Corporate Governance Law

(Wedlake Bell) The High Court recently held that a parent company owes a common law duty of care to the employees of its subsidiary because it retained overall responsibility for the relevant matters in relation to those employees.

will be used to lower the corporate tax rate to 29 percent from 30 percent, encourage retirement savings and pay for roads and railways, the government has said. “We will deliver the agreement that I entered into with the biggest … Continue reading →

Pegasus Corporate Governance has just tweeted the independent votes … If that was the case, then law enforcement could argue that the settlement was intended as an attempt to buy the silence of victims, which legal experts say could provide … Continue reading →

Users in China must “abide by the law, show self-discipline and refrain from … Additionally, China’s Commerce Minister recently said the government was looking to regulate corporate investment structures that enable domestic companies to list on overseas …

Previously, Directorship editors have stated that the influence of Delaware courts in corporate governance matters “rivals that of the SEC or Congress.” Widener University School of Law professor Lawrence Hamermesh said it is noteworthy that the …

That would be a first. Never in the history of modern antitrust law has a corporation joined the federal government in an antitrust battle, raising the question of how much corporate money can give the government an edge in such … Continue reading →

A corporation is “easy and inexpensive to form,” the government’s brief says … That would blow an even bigger hole through crucial campaign finance laws. A version of this editorial appeared in print on October 23, 2011, on page SR10 … Continue reading →

Government has become the instrument of corporate power to impose the will of the corporation … Solutions: n Corporations should no longer be considered persons under the law. n Limit the privacy rights of corporations and greatly increase corporate …

Says Hemant Batra, a corporate lawyer and partner with Kesar Dass B. & Associates: “The government has reduced the law to being merely a management tool. No protection or benefit has been given to share holders under the new law.” … Continue reading →

Irrespective of whether a law to curb corporate graft is passed, companies need to write whistle-blower protection and tough anti-bribery rules into their corporate governance frameworks.