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This book focuses on the federalization of corporate governance in the United States from both historical and contemporary perspectives. At the outset, it is clear that state corporate law remains vital with respect to the propriety of substantive fiduciary conduct as well as setting forth the relations among and between the corporation, its fiduciaries, its shareholders, and its other stakeholders. Accordingly, the ensuing chapters focus on key aspects of state corporate law to illustrate the continued importance of state company law impacting corporate governance.
An interdisciplinary and international study addressing conflict of interest in different spheres and at different levels of governance.
In 1978, the American Law Institute (ALI) adopted the ALI Federal Securities Code. The Code has not been enacted by Congress and its prospects are dim. The objective of this book is to identify the deficiencies that exist under the current regimen, address their failings, provide recommendations for rectifying these deficiencies, and set forth a thorough analysis for remediation to prescribe a consistent and sound securities law framework.
Fund Governance: Legal Duties of Investment Company Directors is a comprehensive, authoritative and practical treatment of the legal obligations of mutual fund and closed-end fund directors, the special duties of independent directors, and fund governance best practices. This treatise provides detailed coverage of a fund board's legal duties under the federal securities laws and state corporate and trust law. It examines the impact of statutes and regulations, SEC guidance, court cases, and best practices in the context of fiduciary duty requirements, board structure and operations, audit committees, advisory and distribution arrangements, affiliated transactions, and other aspects of fund management. It also addresses the special requirements for closed-end fund and money market fund directors, as well as director indemnification and insurance issues. Filled with insight, and featuring more than 30 forms and charts, Fund Governance: Legal Duties of Investment Company Directors looks closely at challenging questions that often arise.
Information that is crucial to your case can be stored just about anywhere in Blackberries, on home computers, in cellphones, in voicemail transcription programs, on flash drives, in native files, in metadata... Knowing what you're looking for is essential, but understanding technology and data storage systems can literally make or break your discovery efforts and your case. If you can't write targeted discovery requests, you won't get all the information you need. With Electronic Discovery: Law and Practice, Third Edition, you'll have the first single-source guide to the emerging law of electronic discovery and delivering reliable guidance on such topics as: Duty to Preserve Electronic Evid...
This fascinating Handbook provides a clear explanation of the securities market regulation regime in the United States. A diverse set of contributors offer a comprehensive overview of the regulatory process, Dodd-Frank, the principal securities statute
As of July 26, 2006, the SEC completed the most sweeping overhaul of executive compensation and related party transaction disclosure in fourteen years. Executive Compensation and Related-Party Disclosure: SEC Rules and Explanations provides timely and thorough explanations, implications and full text of these reforms. The revision puts in place a principles-based disclosure regime designed to give investors the information they need on executive compensation to make informed investment decisions and demystify any financial dealings between executives and their companies. The new rules also enhance and consolidate into one item director independence and related corporate governance disclosure...
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