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Date |
Assignment |
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Thurs., Sept. 6 |
Corporate Governance – Stakeholders V.
Stockholders. Whose Corporation is it anyhow? (Handout 1) |
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Guest Speakers:
Jack Jacobs, Vice
Chancellor, Court of Chancery
Kim Johnson, General Counsel, Colorado
Public Employees’ Retirement Association
Peter Langerman, CEO, Franklin Mutual
Frank Newman, Former CEO Eckerd
Damon Silvers, Associate General
Counsel, AFL-CIO
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Thurs. Sept 27 |
Executive Overcompensation – A problem or a solution?
(Handout 4) |
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Guest Speakers:
Frank
Balotti, Director, Richards,
Layton & Finger P.A.
Dan Butler, Chairman, CSC Corporation Service Company
Hank
Barnette, 'Of Counsel', Skadden Arps & Chairman Emeritus, Bethlehem
Steel
John Byrne, Senior Writer, Business Week
Fred Cook, Founder, Frederic
W. Cook & Company
Steve
Lamb, Vice Chancellor, Court of Chancery
Meredith Miller, Asst Treasurer, State of Connecticut
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Tues., Oct 9 |
The Poison Pill – Shareholder Toxin or Value Creator
(Handout 5) |
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Guest Speakers:
David Berger, Wilson, Sonsini, Goodrich & Rosati
Herbert Denton, Providence Capital, Inc.
Blaine Fogg,
Partner, Skadden Arps, SLate Meagher & Flom LLP
Floyd Norris, Business Writer, New York Times
Leo
Strine, Vice Chancellor, Court of Chancery
E. Norman Veasey, Chief
Justice, Delaware Supreme Court
John Wilcox, Vice Chairman, Georgeson
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Tues., Oct. 23 |
Corporate Democracy and the Shareholder Resolution – A
failed "Hyde Park Corner" or legitimate governance tool?
(Handout 6) |
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Guest Speakers:
Carol Bowie, Director, Corporate Governance Service,
IRRC
Harry Goldsmith, Sr. Vice President & General Counsel,
AutoZone
Alan
Palmiter, Professor, Wake Forest University
Linda Scott, Director of Investor Affairs, New York State Retirement Fund
Myron Steele,
Justice, Delaware Supreme Court
Beth Young, Council of Institutional Investors
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Thurs., Nov 1 |
Audit Committee Reform and Financial Misconduct –
Effective Medicine or Placebo? (Handout 8) |
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Guest Speakers:
Frank
Balotti, Director, Richards,
Layton & Finger
David Becker, General Counsel, SEC
Don Langevoort,
Professor, Georgetown University Law Center
Bethany McLean,
Senior Writer, Fortune
Magazine
Mark Terrell, Partner-in-Charge, Audit Committee
Institute, KPMG
John Noble, Vice Chancellor, Court of Chancery
Joseph Walsh,
Justice, Delaware Supreme Court
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Thurs., Nov. 8 |
Corporate Governance Guidelines: Common Ground –
Realistic Expectations? (Handout 9) |
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Guest Speakers:
William Chandler,
Chancellor, Court of Chancery
Margaret Foran, Vice President for Corporate
Governance, Pfizer
Ann Mule, General Attorney and Corporate Secretary, Sunoco
Stephen Norman, Secretary, Amexco
Richard Steinberg, PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP
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