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Board oversight of GenAI

Like few topics before it, generative artificial intelligence (GenAI) has dominated discussions in many C-suites over the last year. Boards are playing a crucial role in both encouraging management to accelerate the pace of...more

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Navigating CCO liability risks: Tips for staying out of the SEC's crosshairs

The issue of chief compliance officer (CCO) liability has long been debated; it has become a grave concern for CCOs, CEOs, and other C-suite executives who put on “too many hats” within an organization and take on the firm’s...more

Burns & Levinson LLP

So You Want to be a GC – 2023 Edition

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While many attorneys aspire to be a General Counsel, the path to becoming a company’s chief legal officer can be even more convoluted than becoming a partner at a law firm. Recently, it was my pleasure to host an engaging...more

Guidepost Solutions LLC

Tax Benefits for Improving the C-Suite’s Security: A Look at IRS Code 132 and Working Condition Fringes

What if I told you that a security assessment of your business and residence could provide tax deductible expenses for private air transportation, a security driver, and executive protection agents and have favorable tax...more

Robins Kaplan LLP

Financial Daily Dose 1.31.2020 | Top Story: IBM CEO Ginni Rometty is Out After Eight Years at the Helm

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In a week that’s already seen plenty of C-suite shakeups, we’ve learned that Ginni Rometty is stepping down from her role as CEO at IBM. The company’s cloud computing chief, Arvind Krishna, will take over for her, though...more

Jones Day

Proposed UK Corporate Governance Reforms Target Executive Pay Justification, Employee Engagement

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The Situation: The UK government has proposed several corporate governance reforms in an effort to improve transparency and accountability in private and public employers....more

Farella Braun + Martel LLP

From Making the Right Decisions to Asking the Right Questions: Linda Graebner Discusses Her Move from the C-Suite to the Boardroom...

Linda Graebner spent many years as a CEO leading consumer product companies, and has held numerous other leadership positions in the business world. But she is currently thriving in a new role: the boardroom. At the request...more

The Volkov Law Group

When Tone at the Top Is Missing

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We all tend to gloss over a critical requirement for an effective ethics and compliance program – tone-at-the-top. I hate to be dogmatic about the issue but, as Mel Brooks said in the Curb Your Enthusiasm (Season 4, Episode...more

The Volkov Law Group

CCOs: Living in the Land of False Promises

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We all have heard the scenario involving a compliance professional. A new CCO joins a company with promises from the board, the CEO and senior executives of cooperation, compensation and support for a robust independent...more

Cooley LLP

Blog: Does The Rise Of The “New Insider” Mean That It’s Time For A Board Refreshment Policy?

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The term “board refreshment” may elicit some giggles – no, we’re not talking about shots of The Balvenie 50-Year Old Single Malt Scotch Whisky, Speyside, Scotland – but the topic of director tenure is increasingly becoming...more

Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP

What Price Love?

Apparently, about $1 million if you are the CEO of Johnson Controls, Inc. At least, that is one possible takeaway from the action of the board of directors of Johnson Controls with respect to the behavior of its CEO, Alex...more

The Volkov Law Group

Twenty Compliance Questions For The Chief Executive Officer

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Tone-at-the-top says it all. Without the support of the CEO, a Chief Compliance Officer is limited in what he or she can accomplish. If there is no commitment from the CEO, a CCO can propose and possibly build great...more

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