Corporate Governance Blog Posts from November 19, 2009
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Continental Airlines sees box, refuses to think in or out of it.
I am sitting on a "weather-delayed" (or could it be the delay caused by the massive computer glitch, here?) flight from Austin to Houston IAH, hoping to get there in time to board my flight from Houston to New Orleans. I need to be in New Orleans TONIGHT, because I'm testifying in a court case tomorrow morning.When I called Continental to see what itPosted on Nancy Rapoport's Blogspot on November 19, 2009 at 6:38 PM
Too Big to Save: How to Fix the US Financial System
This post is a review of Robert Pozen’s recent book, “Too Big to Save: How to Fix the US Financial System” by Sean Cameron, MBA Candidate at Harvard Business School. Bob Pozen’s book, Too Big to Save: How to Fix the US Financial System is one of the most important books on financial reform written to [...]Posted on The Harvard Law School Corporate Governance Blog on November 19, 2009 at 10:27 AM
The House and Senate Debate Resolution Authority
Annette Nazareth is a partner in the Financial Institutions Group at Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP. This post is based on a Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP client memorandum by Ms. Nazareth together with Donald Bernstein, Luigi De Ghenghi, John Douglas, Randall Guynn, Arthur Long, Margaret Tahyar and Reena Agrawal Sahni. The memorandum, including an [..Posted on The Harvard Law School Corporate Governance Blog on November 19, 2009 at 10:26 AM
Compensation Contracts and Plain Language: The Limits of Golden Parachutes (Martinez v. Regions Financial Corp)
In Martinez v. Regions Financial Corporation, No. 4128-VCP, 2009 WL 2413858, *1 (Del. Ch. Aug. 6, 2009), an executive was discharged without cause after refusing to enter into a new employment agreement. The Delaware Court of Chancery determined the former executive was entitled to her 'golden parachute' severance package, but also found she wasPosted on The Race to the Bottom on November 19, 2009 at 9:00 AM
Law students, grammar, and the practice of law
I'm hearing through the grapevine that some of my law students were unhappy with the grades that they received on their group papers this semester. I told them to find a movie with legal ethics issues and write about those issues. (Sneaky way to reinforce what they're learning, eh?) The good news: for the most part, they did good work analyzing thePosted on Nancy Rapoport's Blogspot on November 19, 2009 at 8:27 AM
Another Voice for Resurrecting Glass Steagall
Congressman Conyers has announced that he will introduce legislation to provide for a "modernized and updated version of the Glass-Steagall Act." It is part of the growing recognition that complete repeal was a mistake, something pointed out in The "Great Fall": The Consequences of Repealing the Glass-Steagall Act, a piece published befPosted on The Race to the Bottom on November 18, 2009 at 1:00 PM
The Wrong Prescription? Revisiting the Justification for Poison Pills
This post comes to us from Mark Lebovitch and Laura Gundersheim. Mark Lebovitch is a partner at Bernstein Litowitz Berger & Grossmann LLP, where he is primarily responsible for the firm’s corporate governance litigation practice. Laura Gundersheim is an associate at Bernstein Litowitz Berger & Grossmann LLP. One of the fundamental tenetsPosted on The Harvard Law School Corporate Governance Blog on November 18, 2009 at 10:21 AM
Bob Monks Delivers Lecture on Shareholder Activism
Robert Monks, a legendary shareholder activist and founder of ISS (which was later acquired by RiskMetrics) and the Corporate Library, recently gave a talk as part of the Shareholder Activism course here at Harvard Law School about the past, the present, and the future of shareholder activism. Mr. Monks began his talk by emphasizing the importance [...Posted on The Harvard Law School Corporate Governance Blog on November 18, 2009 at 10:20 AM
City of Westland Police & Fire Retirement System v. Axcelis Technologies, Inc: A Summary
In City of Westland Police & Fire Retirement System v. Axcelis Technologies, Inc., No. 4473-VCN, 2009 Del. Ch. LEXIS 173, at *1 (Del. Ch. Ct. September 28, 2009), the Court of Chancery of Delaware dismissed a books and records action brought by a shareholder against Axcelis Technologies, Inc. ('Axcelis'). Plaintiffs claimed Axcelis refused toPosted on The Race to the Bottom on November 18, 2009 at 9:00 AM
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