Prepared for distribution at the pre-conference briefing to the 39th Annual Institute on Securities Regulation ... Nov. 7, 2007. "11508." Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents:
Long-term value creation: guiding principles for corporations and investors / Damon Silvers What's next for governance? Forces fueling engagement to grow in 2008 / Patrick S. McGurn -- Selected recent developments in U.S. securities laws and corporate finance / John F. Olson ... [et al.] -- Written testimony submitted by Professor Lucian A. Bebchuk, William J. Friedman and Alicia Townsend Friedman Professor of Law, Economics, and Finance and Director of the Corporate Governance Program, Harvard Law School, before the Committee on Financial Services, United States House of Representatives, hearing on empowering shareholders on executive compensation, March 8, 2007 / Lucian A. Bebchuk -- "Inside luck" how stock-option grants were gamed-and what to do about it / Lucian A. Bebchuk -- NBER working paper series: lucky directors / Lucian A. Bebchuk, Yaniv Grinstein, Urs Peyer -- Abuse of stock options: failure of institutional investors to protect their franchise / John H. Biggs -- Majority voting and shareholder access / Arthur Fleischer Jr. -- Pfizer board of directors to initiate face-to-face meetings with company's institutional investors on corporate governance policies and practices: commitment enhances long-standing focus on highest governance standards / Margaret M. Foran -- Changes in the Model Business Corporation Act-amendments to chapter 7 and related provisions relating to shareholder action without a meeting, chapters 8 and 10 relating to shareholder voting for the election of directors, and chapter 13 relating to appraisal and other remedies for fundamental transactions / E. Norman Veasey -- Myth of the shareholder franchise / Lucian A. Bebchuk -- Stockholder franchise is not a myth: a response to Professor Bebchuk / E. Norman Veasey -- Shareholder access: a status report / Robert L. Messineo, E. Norman Veasey -- Director selection developments: majority voting, proxy solicitation reform and other initiatives, Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP guide to what's new for 2007, section 5 / E. Norman Veasey -- Pandora's ballot box, or a proxy with moxie? Majority voting, corporate ballot access, and the legend of Martin Lipton re-examined / J.W. Verret, E. Norman Veasey -- Understanding how stockholder voting (doesn't) work / Simon M. Lorne -- AFL-CIO executive council statement, Las Vegas, NV, March 2007: investor protection and corporate accountability / Damon Silvers -- AFL-CIO executive council statement, Chicago, Illinois, August 8, 2007: private equity and hedge funds / Damon Silvers -- Long-term value creation: guiding principles for corporations and investors / Damon Silvers
Series:
Corporate law and practice course handbook series ; no. B-1636
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