Wilson Sonsini's new "Guidebook to Boardroom Governance Issues" addresses the most pertinent legal and practical considerations and best practice approaches on a number of core (and often challenging) board topics, many of which impact most companies - public and private - at some point in their lifecycle.
Topics covered include:
- Purpose of the corporation and the role of stakeholders
- Board deliberations and the handling of corporate information
- Director independence and conflicts of interest
- Controlling stockholder conflicts of interest
- Formation of board committees in sensitive situations
- Board minutes
- Stockholder discovery of board records and electronic communications
- Oversight obligations of directors and officers
- Competition and corporate opportunity issues
- Director compensation and stockholder approval
- Executive & board succession planning
See our recent reports: "Director Duties in an Evolving Stakeholder Governance Arena" and "Business Roundtable: "Corporate Purpose" Color & Context," and additional information & resources on our Director Duties & Liabilities and numerous other Society pages. This post first appeared in the weekly Society Alert!