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Provides general background information including events preceding the backdating issue and underlying economics and damage issues. Addresses what in-house counsel needs to know and what to expect when the SEC or DOJ want to look at the books, records and files of the company.

Robert B. Lamm -- senior vice president - corporate governance and secretary, Computer Associates International, Inc.; Bronwen Mantlo -- attorney, Eli Lilly & Company; Tina S. Van Dam -- corporate secretary, The Dow Chemical Company

808 - Shareholder Access to Company Proxy

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Source: Meetings
Region: United States
Thomas Schwab, Esq., Winheller Attorneys at Law & Tax Advisors

Different rules and damages apply when a director resigns from their post in Germany. In this policy statement, those positions are clarified to better prepare companies for such an event.

Practical Law Company
32 pages

This ACC guide provides a Q&A that gives a high level overview of board composition, the comply or explain approach, management rules and authority, directors' duties and liabilities, transactions with directors and conflicts, company meetings, internal controls, accounts and audit, institutional investors and reform proposals in the United States.

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Source: Resource Library
Region: United States

A list of ACC legal resources related to each session presented at the Mini MBA Business Education course at Boston University.

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Edward Lam, Jonathan B. Stone, Skadden
3 pages

This article discusses the acquisitions of controlling interest in Hong Kong listed companies through a primary issuance.

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Source: Resource Library
Region: Hong Kong
Gerard G. Pecht, Peter Stokes, Mark Oakes, Tara Tune, and John Byron

A thoughtful article regarding the best ways to manage shareholder activism.

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Source: Resource Library
Region: United States
Credit Suisse

An outline and overview to dealing with contested situations teams.

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Source: Resource Library
Region: United States
Morrison Foerster LLP

Sample agreement language regarding the undertaking of confidential material.

Morrison Foerster LLP

Sample resolution language for establishing a special review committee for demand proceedings.

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