As I reach the halfway point in my term on the American Chemical Society Board of Directors, I have begun reflecting on the activities of the board and what I have learned. I remember one of the first ...

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Boards of directors owe fiduciary duties to their organization's shareholders. In other words, they must act in the shareholders' best interests. If a corporate bankruptcy looms the board's actions ...

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It is common knowledge that directors of companies owe a duty to the company to act in its best interests. Less well understood is the principle that, when a company reaches a certain level of ...

Claire Brown, partner in JMW Solicitors’ Commercial Litigation team, explores the proposed reform of Section 172 of the Companies Act 2006 and considers whether it will drive more responsible ...

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“[While] the overwhelming majority of actions of the Office remain valid despite a vacancy in the Director’s office,…a few key non-delegable actions taken by Commissioner Hirshfeld ‘have no force or ...

Creation of a corporation requires incorporators, a contract and an act. Incorporators are those undertaking the corporation. Incorporators must present a contract between themselves and their state ...