This article discusses the US Securities and Exchange Commission's (SEC) pay ratio disclosure rule, requiring public companies to compare the compensation of their chief executive officer to the median compensation of their other employees.
This is the text of a letter sent by F. William McNabb III, Vanguard’s Chairman and CEO, to the independent leaders of the boards of directors of the Vanguard funds’ largest portfolio holdings.
During this meeting of the National Association of Corporate Directors, delegates shared their experiences and lessons learned from their current and previous board and executive roles. This article presents the key takeaways from the discussion.
This primer is designed to give those interested in pursuing Canadian business opportunities an overview of Canadian law as it relates to business and investment.
This article discusses the legal and regulatory considerations for Japanese companies contemplating a Hong Kong listing.
This is a sample engagement policy from the perspective of the board of directors.
An effective anti-corruption program deters the risk of wrongdoing, positively affects corporate culture, improves the company’s relationship with regulatory authorities and provides the company with options for remedial measures should they need to be undertaken quickly. Read this article to learn how to achieve these benefits.
The end of 2013 and early 2014 saw a variety of proposals and developments in Canada on a range of corporate governance matters. Here are a few areas to watch over the course of 2014.
Discuss the impact of global trends on the Canadian landscape, intricacies of relevant rules of professional conduct, and evaluate the exposure to personal liability through recent enforcement actions against corporate counsel.
This report presents results on a subset of respondents from the Association of Corporate Counsel Chief Legal Officer (CLO) 2014 Survey, published in January 2014. More than 1,200 individuals in 41 countries who serve as the organization's chief legal officer or general counsel (referred to as CLO in this report) participated in this survey to provide a global outlook of CLOs worldwide. This report provides results and analysis of respondents from Canada, as well as demographic information, such as staffing, budget changes and revenue, while also exploring intangibles, such as CLOs' top legal and business concerns for the past 12 months and their anticipations for the future.