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The private equity firm Carlyle is testing the bounds of shareholder rights, with a proposal in its upcoming IPO to require arbitration (rather than class-action lawsuits) to settle shareholder disputes. The SEC has yet to rule on that idea, but battle lines are already emerging. "The benefit of arbitration is...
January 31, 2012
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In the latest of our Q&A interviews, we catch up with William Chandler, former chancellor of the Delaware Court of Chancery. Inside, Chandler looks back on his 22-year tenure on the court, and discusses the most significant cases that he has ruled on and some of the most recent developments...
July 19, 2011
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A list of databases available to subscribers of Compliance Week.
August 2, 2009
News
The broad contours of the dispute between mining conglomerate Rio Tinto and the Chinese government—hardball business tactics, espionage charges, four Rio employees under arrest—are enough to leave any compliance officer unsettled. The spat itself is likely to be settled via quiet diplomacy between China, Australia (Rio Tinto’s home country), and...
July 28, 2009
News
An oddball legal dispute bouncing around the Delaware Chancery court system has yet again produced another legal precedent that should give pause to corporate directors facing lawsuits.
July 8, 2008
News
The Chinese government is working to combat an environmental crisis largely caused by its own policies. The answers so far: dramatic speeches, jargon-laden white papers, and of course, more policy.
April 22, 2008
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In the year-long parade of plans and proposals for how to ensure the United States retains its competitive edge in the global marketplace, the nation’s leading financial institutions are calling for an overhaul in the regulatory regime.
November 13, 2007
Opinion
The 2007 proxy season for calendar-year companies is just around the corner. Given all the changes that have happened so far in 2006 and still loom between now and the proxy season next spring, it’s worth taking a close look at what we are likely to see in 2007 and...
November 21, 2006
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Katsumi Shimizu has been somewhat sleep-deprived this summer—because of Japan’s annual shareholder meetings. He is on a mission to make them actually count for something.
July 25, 2006
Opinion
The wall at the Ellis Island Immigration Museum may seem like a strange place to go to understand investor reaction to last month’s milestone decision in the Disney case. But some truths are universal and cut across both time and place. The museum quotes an Italian immigrant who stepped off...
September 13, 2005
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Compliance Week recently announced that it has acquired Raisch Financial Information Services of Newton, Mass. Raisch Financial is a data analytics and research firm that specializes in extracting and interpreting complicated financial information from regulatory filings. The acquisition provides Compliance Week subscribers with a growing array of governance and compliance...
June 7, 2005
Opinion
Over the past several years, the liability landscape for corporate directors has been changing dramatically. This process has been exacerbated by the seemingly endless string of corporate scandals, involving the implosion of some of our largest companies. Most recently, three events are causing greater focus by directors on the thorny...
January 25, 2005
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Company board members have escaped the punishment meted out to executives and sometimes their lawyers and accountants for corporate fraud. Until now.
January 25, 2005
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The SEC's notice dismissing a complaint against Stand-By Systems looks like the company got off the hook by cooperating with an investigation. But according to SEC regional administrator Hal Degenhardt, that wasn't exactly the case.
July 20, 2004
News
Dow, Avon, Cendant, and Comcast are just a few of the companies that have recently taken it upon themselves to institute governance policy changes raised by investors, activists and governance specialists.
May 25, 2004
Opinion
"If the Google S-1 is accurately representative of their company, I fear for their shareholders," writes Compliance Week editor Scott Cohen.
May 4, 2004