The Role of Independent Directors After Sarbanes-Oxley

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American Bar Association, 2007 - Business & Economics - 173 pages
This book is intended to provide independent directors and their advisors with an understanding of the primary legal and governance issues that have evolved in the corporate governance environment since the passage of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act in 2002. The text on the accompanying CD-ROM sourcebook offers hypertext linked footnotes to direct lawyers (or interested non-lawyers) to legal source material.

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Contents

State
1
Issues for Independent Directors
4
Cases
6
Brincat 722 A 2d 5 9 Del 1998
9
Director Independence
13
SEC Release 338180 January 24 2003
14
E Family Relationship
19
AIG 2nd Cir 2006
24
Carlton Investments v TLC Beatrice 1997 Del
94
The Shareholders Role in Governance
99
Loft Inc 5 A 2d 503 510 Del 1939
101
Ernst Maug What is the Function of the Shareholder
107
Harrahs Entmt Inc v JCC Holding Co 802 A
110
Institutional Shareholder Services Analysis of Syman
115
The Impact of Gatekeeper Regulation
125
SEC Speech SEC Commissioner Harvey J Gold
126

Fiduciary Duties Director Liability and
27
Elster 160 A 2d 731 Del 1960
32
Household International Inc 490 A
33
Bayless Manning The Business Judgment Rule
36
Eisner In re Walt Disney Co Derivative
39
Other Material
46
Statutes
47
Ronald E Berenbeim The Enron Ethics Breakdown
55
Regulations SEC Forms and Stock Exchange Rules
57
Committees
61
SEC Release 3453677 File No PCAOB200601
68
SEC Release No 338655 2006 Compensation
83
Rosen Resistances to Reforming Corporate Gover
92
In re Cady Roberts 40 SEC 907 1961 Cady
128
Smyth No 0411985 2005 U S App LEXIS
136
SEC Release 338150 2002 First Part 205
142
In Re McKesson HBOC Securities Litigation March
144
SEC Part 205 2
145
Securities Trading Obligations of Independent
147
Texas Gulf Sulphur 258 F Supp 262
149
SEC Forms
162
Index
167
NASDAQ IM43504
169
About the Author 173
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