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Executing Audit Committee Oversight in Turbulent Times: Risk Management and Financial Reporting

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Foley & Lardner LLP recently sponsored NACD Northern California’s “Executing Audit Committee Oversight in Turbulent Times: Risk Management and Financial Reporting” dinner. Foley partners Sandy Winer, Lauren Valiente, and Nick...more

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NACD Virtual Event: How to Navigate the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) in 2024 – Key takeaways

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The first part of the webinar was led by Foley partner Ed Burbach, lead counsel to Neora, and Neora’s co-CEO Deborah Heisz as they shared learnings from Neora’s historic 7-and-a-half-year battle and eventual victory over the...more

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Key Takeaways from Foley & Lardner and NACD Northern California Crisis Management Tabletop

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During this time of “permacrisis,” directors, no matter how experienced, must be ready and able to safeguard their organizations. As part of Foley & Lardner’s sponsorship of the NACD Northern California chapter, and...more

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A Window into Corporate Boards’ Views for 2023

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It is fun to follow all the early year views of trends, predictions and survey results. The beginning of the year includes lots of perspectives and analyses.  Corporate boards are at the center of these important views....more

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RCRA Guidance/Alcohol-Based Hand Sanitizers: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Addresses Options for Repurposing/Recycling

The United States Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) addressed in a February 11th letter a question regarding the potential for repurposing or recycling alcohol-based hand sanitizers under the Resource Conservation and...more

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Blog: NACD polls directors on reopening challenges and trends

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To gain insight into the new governance challenges faced by boards over the next few months as companies begin a reopening and recovery process—hopefully a permanent one—the NACD undertook a pulse survey of 306 directors...more

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What's Keeping Corporate Directors & Officers Up at Night: Accelerating Privacy Regulation

The range of issues confronting today's business leaders is enlarging at breakneck speed. Emerging concerns, such as geopolitical unrest, corporate governance mishaps, and climate risks, can have significant impacts on...more

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Corporate Law & Governance Update - November 2019

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LAWYER SPOTLIGHT ON CORPORATE PURPOSE - Board and executive leadership of large nonprofit health systems should note evolving trends concerning corporate social responsibility (CSR), corporate purpose and corporate...more

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Corporate Law & Governance Update - October 2018

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Updated Governance Best Practices - The health system’s governance committee may benefit from a general-counsel-led briefing on the relevance of the newly released revisions to the “Commonsense Principles” of corporate...more

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Blog: NACD Public Company Governance Survey Examines Key Trends And Board Priorities

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The National Association of Corporate Directors has released the results of its 2017-2018 Public Company Governance Survey of over a thousand direc­tors and executives. The survey looked at directors’ outlook for 2018 on key...more

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Blog: NACD report on “Culture as a Corporate Asset” couldn’t be more timely

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Recently, corporate cultures—or, more particularly, serious lapses in same—have emerged as flashpoints at many businesses and even entire industries, often with significant negative press coverage and severe economic...more

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Traditional Risk Management Vs Enterprise Risk Management: Which Approach Is The Best Choice For Your Company?

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According to the National Association of Corporate Directors (“NACD”), “there are number of things that Boards need to do as the number and magnitude of business risks increase.” The NACD supports the proposition that Boards...more

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National Association of Corporate Directors Updates Cyber-Risk Oversight Handbook

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Earlier this year, the National Association of Corporate Directors (NACD) released an updated version of its Director’s Handbook on Cyber-Risk Oversight (Handbook). The updates add 16 pages of content to the previously...more

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FCPA Compliance Report-Episode 330 Robin Bew and Henry Stoever of the NACD

In this episode, I visit with Robyn Bew, the Director of Strategic Content Development for the National Association of Corporate Directors (NACD) and Henry Stoever, the Chief Marketing Officer for the NACD. They discuss what...more

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Corporate Law & Governance Update - December 2016

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EMPHASIS ON DIRECTOR EDUCATION - The board development committee may wish to reconsider its director education program for 2017 following two recent and unrelated developments. The first is a greater articulation of...more

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Corporate Law and Governance Update - November 2016

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Conflicts of Interest - As the daily headlines make clear, issues associated with governance conflicts of interest are very much “on the front burner” and the focus of media scrutiny. These types of issues typically...more

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SEC Holds Public Meeting on Board Diversity

On October 5, 2016, the SEC Advisory Committee on Small and Emerging Companies held a public meeting to discuss, among other things, board diversity for public companies. As part of the meeting, the National Association of...more

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Blog: Some Successful Approaches To Increasing Board Gender Diversity

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A lot has been written about the benefits of gender diversity on boards. As discussed in Bloomberg, while “[e]quality is a worthy goal on its own terms, of course….for the corporate world, the better rationale for gender...more

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2016 NACD Private Company Governance Survey Results

The National Association of Corporate Directors (NACD) recently released its 2015-2016 NACD Private Company Governance Survey. In an article in the March 2016 edition of “Private Company Director” – a monthly publication...more

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