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In Today’s World Of Imperfect Regulation, The Smart Compliance Money Goes To Strategic Risk Mitigation

Recent news headlines share common themes and raise cautionary flags for harried legal, risk and compliance professionals: The 2014 Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences was awarded to a professor whose career has been focused on the premise that financial markets and most industries are...

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NACD’s Directorship 2020 Initiative: Helping Boards Become Strategic Assets

Editor: Welcome back, Steve. Please start our discussion with a description of your role as it relates to NACD’s educational mission. Walker: It’s important to know that NACD’s 15,000 members include directors from nearly every type of business entity ranging from...

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The Deal Compass – Inversions

Several U.S. companies have completed an inversion transaction to potentially reduce their tax rate and ensure that earnings arising from future growth outside the U.S. remain outside the U.S. tax system. In June of 2014, another inversion transaction, QLT Inc.’s acquisition of Auxilium...

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