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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 Be Careful of Title Inflation: Court Extends Right to Advancement to Non-Managerial “Vice-President” 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 Composition and the Growing Social Divide 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 Boilermakers Local 154 – Best Interests of Whom? A Rebuttal. 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 Corporate Governance and the Problem of Executive Compensation: The Role of the SEC (Director Independence) (Part 3) Corporate Governance, Rule 10C-1, and the SEC: The NYSE, Director Independence, and the Need to Consider Personal Relationships (Part 7B) Countrywide, Directors Fees, and the Stock Exchanges: An Inadequate Definition of Independence Delaware Pleading Standards and Independent Directors Delaware, Director Independence, and Personal Relationships Delaware, Director Independence, and the Impossibility of Proving Actual Control Director "Independence" and the Role (or Non-Role) of Fees: $700,000 in Fees Does not Raise Reasonable Doubt about Director Independence 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 Independence, Personal Relationships, and the Beach House Standard: In re Orchard (Part 1) Director Independence, Personal Relationships, and the Beach House Standard: In re Orchard (Part 2) Director Independence, Personal Relationships, and the Beach House Standard: In re Orchard (Part 3) Director Independence, the Stock Exchanges, and the Role of the SEC (Part 1) Director Independence, the Stock Exchanges, and the Role of the SEC (Part 2) Director Reliability, Board Independence and the Delaware Courts: In re Goldman Sachs (An Unfortunate Jurisprudential Trend; Part 7) Director Reliability, Board Independence and the Delaware Courts: In re Goldman Sachs (Business Relationships and the "Livelihood" Standard; Part 3) Director Reliability, Board Independence and the Delaware Courts: In re Goldman Sachs (Overview, Part 1) Director Reliability, Board Independence and the Delaware Courts: In re Goldman Sachs (Snow White, Redux Part 6) Director Reliability, Board Independence and the Delaware Courts: In re Goldman Sachs (The Charitable Exception to Director Independence; Part 4) Director Reliability, Board Independence and the Delaware Courts: In re Goldman Sachs (The Exception for Business Relationships; Part 2) Director Reliability, Board Independence and the Delaware Courts: In re Goldman Sachs (The Independence of Corporate Foundations; Part 5) 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 Duties of the Audit Committee: In re Kiang 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) Lipton on Boards of Directors in 2013 Listing Standards, Director Independence, and the Obligation to Consider Personal and Business Relationships Miller v. Palladium Industries: Advancement Bylaws Permit Timely Discretion by Board of Directors 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 Continuing Problem of Vote Tallies 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 Management Friendly Nature of Delaware Decisions: In re MFW Shareholders Litigation (Director Independence in Delaware)(Part 2B) 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 Phenomena of "Almost" Zombie Directors The Problem of Director Fees The Problem of Zombie Directors (Part 1) The Problem of Zombie Directors (Part 2) 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 Entries by Week
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