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Guide for Nonprofit Directors. The authoritative guide to avoiding liability, geared for boards of directors of nonprofit institutions and their lawyers.
This book examines such topics as: the risks officers and directors face, derivative and class actions, and when a corporation is required--or allowed-- to provide indemnification.
This book discusses how directors and officers can limit and protect against personal liability for corporate acts. Conflict of interest, class actions, liability of third persons, SEC regulatory actions, indemnification and contribution, and other relevant issues are addressed in the work.
This acclaimed reference book for international business lawyers first appeared in 2006, with a second edition in 2010. Now in its third edition, and once again published in conjunction with the International Bar Association, this comparative study of a crucial issue in corporate law gives practitioners a powerful and decisive tool for ascertaining and comparing the law affecting directors’ liability in today’s globalizing economies. Covering nearly fifty jurisdictions worldwide (including eight not previously covered), the third edition affords senior lawyers in major firms the opportunity to provide concise, detailed, and easy-to-understand summaries on his or her home law on directors’ liability. Authors whose research appeared in earlier editions have updated their chapters, and the case law summarized and analysed now reflects published cases through the end of March 2016. The contributions describe the relevant law in force in each particular jurisdiction, along with an insightful discussion of trends and future prospects. For each of the different jurisdictions the authors detail and explain such factors as the following: - national legal theories of director liabilities; - recent cases dealing with directors’ liability; - corporate governance; and - indemnification and insurance. Where applicable, coverage also includes the legal implications of jurisdictional variations in such matters as judicial review, lawyer directorship, directors’ reliance on outside professionals, and the effect of the European Action Plan. References have been thoroughly updated throughout, and include many new online sources. This publication will be of enormous value to legal practitioners, whether in private practice or in the legal department of a globally active company, as a comprehensive and easy means of access to the law of foreign jurisdictions on directors’ liability.
In recent years several cases concerning the liability of directors and officers have courted controversy. Arguments raised in such discussions oscillate between two extremes: on the one hand, the need for governing bodies to give a space to entrepreneurial discretion and on the other hand to ensure the protection of investors in and creditors of a company from the consequences of disadvantageous decisions by those bodies. In light of the geographical dispersal of the above stakeholders, the study offers a comparative insight into the liability of directors and officers in 10 key European jurisdictions (in particular, Austria, Czech Republic, Germany, Italy, the Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Spain and Switzerland) and 4 non-European jurisdictions (namely Brazil, Israel, Turkey and the United States). Amongst other things it investigates existing company law principles on the topic and examines their interaction with tort law and other fields with a view to suggesting principles for better stakeholder protection. National reports are complemented by an economic analysis and insurance, conflict of laws and comparative reports. The study also benefits from case study analyses.
This Element is an excerpt from Corporate Governance Matters: A Closer Look at Organizational Choices and Their Consequences (9780132180269) by David Larcker and Brian Tayan. Available in print and digital formats. A primer on what corporate board members should be doing: expert guidance on advisory and monitoring functions, compliance, fiduciary duty, independence, and more. When asked what areas directors should pay most attention to, other than profitability and shareholder value, directors list future growth, risk management, and development of human capital as top priorities. Other areas of focus include cultural development, executive compensation, and compliance. Still, some evidence indicates that directors prefer advisory functions to monitoring functions....