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• "2009 Trends in Corporate Governance of the Largest US Public Companies," Shearman & Sterling (1/10)
• Podcast: Jeff Stein on Board Priorities (1/8/10)
• "Board Focus 2010," Cleary Gottlieb (1/10)
• "Ten Thoughts for Ordering Governance Relationships in 2010," Weil Gotshal & Manges (12/09)
• "Thoughts for Boards in 2010," Wachtell Lipton (11/09)
• "Spencer Stuart 2009 Board Index" (10/09)
• "Considerations for Public Company Directors in the Current Environment," Gibson Dunn & Crutcher (10/15/09)
• "Nell Minow Profile," New Yorker (10/09)
• "Perspectives from the Boardroom - 2009," Prof. Lorsch (9/09)
• "Fifteen Risk Factors for Poor Governance," Directorship (9/09)
• "U.S. Corporate Governance Today: A Reshaping of Capitalism," Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom (7/27/09)
• "Corporate Governance in Crisis Times," Wachtell Lipton Rosen & Katz (7/16/09)
• "Impact of Private Equity Ownership on IPO Governance," The Corporate Library/IRRC (6/09)
• "Corporate Governance Policies," Council of Institutional Investors (5/1/09)
• "Shareowner Rights across the Markets: A Manual for Investors," CFA Institute Centre for Financial Market Integrity (4/09)
• NACD's White Papers (3/09)
• "What Matters in Corporate Governance?" Prof. Bebchuk, Cohen and Ferrell (2/09)
• "Ten Areas for Enhanced Board Focus in 2009 Spotlight on Risk Oversight," Weill Gotshal & Manges (1/09)
• "Corporate Governance and Capital Markets," GMI (1/09)
• "Top 10 Topics for Directors in 2009," Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld (12/08)
• NACD's "Key Governance Principles" (11/08)
• Podcast: Steve Shapiro on Smaller Company Governance (12/5/08)
• "Some Thoughts for Boards of Directors in 2009," Wachtell Lipton Rosen & Katz (12/08)
• NACD's Key Agreed Principles (10/08)
• "2008 Trends in Corporate Governance of the Largest US Public Companies," Shearman & Sterling (11/08)
• "Global Perspectives on Corporate Governance," Shearman & Sterling (11/08)
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