Independent Directors
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- A Friday Editorial: Board Independence and the Separation of Chairman and CEO
- A New Year's Editorial: It's the Board of Directors, Stupid
- Access and the Myth of Inadequate Numbers of Qualified Directors
- Automobile Manufacturers and Corporate Governace Reform
- Bear Stearns and a Sleeping Board?
- Bear Stearns, Corporate Governance, and the Capital Markets: The Role of the Board (Part 2)
- Bear Stearns, the Shotgun Merger, and Fiduciary Duties
- Board Diversity and Governance Reform
- Board Diversity and SOX
- Board Diversity and the Norwegian Experience
- Board Oversight and CEO Dismissals
- Boards and the Benefits of Diversity
- CEO Control, Independent Directors, and the Need for Shareholder Access: The Case of Affiliated Computer Services
- CEO Influence over Board Membership: In re: Affiliated Computer Services, Inc. Shareholders Litigation
- CEOs and McMansions
- City of Westland v. Axcelis Technologies: The Myth of Majority Vote Provisions and the Further Need for Preemption of Delaware Law (The Solution)
- Computer Associates and the Board's Determination of Independence
- Connolly v. Gasmire and Director Independence
- Connolly v. Gasmire: “Independent and Disinterested” Under the Aronson Test
- Corporate Disclosure and the Role of Outside Directors: SEC v. Krantz (Stock Exchanges and the Definition of Independent Director) (Part 2)
- Corporate Disclosure and the Role of Outside Directors: SEC v. Krantz (The Board's Obligation to Supervise Internal Investigations) (Part 4)
- Corporate Disclosure and the Role of Outside Directors: SEC v. Krantz (The Duty of Audit Committee Directors to Respond to Auditor Concerns) (Part 3)
- Corporate Disclosure, Corporate Behavior, and Mirror Image Boards
- Corporate Governance Reform and the ABA (Part 1)
- Corporate Governance Reform and the ABA (Part 2)
- Corporate Governance and D&O Insurance
- Countrywide, Directors Fees, and the Stock Exchanges: An Inadequate Definition of Independence
- Delaware Pleading Standards and Independent Directors
- Delaware, Director Independence, and the Impossibility of Proving Actual Control
- Director Fees and Director Independence
- Director Independence and Fees (Part 2)
- Director Independence and Fees (Part 3)
- Director Independence and Fees: Protecting the "Regular Folks"
- Director Independence and Friendship
- Director Independence and Friendship: The Evidence
- Director Resignations and Board Diversity
- Director and CEO Compensation: The Case of Countrywide
- Directors and FOCs (Friends of CEO)
- Disney and the Dismal Standard for the Duty of Care
- Disney, Friendship and Director Independence
- Executive Compensation: Occidental and Ray Irani
- Exxon and Mirror Image Boards
- Exxon and the Environment
- Exxon-Mobile, Mirror-Image Boards, and Comeuppance in the Market
- Friday Editorial: Director Duties, Independent Boards, and the Removal of CEOs
- GM, the Bailout and the Role of the Board
- In re InfoUSA and the Unreasonably High Burden in Challenging Director Independence
- In re JPMorgan & Chase: A merger of two giants is challenged
- In re JPMorgan & Chase: Challenging A Merger of Two Giants
- In re Tyson and Independent Directors
- In search of corporate boards with chutzpah
- Independence and Business Relationships
- Independent Directors and Fees
- Independent Directors and Friendship
- Independent Directors and Friendship: A Reply
- Independent Directors and the Bill Gates Exception
- Independent Directors and the Influence of Private Equity
- Independent Directors, Delaware Law, and Excessive Pleading Standards: London v. Tyrrell (Part 3)
- Independent Directors, Delaware Law, and Excessive Pleading Standards: London v. Tyrrell (Part 4)
- Interlocking Directors and the Failure of Fiduciary Duties (Part 1)
- Interlocking Directors and the Failure of Fiduciary Duties (Part 2)
- Interlocking Directors and the Failure of Fiduciary Duties (Part 3)
- Jon Macey and Socializing the American Economy: A Missed Opportunity
- Jon Macey on Corporate Governance (Part 1)
- Jon Macey on Corporate Governance (Part 2)
- Jon Macey on Corporate Governance (Part 3)
- Jon Macey on Corporate Governance (Part 4)
- Jon Macey on Corporate Governance (Part 5)
- Jon Macey on Corporate Governance (Part 6)
- Jon Macey on Corporate Governance (Part 7)
- Jon Macey on Corporate Governance (Part 8)
- Jon Macey on Corporate Governance (Part 9)
- Opportunistic Timing of Outside Director Grants Correlated to Lack of Independent Directors
- Personal Relationships and Director Independence
- Pleading Standards and the Test for Independent Directors under Delaware Law
- Qwest and an Exemplary Legal Department
- Qwest and the Separation of CEO/Chairman
- Restoring American Financial Stability Act of 2009: Separating the Chairman and CEO: The Battle Begins
- Restoring American Financial Stability Act of 2009: The Problem of Staggered Boards
- Robert Mondavi, Shareholder Governance and the Role of Independent Directors
- Separating Chairman and CEO: Importing Change from Norway
- Shareholder Nominated Directors–Condemned to a Life of Lonely and Ineffective Dissent?–Maybe Not
- Shareholders and Sleeping Boards
- Study Indicates a Trend Towards Majority Voting in Director Elections.
