February 4, 2003
In analyzing the new attorney
In analyzing the new attorney conduct rules, the application to chief legal officers remains murky if that person uncovers the problem – as that person then must report to him/herself and get back to him/herself, etc. There are other issues like this that undoubtably will become grist for a staff legal bulletin.
Corporate governance reforms may not always be what they seem – check out this Washington Post article on Disney – http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A20824-2003Feb3.html.
The SEC has posted the adopting release regarding disclosure of voting policies and records by mutual funds at http://www.sec.gov/rules/final/33-8188.htm.
On TheCorporateCounsel.net, we are putting the finishing touches on our final redesign of the site – let us know if further tweaks are needed – send suggestions to broc.romanek@thecorporatecounsel.net. We have also posted our February E-Minders at http://www.thecorporatecounsel.net/E-minders/.