Harvard Law School Blog Features Akin Gump “Top 10”
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The Harvard Law School Forum on Corporate Governance and Financial Regulation has published a post by Akin Gump’s corporate practice titled “Top 10 Topics for Directors in 2014.” Built on a mid-December client alert, the posting outlines “hot topics for the boardroom in the coming year”:
1. Oversee strategic planning amid continuing fiscal uncertainty and game-changing advances in information technology
2. Address cybersecurity
3. Set appropriate executive compensation as shareholders increasingly focus on pay for performance and activists target pay disparity
4. Address the growing demands of compliance oversight
5. Assess the impact of health care reform on the company’s benefit plans and cost structure
6. Determine whether the CEO and board chair positions should be separated
7. Ensure appropriate board composition in light of increasing focus on director tenure and diversity
8. Cultivate shareholder relations and strengthen defenses as activist hedge funds target more companies
9. Address boardroom confidentiality
10. Consider whether to adopt a forum selection bylaw.
To read the full original alert, please click here. Other publications in which either all or part of the alert has appeared include CFO.com and Boardmember.com.