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Best Practices for Virtual Board Meetings

Directors are making plans to hold their next board meeting remotely to combat the spread of the novel coronavirus amid…

5 years ago

ISS: Say More on CEO Exit Deals, Or Else

What boards choose to disclose about a CEO’s departure could impact how Institutional Shareholder Services makes voting recommendations this proxy season, according…

5 years ago

Interim CEOs: How the Top Temp’s Pay is Set

When a CEO exits unexpectedly, the vacancy leaves room for someone to step up and prove his or her worth…

5 years ago

Time Demands Lead to Offline Meetings, Resignations

Increasing demands on directors’ time are prompting boards and committee chairs to regularly hold ad hoc “meetings between the meetings,”…

5 years ago

SEC Enforcers Listening to All Sources, Including Activists

Insurance underwriter Argo Group has been asked by the SEC to hand over documents related to perks awarded to its executives. The SEC inquiry…

5 years ago

Amid #MeToo Scandals, Alphabet Lawyer Is Highest-Paid Legal Chief

Top legal officers are becoming increasingly valuable to corporations, at least according to the rising number of digits in some…

5 years ago

More Long-Tenured Directors Heading for Exits

Directors with decades of experience as well as those in their 70s are retiring or opting not to stand for…

5 years ago

Eyeing Lawsuits, Boards Tighten Limits on Director Pay

Boards are continuing to adopt limits on the amount of compensation directors can earn in a year to protect against…

5 years ago

Cyber Disclosures Raise Flurry of New Concerns

The largest companies are gradually telling investors more about the pains they’re taking to protect their own information as well…

5 years ago

Pushing Strategy Ahead of the Other Stuff

In private conversations, many board members confide that they’re frustrated that they often run short of time in board meetings…

5 years ago