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August, 2012 Articles

Litigation The director’s friend: The business judgment rule

The director’s friend: The business judgment rule By Mark Adams Reprinted with permission, Orange County Business Journal, August 27, 2012   A corporate director is entrusted to act for and on behalf of the corporation and its shareholders in managing the corporation’s affairs. A director assumes fiduciary duties and is expected to act with honesty, loyalty, […]

Cybersecurity and Privacy Group Credit Card Fees and the Impact of the Durbin Amendment

Dodd-Frank affects all merchants The Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act of 2010 certainly sparked fierce debate about government regulation, consumer choice, innovation and entrepreneurship. The Durbin Amendment, a last-minute addition to the Dodd-Frank Act, drastically lowers swipe fees – the fee charged to merchants every time a customer pays with plastic – […]

White Collar Defense & Investigations The Corporate Counselor: Corporate Internal Investigations: A User Guide for Companies

A series of articles by Vince Farhat titled “Corporate Internal Investigations: A User Guide for Companies (Three-Part Series),” was published by The Corporate Counselor in August-October 2012 (Reprinted in Corporate Governance Advisor, November/December 2012; Reprinted in Bloomberg BNA, White Collar Crime Report, August-October, 2012). Corporate Internal Investigations: A User Guide for Companies: Part 1 Corporate […]