Shareholder bill of rights
A slew of recent regulatory changes is giving corporate management much to consider as companies scramble to keep up with the new...
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Regulatory & compliance archive
Quiet period, noisy tweet
Ruby Tuesday was having a great Monday. In July the casual dining chain announced a big secondary offering and CEO Sandy Beall...
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Fitting a square peg in a round hole
In his 1588 play Henry VI, Shakespeare wrote: ‘The first thing we do, let’s kill all the lawyers’, probably to depict the...
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The cost and ROI of a compliance/ethics program
In this current market, every corporate division is being asked to justify its activities and to provide specific figures relating...
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Suits against non-domestic issuers on the rise
Recently, global securities class action litigation has been increasing in the US. The number of suits filed in federal courts...
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Combined Code on Corporate Governance review
As the credit crunch has shown, no corporate governance model is perfect. Traditionally, the legalistic US model has been...
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The new expensive world of data
It’s the bad news many corporate secretaries dread: when their company is hit with a lawsuit, expenses just keep on multiplying...
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CSA overhauls corporate governance guidelines
Following years of debate, the corporate regulatory environment in Canada is set for significant change. In addition to a string...
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Canadian regulator reviewing changes to NI 55-104
'Can open – worms everywhere!’ My friend’s succinct phrase must describe perfectly how regulators feel whenever they publish...
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Canadian M&A activity hits six-year low
It’s been a quiet few months for Canadian attorneys, accountants and others who specialize in the arcane art of corporate...
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