- The Automobile Manufacturers Return to Washington (Pressure Builds for Regime Change) (Part 3)
- The Board of Directors and Super-Independence
- The Consequences of Excessive Pleading Standards
- The Delaware Courts and the Charade of Director Independence: Ryan v. Lyondell Chemical (Part 1)
- The Demise of Merrill Lynch and the Need for Corporate Governance Reform
- The Director Compensation Project: American International Group, Inc.
- The Director Compensation Project: Bank of America
- The Director Compensation Project: Chesapeake Energy
- The Director Compensation Project: Citigroup
- The Director Compensation Project: Ford Motor Company
- The Director Compensation Project: Goldman Sachs Group
- The Director Compensation Project: JP Morgan Chase & Co.
- The Director Compensation Project: Morgan Stanley
- The Irrelevancy of Interested Influence on the Board: In re Nat'l City Corp. Shareholders Litigation
- The MBNA Merger and Independent Directors
- The Myth of Director Independence Under Delaware Law: The Payment of $376,733 Does Not Result in a Loss of Director Independence
- The NYSE and the Problems of Director Independence (Part 1)
- The NYSE and the Problems of Director Independence: The Need for SEC Reform (Part 4)
- The NYSE and the Problems of Director Independence: The Non-Transparent Interpretation (Part 3)
- The NYSE and the Problems of Director Independence: The Plain Meaning of NYSE 303A.02 (Part 2)
- The Problem of Director Fees
- Top Top 10 Reasons Why “Independent” Directors Are Not Independent Under Delaware Law
- Toyota and the Need for Diverse Views on the Board
- UnitedHealth, William McGuire and Independent Directors
- Using Pleading Standards to Terminate the Search for Independence under Delaware Law
- WOMEN IN CORPORATE GOVERNANCE: HALFWAY UP FROM NOWHERE?
- WaMu and the Separation of Chairman and CEO
- Women on the Board and Market Failure (Part 1)
- Women on the Board and Market Failure (Part 2)
- Women on the Board and Market Failure (Part 3)
- Yahoo! Loses its Activist Director
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- November 13, 2011 - November 19, 2011 (1)
- April 24, 2011 - April 30, 2011 (1)
- March 13, 2011 - March 19, 2011 (2)
- March 6, 2011 - March 12, 2011 (2)
- August 29, 2010 - September 4, 2010 (2)
- July 11, 2010 - July 17, 2010 (1)
- July 4, 2010 - July 10, 2010 (7)
- June 13, 2010 - June 19, 2010 (2)
- June 6, 2010 - June 12, 2010 (1)
- May 30, 2010 - June 5, 2010 (4)
- March 28, 2010 - April 3, 2010 (1)
- March 21, 2010 - March 27, 2010 (3)
- March 7, 2010 - March 13, 2010 (1)
- February 14, 2010 - February 20, 2010 (4)
- January 31, 2010 - February 6, 2010 (1)
- December 6, 2009 - December 12, 2009 (1)
- November 29, 2009 - December 5, 2009 (1)
- November 15, 2009 - November 21, 2009 (1)
- November 8, 2009 - November 14, 2009 (1)
- November 1, 2009 - November 7, 2009 (1)
- October 18, 2009 - October 24, 2009 (1)
- September 6, 2009 - September 12, 2009 (2)
- July 5, 2009 - July 11, 2009 (1)
- June 7, 2009 - June 13, 2009 (1)
- April 12, 2009 - April 18, 2009 (1)
- March 29, 2009 - April 4, 2009 (1)
- January 18, 2009 - January 24, 2009 (1)
- January 11, 2009 - January 17, 2009 (1)
- December 7, 2008 - December 13, 2008 (5)
- November 30, 2008 - December 6, 2008 (8)
- November 16, 2008 - November 22, 2008 (2)
- November 9, 2008 - November 15, 2008 (1)
- October 12, 2008 - October 18, 2008 (3)
- August 17, 2008 - August 23, 2008 (1)
- July 6, 2008 - July 12, 2008 (2)
- May 25, 2008 - May 31, 2008 (1)
- May 18, 2008 - May 24, 2008 (2)
- April 13, 2008 - April 19, 2008 (1)
- April 6, 2008 - April 12, 2008 (1)
- March 23, 2008 - March 29, 2008 (1)
- February 17, 2008 - February 23, 2008 (2)
- December 30, 2007 - January 5, 2008 (1)
- December 9, 2007 - December 15, 2007 (1)
- December 2, 2007 - December 8, 2007 (1)
- November 18, 2007 - November 24, 2007 (1)
- November 4, 2007 - November 10, 2007 (3)
- October 21, 2007 - October 27, 2007 (1)
- September 16, 2007 - September 22, 2007 (1)
- August 26, 2007 - September 1, 2007 (2)
- August 19, 2007 - August 25, 2007 (1)
- July 8, 2007 - July 14, 2007 (1)
- June 17, 2007 - June 23, 2007 (2)
- April 29, 2007 - May 5, 2007 (1)
- April 15, 2007 - April 21, 2007 (1)
- April 8, 2007 - April 14, 2007 (1)
- April 1, 2007 - April 7, 2007 (1)
- March 25, 2007 - March 31, 2007 (4)
- March 18, 2007 - March 24, 2007 (1)
- March 11, 2007 - March 17, 2007 (7)
- March 4, 2007 - March 10, 2007 (5)
- January 28, 2007 - February 3, 2007 (2)
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- November 2011 (1)
- April 2011 (1)
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- September 2010 (2)
- July 2010 (8)
- June 2010 (7)
- March 2010 (5)
- February 2010 (5)
- December 2009 (2)
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- November 2007 (4)
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- March 2007 (17)
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