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Getting the Deal Through - Corporate Governance 2017
2017 Edition
Lawyers at Sidley Austin LLP have authored the United States chapter of Getting the Deal Through – Corporate Governance 2017, an annual summary of key corporate governance practices in 24 jurisdictions worldwide. Topics addressed in the chapter include: sources of governance rules and practice, shareholders’ rights, duties and liability, anti-takeover devices, board structures, legal duties of the board, and disclosure and reporting requirements.
Reproduced with permission from Law Business Research Ltd. Getting the Deal Through: Corporate Governance 2017, (published in June 2017; contributing editor: Holly J Gregory, Sidley Austin LLP) For further information please visit https://gettingthedealthrough.com/area/8/corporate-governance/
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