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Glenn Oborne

In the following guest post, Glenn Oborne, Director at Ingen Partners, a specialist governance recruitment and consultancy firm, argues that the greatest risk of a prolonged governance vacancy is not disruption of board administration, but the loss of continuity, oversight, and accountability that connects director questions, management commitments, and emerging warning signs across time. Even when meetings, reports, and compliance processes continue smoothly, fragmented responsibility can make it harder for boards to identify developing issues, demonstrate effective oversight, and defend their decision-making if later scrutinized by regulators or shareholders. Our thanks to Glenn for allowing us to publish his article on our site. Here is Glenn’s article.

Continue Reading Guest Post: The Oversight Risk in Governance Vacancies

As readers know, the SEC has proposed changes to the public company reporting timing requirements, allowing companies the option to file periodic reports with the SEC on a semiannual rather than a quarterly basis. As discussed below, many commentators have weighed in on this proposal. Among the more interesting and noteworthy comments in favor of more frequent reporting is that the periodic reporting process both imposes institutional discipline and enforces a culture of compliance, as John Jenkins noted in a June 10, 2026, post on TheCorporateCounsel.net blog (here), and as is also discussed further below.

Continue Reading Quarterly Reporting as Corporate Governance and Compliance Process Discipline
Michael W. Peregrine
Ashley Hoff

There is no doubt that the upcoming change in Presidential administration will have important implications across a wide range of issue. In some cases, the change will present unique challenges for corporate boards. As boards work their way through these changes and challenges, they will also face an altered corporate compliance oversight environment. In the following guest post, Michael W. Peregrine and Ashley Hoff of the McDermott Will & Emery LLP law firm consider the implications of this changed environment for corporate boards. I would like to thank Michael and Ashley for allowing me to publish their article as a guest post on this site. I welcome guest post submissions from responsible authors on topics of interest to this site’s readers. Please contact me directly if you would like to submit a guest post. Here is the author’s article.

Continue Reading Guest Post: The Board’s Post-Election Oversight of Corporate Compliance
Alex Hopkins

In a guest post published on this site in October 2023 (here), Jane Njavro of Woodruff Sawyer took a look at the perennial issues surrounding the structure of D&O insurance for foreign subsidiaries of domestic U.S. companies. In the following guest post, Alex Hopkins, AVP & Counsel, Travelers Bond & Specialty Insurance, takes a further look at these issues and reviews the compliance, coverage, and claims management considerations involved. I would like to thank Alex for allowing me to publish his article on this site. I welcome guest post submissions from responsible authors on topics of interest to this site’s readers. Please contact me directly if you would like to submit a guest post. Here is Alex’s article.

Continue Reading Guest Post: Managing D&O Compliance, Coverage, and Claims Beyond U.S. Borders

With the news broke within the last few weeks that months earlier the SEC had quietly disbanded its Climate and ESG task force, the agency took pains to emphasize that the winding up of the Task Force did not mean that the agency was no longer policing ESG-related issues. At least one recent development underscores the fact that the agency is continuing to monitor ESG concerns, particularly “greenwashing”-type concerns. Earlier this week, the agency initiated entered an agreed cease-and-desist order against investment adviser WisdomTree Asset Management, based on alleged misstatements and compliance failures relating to the firm’s execution of its ESG investment strategy. Among other things, the agency alleged that the firm’s funds invested in the investment classes it had said it would avoid.

Continue Reading SEC Charges Investment Adviser With Failing to Adhere to Stated ESG Investment Criteria

Frank Hülsberg

Burkhard Fassbach

This past summer, the German legislature passed the Supply Chain Act, in order to require German businesses to comply with due diligence obligations to improve compliance with human rights and material standards within supply chains. In the following guest post, Frank Hülsberg, a Chartered Accountant and Tax Advisor in Düsseldorf, Partner Advisory and Member of the Executive Board at Grant Thornton AG Wirtschaftsprüfungsgesellschaft in Germany, and Burkhard Fassbach, a Senior Manager in the Governance, Risk, Compliance & Technology department at Grant Thornton in Frankfurt, review the Act’s requirements and consider its implications. I would like to thank Frank and Burkhard for allowing me to publish this article as a guest post on this site. I welcome guest post submissions from responsible authors on topics of interest to this blog’s readers. Please contact me directly if you would like to submit a guest post. Here is Frank and Burkhard’s article.
Continue Reading Guest Post: Focus on ESG: The German Supply Chain Due Diligence Act

Matt Stock

Jason Zuckerman

In the following guest post, Matt Stock and Jason Zuckerman take a look at five ways that the SEC whistleblower program has affected both corporate compliance and the SEC’s enforcement efforts. Matt and Jason represent whistleblowers worldwide in whistleblower rewards and whistleblower retaliation claims. My thanks to Matt and Jason for allowing me to publish their article as a guest post on this site. I welcome guest post submissions from responsible authors on topics of interest to this blog’s readers. Please contact me directly if you would like to submit a guest post. Here is Matt and Jason’s article.
Continue Reading Guest Post: How the SEC Whistleblower Program Has Changed Corporate Compliance and SEC Enforcement

Frank Hülsberg

Burkhard Fassbach

In the following guest post, Frank Hülsberg, partner and member of the board of directors of Grant Thornton Germany, and Burkhard Fassbach, a D&O-lawyer in private practice in Germany, take a look at key whistleblower considerations relating to GDPR compliance. I would like to thank Frank and Burkhard for allowing me to publish their article. I welcome guest post submissions from responsible authors on topics of interest to this site’s readers. Please contact me directly if you would like to submit a guest post. Here is Frank and Burkhard’s article.
Continue Reading Guest Post: GDPR and Whistleblowing

In the following guest post, Ulrike Binder, a corporate partner in Mayer Brown’s Frankfurt office, Jan Kraayvanger, a partner in Frankfurt office of Mayer Brown’s Litigation & Dispute Resolution practice, Burkhard Fassbach, Legal Counsel to Howden Germany, take a look at recent corporate governance and executive liability developments in Germany. A version of this article previously was published as a White Paper by Mayer Brown written in cooperation with Howden Germany. The original version also contains a chapter about D&O-Insurance in Germany authored by Marcel Armon, CEO Howden Germany, which can be found here. I would like to thank Ulrike, Jan, and Burkhard for allowing me to publish their article on this site. I welcome guest post submissions from responsible authors on topics of interest to this blog’s readers. Please contact me directly if you would like to submit a guest post. Here is the authors’ article.
Continue Reading Guest Post: Compliance-Hype in Germany

It is axiomatic in the current global economy that every business needs to have a China strategy. Most business enterprises are drawn to the world’s most populous country and second-largest economy. But while China represents an attractive business marketplace, it can also in many respects be a perilous place to try to do business, particularly from a regulatory and compliance standpoint. While most businesses may recognize these challenges, many may struggle to try and address the concerns. A new book entitled “Governance, Risk and Compliance Management in China” (here), which I review below, may provide substantial help to companies trying to address compliance concerns arising from doing business in China. Of particular interest to this blog’s readers, the book includes an interesting chapter on D&O insurance issues in China.  
Continue Reading Book Review: Governance and Risk Management in China