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Estate Planning for Founders - Part II: Planning with Qualified Small Business Stock

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This is the second of a four-part series focusing on estate planning fundamentals for founders. This article will address an important topic for owners of Qualified Small Business Stock (QSBS) as defined in Section 1202 of...more

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Understanding the “G” in ESG: The critical role of compliance

Octavia Butler, a pioneering American writer, once wrote: “There is nothing new under the sun, but there are new suns.” Can this analogy also be applied to the concept of environmental, social, and governance (ESG)? While...more

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Navigating the Landscape: Exploring the UK Corporate Governance Code and its Guiding Principles

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In the United Kingdom's corporate governance, a development recently emerged with the introduction of the UK Corporate Governance Code and its accompanying Guidance. This change aims to provide more transparent, accessible...more

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Roundtable Discussion Of The 2024 Global Internal Audit Standards Updates

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On 20 March 2024, K2 Integrity hosted a webinar on the implications of the recent updates to the Global Internal Audit Standards (“Standards”). The discussion included David Hyman, senior vice president and senior audit...more

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2024: The Year of the Transformational CFO 5 Areas Where CFOs Are Poised To Make the Biggest Impact

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In the dynamic landscape of today's business world, the role of the Chief Financial Officer (CFO) has evolved far beyond traditional financial stewardship. As we enter 2024, the CFO is uniquely positioned to take center stage...more

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Court Grants Starbucks Corporation's Motion to Dismiss Advocacy Group's Complaint Targeting DEI Initiatives

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A Washington federal judge dismissed challenges to Starbucks's Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion ("DEI") policies in a strongly worded opinion, making clear that politics don't belong in his courtroom....more

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The ‘S’ in marketing

I can’t think of a better example of the convergence of environmental, social, and governance (ESG) factors, compliance, and ethics than in marketing and public relations. This area is filled with opportunities and risks...more

Schwabe, Williamson & Wyatt PC

Streamlining Annual Meetings: Cost-Saving Strategies for Alaska Native Corporations

May 1, 2023 Shareholder Associate As Alaska Native Corporations start preparing for annual meetings held in summer and fall, ANCs may note that Alaska law gives them the opportunity to reduce costs by mailing a single set of...more

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ESG Insights: Silicon Valley’s Largest Public Tech and Life Sciences Companies Stepped Up ESG Reporting Last Year

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Environmental, social and governance (ESG) concerns and how companies respond to them continue to generate scrutiny from a large number of stakeholders. Last year, in our ESG in Silicon Valley: A Look at the ESG Disclosure...more

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Guernsey - The Private Investment Funds Regime

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The Private Investment Fund Rules ("PIF") regime was updated by the Guernsey Financial Services Commission ("GFSC") in 2021 to expand the available PIF product options. PIFs are governed by the Private Investment Fund Rules...more

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Chambers Global Practice Guide 2022: Corporate Governance – Bermuda: Law and Practice

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1. INTRODUCTORY - 1.1 Forms of Corporate/Business Organisations The principal forms of corporate and business organisations in Bermuda are: • exempted companies, owned by non-Bermudians and carrying on business outside...more

Mitratech Holdings, Inc

Breaking Silos with GRC and Legal

Organizations take legal risks all the time but often fail to integrate these risks effectively in an environment that is continuously changing and requires agility. Too often legal is seen as a siloed exercise and not...more

A&O Shearman

18th Annual Corporate Governance & Executive Compensation Survey 2020

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In last year’s Survey, we noted that concern for environmental and social issues (the “E” and the “S” of “ESG”) had reached an inflection point, having taken center stage from the more traditional governance issues (the “G”...more

White & Case LLP

Human rights benchmarks: Corporate performance rankings on the rise: The business case for understanding human rights and ESG...

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The strategic value of paying attention to areas that benchmarks assess - Some companies are skeptical about engaging with human rights and ESG benchmarking, because they question whether human rights and ESG disclosures...more

Best Best & Krieger LLP

Best in Law: Take Some Time with Your Minute Book

BB&K Business Attorney Brian Reider Discusses the Importance of Minute Books in the Southern California Newspaper Group - Looking back at the year, one recurring theme emerges with corporate clients and their...more

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