ACC NCR: Corporate Governance Hot Topics

Boards of directors are continuing to face a rising number of complicated corporate governance issues from their various stakeholders.  Boards are being pushed to have their companies take positions on issues that are supercharged by political and cultural opinions heavily debated through multiple channels of public discourse. Whether the issues relate to the environment, social causes, new technology, constituency representation, or the latest controversy in the news, in-house lawyers are frequently called upon to provide objective advice on the issues and to work through the legal, financial, and reputational risks with the management team.

The panel will talk through the latest corporate governance hot topics, discuss the various views, and provide practical advice on working with your company and team on issues such as board diversity and inclusion initiatives, ESG initiatives and state-level anti-ESG legislation, climate disclosures, executive compensation, cybersecurity disclosures, artificial intelligence use, risk management, cryptocurrency, and other current topics of interest.

Presented by J. Steven Patterson, Partner at Hunton Andrews Kurth and Anna Lueje, Associate General Counsel, Functional & Governance Lead at Raytheon.

1.5 Hours of VA MCLE pending.