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By Stephen Page As corporate boards work to navigate companies through this unprecedented time, directors can leverage digital governance solutions to optimize their communication as they respond to the virus and prepare for the proxy and AGM season. As businesses...

  Philip Falcone, Chairman, President and CEO of HC2 Holdings, Inc. By John Jannarone The combination of nationwide quarantines and the threat of unemployment make it clearer than ever: Americans want at-home entertainment but are less willing to shell out...

Nick Mazing, Director of Research at Sentieo By John Jannarone In-person annual shareholder meetings have become the latest victims of the coronavirus outbreak and many more are likely to switch to remote formats. That’s according to Nick Mazing, Director of...

By Beth Berg, Kai Liekefett and Derek Zaba of Sidley Austin LLP “Things haven’t been this interesting in a generation.”1 While most of Corporate America is struggling with the COVID-19 pandemic, some don’t see a humanitarian and economic crisis of...

Carsten Thiel, President of European Commercialization, EUSA Pharma By CorpGov Staff In recent months, the Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) announced the outbreak of a public health emergency of international concern – also known as the disease labeled...

By CorpGov Staff The previously-unknown coronavirus, officially known as COVID-19, has made its way around the world since it was discovered in Wuhan, China late last year. The spread of the disease has moved at an alarming rate with an...

TD Ameritrade Founder Joe Ricketts By John Jannarone In an interview with CorpGov, Joe Ricketts relates the long path he took from calling on businesses door-to-door in Nebraska to convincing investors to place trades by telephone to ultimately launching Ameritrade, which...

Activist Investors Want Board Representation at GameStop Corp. By John Jannarone When it comes to short-term activist strategies, the coronavirus should teach investors to beware of playing risky games. In February 2019, video-game retailer GameStop Corp. received a demand from...

Derek Zaba, Partner and Co-Chair of Shareholder Activism at Sidley Austin LLP By John Jannarone As the stock market recently touched record highs, activist hedge funds with a mandate to wage campaigns have been forced to look harder for targets...