Securities Laws

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Securities Laws

• The Laws That Govern the Securities Industry
• Securities regulation in the United States – Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
• The Securities Law Home Page
• Introduction to Securities Law, from SECLaw.com
• Securities | LII / Legal Information Institute
• Securities Law Prof Blog general resource
• What are securities laws? : Startup Company Lawyer
• Do I need to know about securities laws to set up an LLC? – Nolo.com
• Securities Law: An Overview – FindLaw

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Governance Laws

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• General
• Sarbanes-Oxley
• Dodd-Frank
• FCPA

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General

• Restoring Trust in Corporate Governance
• Basics of the Regulatory Process
• Action Plan: European company law and corporate governance

Sarbanes-Oxley

• Sarbanes-Oxley and Corporate Risk-Taking
• Sarbanes-Oxley Act and Implications for Nonprofits | Independent Sector
• Sarbanes Oxley and Nonprofits | CompassPoint
• Sarbanes–Oxley Act – Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Dodd-Frank

• Dodd-Frank Principles and Provisions
• The Challenges of Implementing the Dodd-Frank Act
• Dodd–Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act
• More on “Dodd-Frank: What is the ‘Sleeper’?” – TheCorporateCounsel.net Blog

FCPA

• A Resource Guide to the U.S. Foreign Corrupt Practices Act
• What Should Boards Ask?

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Board Liabilities

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• For-Profit
• Nonprofit

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For-Profit

• Corporate Board Liability – Liability Issues for Board of Directors – Board of Directors Liability
• The liability exposures of nonprofit board members
• Liability and Your Board of Directors – Businessweek
• Little Risk in Being a Corporate Director or Officer – NYTimes.com
• Tips to Help a Board of Directors Avoid Liability
• Director Responsibilities And Liability Exposure In The Era Of Sarbanes-Oxley
• Directors’ and Officers’ Liability
• Some Legal Considerations for Board Members

Nonprofit

• How to Minimize Nonprofit Board Member Liabilities – A Checklist to Audit Nonprofit Board Operations, Finance, Fundraising and Insurances
• Should Nonprofit Directors Worry About Personal Liability? | Nolo.com
• Are board members of a nonprofit personally liable for the nonprofit’s debts?

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Types of Board Problems

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• For-Profit
• Nonprofit

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For-Profit

• The Problems with Boards – Businessweek
• The problem with Boards of Directors… | footnoted.com
• A Weak Board at Yahoo Stumbles in a Series of Missteps – NYTimes.com
• HP Board of Directors Problems – Google Search
• Are Busy Boards Detrimental?
• Micro-Meddling Boards Undermine Progress – Dan Pallotta – Harvard Business Review
• Four Types of “Broken” Boards | Boards of Directors
• How to start looking forward? – a dilemma | Boards of Directors (for-profit)
• How to bring about nationwide change? – a dilemma | Boards of Directors (for-profit)
• Hopelessly conflicted? – a dilemma | Boards of Directors (for-profit)
• Directors with drawbacks | Boards of Directors (for-profit)
• Founder’s Syndrome: How Corporations Suffer — and Can Recover
• How to manage excessive demands on time (from a powerful person)? – a dilemma | Boards of Directors (for-profit)

Nonprofit

• Why Nonprofits Have a Board Problem – HBS Working Knowledge
• What is Micromanagement and What Isn’t? | CompassPoint
• Why Boards Don’t Govern Part 1 | CompassPoint
• How to handle the do-it-all founder? | Boards of Directors
• Why Boards Don’t Govern Part 2 | CompassPoint
• Dominating Personalities on the Board | CompassPoint
• Charity Boards Asleep? – charitywatch.org
• Common Types of “Broken” Nonprofit Boards
• Four Types of “Broken” Boards | Boards of Directors
• Founder’s Syndrome: How Corporations Suffer — and Can Recover
• Founder’s Syndrome? Who Me?
• When Facilitation Fails – a dilemma | Boards of Directors (nonprofit)
• An insulated boardroom is an ineffective boardroom | LinkedIn

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Procedures to Improve Boards

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• Global Governance
• For-Profit Boards
• Nonprofit Boards

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Global Governance

• Enhancing Board Effectiveness

For-Profit Boards

• Corporate Governance Matters: Lessons for Practitioners
• Enhancing Board Performance through Dynamic Board Development
• A 12-Step Program to Truly Good Corporate Governance
• Cornerstone of the Board: Lessons on Creating or Rebuilding a Board

Nonprofit Boards

• Board-Training-Team-Building-Not-Fix-Boards
• Here’s Some First Steps to Start “Fixing” a Broken Board | Boards of Directors
• Principles-to-Restore-Boards
• How to Improve a Board By Understanding the System of a Board | Boards of Directors
• Board Orientation vs. Training vs. Development | Boards of Directors

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Possible Models and Structures

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• Nonprofit
• Policy Governance

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General

• Board Leadership Structure (for-profit)
• The Board of Directors: Composition, Structure, Duties and Power (for-profit)
• The Basics Of Corporate Structure
• Transforming board evaluations — the board maturity model
• Is a “Working Board” an Immature Board? | Boards of Directors

Nonprofit

• The CompassPoint Board Model for Governance and Support: Part 2 (nonprofit)
• Board Composition and Structure | Minnesota Council of Nonprofits
• Some New Nonprofit Board Models
• Governing for What Matters (Community-Driven Governance) -Part 1
• The CompassPoint Board Model for Governance and Support (nonprofit)
• Some Unique Nonprofit Board Models (Part 1 of 2) | Boards of Directors
• Some Unique Nonprofit Board Models (Part 2 of 2) | Boards of Directors
• Is a “Working Board” an Immature Board? | Boards of Directors

Policy Governance

• The Policy Governance® Model – an Overview
• Tool Shed – A Checklist for Determining the Extent Policy Governance is Being Used by the Board
• On Directorship – Home

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Life Stages of Boards

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• Nonprofit Boards
• For-Profit Boards

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Nonprofit

• Stages of Board Development (nonprofit)
• Board Passages: Three Stages in a Nonprofit Board�s Lifecycle
• Working Board vs. Governing Board (nonprofit)
• The Nonprofit Consultant Blog: The Five Stages of Nonprofit Board Fundraising

For-Profit

• The Board of Directors in the Early Stages (for-profit)
• The Role of the Board of Directors in an Emerging Growth Company (for-profit)
• Five Phases of Board Development (nonprofit and for-profit)

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