Free Post News General Counsel as Critical Ally If the general counsel is not a consistent face in the boardroom, and thereby limited in their ability to forge a credible relationship with the company’s board of directors, the directors should be alert to the absence and ask why.
Free Post News Contested Visions: The Value of Systems Theory for Corporate Law Activist investors have used the rhetoric of shareholder value as a cudgel to browbeat boards into selling assets, repurchasing shares, and cutting payroll and research and development to achieve short-term share price increases.
Free Post News Can Corporate Social Responsibility Fill Institutional Voids? Our results show that firms’ environmental scores and social scores receive higher valuation in countries with weaker institutions. Overall, our findings suggest that CSR creates value for firms by filling institutional voids in their home country.
Free Post News Governance, Compliance, and Risk in the Trump Pence Era This Essay... outline[s] how general counsel, boards, compliance officers, and institutional investors should think about risk during an increasingly volatile administration.
Free Post News Changing Role of General Counsel in Germany A tension exists for the legal function between becoming too close to business and becoming isolated in a functional silo.
Free Post News Value Creation, Risk Management and US Bank Holding Company Governance An executive committee... may create an atmosphere of “elitism.” Yet, holding companies with such committees were priced with higher price/book valuations
