Corporate Governance Law

Australia: 2012 AGM proxy problem fixed (almost) – Mondaq

The Minister, Mr Ripoll, said that the Government was acting “to clarify the law in time for the end of the financial year and upcoming AGM season.” The Two Strikes Act last year included provisions (sections 250R(4) and (5)) which … Continue reading

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

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.

Equilar Unveils "Behind The Numbers" Video Channel – msnbc.com

“Alongside our in-depth compensation reports and our C-SUITE Insight magazine, Internet video is an effective way to rapidly share our findings and to elevate the conversation around corporate governance … consulting firms, law firms, investors …

The Law Firm of Weiss & Lurie Investigates LeCroy Corporation – Yahoo Finance

We have recovered over a billion dollars for defrauded institutions and individuals and obtained important corporate governance in these cases. If you have information or would like legal advice concerning possible corporate wrongdoing …

Shareholder activists step up the pace in the US – Gulf News

John Wilcox of Sodali, a consultancy that advises companies on corporate governance, says that for more than 30 years the relationship between US public companies and their owners has been largely antagonistic. “The US is adversarial, the legal system says … Continue reading

Icahn’s Chesapeake Stake Puts Governance Before Value – Bloomberg

This makes boards more accountable, according to corporate-governance experts. The company also ignored that advice. A year later, Oklahoma passed a law prohibiting annual elections of entire boards for large, publicly traded companies …

New Corporate Law professor – Irish Times

She joins Trinity from the School of Law at UCD, where she had been since 1991, most recently as associate professor in law. She is also one of the founding members of the Centre for Corporate Governance at UCD.

Typical CEO made $9.6M last year, AP study finds – NorthJersey.com

Last year, a law gave shareholders the right to vote on whether they … director of the Weinberg Center for Corporate Governance at the University of Delaware. The typical American worker would have to labor for 244 years to make … Continue reading

Is Mark Zuckerberg Up to the Job? – Daily Beast

“I have no doubt that this is going to hurt their business,” says Vivek Wadhwa, a research fellow at the Rock Center for Corporate Governance at Stanford Law School. “Facebook has gone from being a darling to being a villain. … Continue reading

Campaign backers spending in Maine – Press Herald

Bernstein Shur, the Portland law-and-lobbying firm … Senate president who lives in Norway and heads a firm that evaluates the quality of corporate governance, nearly matched Republican rival D’Amboise’s fundraising last quarter.