Corporate Governance Law

Society Appoints David Martin as VP for Business Development and Research, and Teresa Webb as Director of Membership and Marketing – Yahoo Finance

NEW YORK, May 31, 2012 /PRNewswire/ — The Society of Corporate Secretaries and Governance Professionals today announced … for Pomerantz Haudek Block Grossman & Gross LLP, a law firm.  Ms. Webb previously served as Deputy Director of the …

Draft law may restrict Russian internet firms – msnbc.com

Mail.Ru, Yandex and Vkontakte declined to comment, saying only they were currently studying the draft law. Shares in Mail.Ru Group were … on the investment climate and internet companies’ corporate governance,” said Anastasia Obukhova at VTB Capital.

UPDATE 1-Draft law may restrict Russian internet firms – Reuters

Mail.Ru, Yandex and Vkontakte declined to comment, saying only they were currently studying the draft law. Shares in Mail.Ru Group … the investment climate and internet companies’ corporate governance,” said Anastasia Obukhova at VTB Capital.

SEC can boost oversight of FINRA -GAO report – Reuters

While a federal law authorizes FINRA to regulate the brokerage industry … These included the adequacy of FINRA’s funding, certain corporate governance issues and potential conflicts of interest. The SEC has also not historically reviewed …

Symantec Positioned as a Leader in Magic Quadrant for E-Discovery Software – msnbc.com

“As organizations wrestle with the rising tide of data and corresponding legal expense, they are increasingly approaching … as separate tasks but as key elements of a unified information governance strategy,” said Brian Dye, vice president, Information …

Readers write (May 31): Syria, corporate governance, marriage law, food stamps, Medal of Freeom – Minneapolis Star Tribune

Last Friday, Syrian President Bashar Assad ordered his thugs to go out and kill more people, to send a message that rising up against his government will cost them their lives. But half of the 108 people who were massacred … Continue reading

Bribe claims sour Walmart anniversary – Financial Times

Public pension funds from Florida and Connecticut will also lodge protest votes Anne Simpson, head of corporate governance at the California Public … will take appropriate action if violations of the law or our policies occurred”.

GMI Ratings Governance Issue | Wells Fargo & Company – GuruFocus

“We agreed that it was in the best interests of everyone involved to work together rather than to continue to be involved in a protracted legal fight,” said … to an F on the firm’s corporate governance. Its financial statements … Continue reading

Pearl Meyer & Partners Joins Forces with Stanford Law School Rock Center for Corporate Governance – TMCnet

Pearl Meyer & Partners, a leading independent executive compensation consultancy, announced today the firm is joining forces with the Stanford Law School Arthur and Toni Rembe Rock Center for Corporate Governance as a Venture Circle Program Partner.

Billionaire Lee Fights Back Relatives Over Samsung Shares – Bloomberg

“Ironically, the biggest risk to Samsung’s corporate governance is Lee Kun Hee himself,” said … according to Yoon & Yang, the Seoul law firm representing them, valued at a combined $850 million. The public holdings of South Korea …