dispute attorneys and experts from the insurance industry, a post from Business Insurance says that cyber and crypto […]

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SEC Said To Be Hedging On Proposed Climate-Disclosure Rule

Concerned about a potential barrage of lawsuits, SEC Commissioner Gary Gensler is considering backing off on pending climate-action disclosure requirements. […]

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Party Hangover: Potential Executive Liability In McDonald’s Case

A judge in Delaware’s Court of Chancery has refused to dismiss a shareholder derivative lawsuit alleging that a former HR […]

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Twenty-Five State AGs Sue To Block ESG “Green” Rule

A lawsuit filed in U.S. District Court in Amarillo, Texas, by 25 red state attorneys general is attempting to block […]

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