Corporate Governance Law

At ten year anniversary of Sarbanes-Oxley corporate governance is stronger, audit quality is improved – Yahoo Finance

NEW YORK, July 11, 2012 /PRNewswire/ — The passage of The Sarbanes-Oxley Act (SOX) ten years ago dramatically transformed US financial reporting by improving audit quality and strengthening corporate governance. Ernst & Young LLP today released …

Australia: Corporations Act amendments provide certainty for listed companies ahead of AGM season – Mondaq

Recent changes to Australia’s corporate governance laws confirm that a Chair is able to vote undirected proxies, providing certainty to listed companies ahead of this year’s AGM season. The amendments to the Corporations Act 2001 (Cth), which came into …

Former ABA Health Law Chair Andrew Demetriou Joins Berkeley Research Group – msnbc.com

He is a nationally recognized author and speaker on topics including legal issues affecting the health care industry, corporate transactions, corporate governance, corporate compliance, legal and business ethics, and professional responsibility.

Former ABA Health Law Chair Andrew Demetriou Joins Berkeley Research Group – Market Wire

He is a nationally recognized author and speaker on topics including legal issues affecting the health care industry, corporate transactions, corporate governance, corporate compliance, legal and business ethics, and professional responsibility.

OnMobile CEO Steps Down – Wall Street Journal

OnMobile said that the review of its corporate governance procedures was conducted by the company’s two legal advisers with some help from consultancy KPMG. The legal advisers couldn’t be reached immediately, while KPMG declined to comment.

Guernsey: Corporate Governance – Mondaq

With onshore regulators scrutinising their island neighbours ever more closely, offshore regulators are under pressure to ensure that internationally acceptable standards of corporate governance are enshrined in local law, while at the same time balancing …

Zimbabwe: Uphold Accounting Values – AllAfrica.com

The global corporate governance scandals made it worse for the local accountants … A systemic approach is required, which encompasses the legal and regulatory environments, professional bodies under the Public Accountants and Auditors Boards (PAAB …

Corporate Directors on the Firing Line – Law.com

If Harvard law professor Lucian Bebchuk has his way … unprecedented in CalSTRS history, is corporate governance reform to ensure that similar conduct is not repeated in the future.” Many derivative actions have been driven by “say-on-pay” issues …

SeaChange Names David McEvoy General Counsel – Marketwatch

based private equity firm and attorney at two major Boston law firms (Powers & Hall, PC and Hutchins & Wheeler). SeaChange CFO Michael Bornak commented, “David’s extensive background will assist us in maximizing the value of our software and …

OnMobile CEO Arvind Rao resigns due to corporate governance issues – Economic Times

BANGALORE: Arvind Rao, the managing director and chief executive of OnMobile, has resigned after what the company called a “special review of its corporate governance procedures … Suresh AShroff as the law firm that collaborated with KPMG …