Corporate Governance Law

A CO2 Company GC’s Focus on Compliance and Regulations – Law.com

Hunold says he’s “pretty aggressive” about keeping up with corporate-governance legal requirements including gaining the proper legal consent for major business decisions from Reliant Holdings’ family owners. Hunold also ensures that all the Reliant …

PwC Names Mary Ann Cloyd to Lead its Center for Board Governance – Yahoo Finance

Cloyd also will oversee the production of the Center for Board Governance’s Annual Corporate Director Survey and will … Each member firm is a separate legal entity. Please see www.pwc.com/structure for further details.

Tax-Exempt Groups Shield Political Gifts of Businesses – New York Times

The company characterized it as “lobbying” in a corporate governance disclosure last year … That’s their right under the law.”

Canada: Canadian Securities Administrators Considering Regulation Of Proxy Advisory Firms – Mondaq

Corporate Governance “Standard Setters” – Concern has been expressed … The content of this article does not constitute legal advice and should not be relied on in that way. Specific advice should be sought about your specific circumstances.

New initiatives strengthen legal infrastructure – Hedge Week.com

Corporate governance is now a central focus for the global fund industry. Guernsey funds and certain entities licensed under Guernsey’s regulatory laws, including the Protection of Investors (Bailiwick of Guernsey) Law, are subject to the …

Carnival Corp.: Still No Improvement On The Corporate Governance Front – Seekingalpha.com

Carnival’s website said July 5 that all its crew undergo safety training that meets or exceeds regulatory requirements, its boats are designed in compliance with international law, its ship … the company a D on its corporate governance since July … Continue reading

United States: SEC Finalizes Rule For Compensation Committee Listing Standards And Compensation Consultant Conflicts – Mondaq

3 3 See, “Staying in Front of Shareholder Litigation Challenges to Executive Compensation” (Poerio, Sullivan, and Reynolds, The Corporate Governance Advisor, June 14, 2012). The content of this article does not constitute legal advice and should not be …

Should governments be required to file annual reports? – SmartPlanet.com

That’s the suggestion of a team of open corporate governance advocates, led by Jay Clayton of Sullivan and Cromwell and the University of Pennsylvania Law School and David Lawrence of Goldman Sachs.  In a column in Knowledge@Wharton, they call for … Continue reading

RMOW unveils Corporate Plan – whistlerquestion.com

Following on the heels of the Council Action Plan (CAP) that was unveiled earlier in the year, staff released the RMOW’s corporate plan as a ‘roadmap … outreach and engagement or the legal services department reducing their reliance …

Wirral Council suffered from “boiled frog syndrome” – Liverpool Daily Post

Michael Frater was speaking exclusively to the Post in the wake of the suspensions of the council’s acting chief executive Ian Coleman and director of law Bill Norman last … criticising the council’s “corporate governance”. Mr Frater said …