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Van Gorkom 488 A.2d 858 (Del. 1985) [1] is a United States corporate law case of the Delaware Supreme Court, discussing a director's duty of care. It is often called the "Trans Union case" . Van Gorkom is sometimes referred to as the most important case regarding business organizations because it shows a unique scenario when the board is found ...
Generally where a claim of directorial liability for corporate loss is predicated upon ignorance of liability created activities within the corporation, as in Graham or in this case, in my opinion only a sustained or systematic failure of the board to exercise oversight – such as an utter failure to attempt to assure a reasonable information ...
Directors and officers liability insurance (also written directors' and officers' liability insurance; [1] often called D&O) is liability insurance payable to the directors and officers of a company, or to the organization itself, as indemnification (reimbursement) for losses or advancement of defense costs in the event an insured suffers such a loss as a result of a legal action brought for ...
The business judgment rule is a case-law-derived doctrine in corporations law that courts defer to the business judgment of corporate executives. It is rooted in the principle that the "directors of a corporation ... are clothed with [the] presumption, which the law accords to them, of being [motivated] in their conduct by a bona fides regard for the interests of the corporation whose affairs ...
Instead, shareholders appoint directors, and the directors in turn appoint officers and/or relatively less powerful executives to manage day-to-day operations. Derivative suits refer to one or more shareholders bringing an action ( lawsuit ) in the name of the corporation against a party or parties allegedly causing harm to the latter.
Precedent-setting legal battles played out across the country in 2022 laying out new rules and expectations for businesses, industries, and personal finance. ... Here are 2022's top legal cases in ...
Often, cases arise (such as in Broz v Cellular Information Systems Inc [144]) where an action is brought against a director because the corporation has been taken over and a new, non-friendly board is in place, or because the board has been replaced after bankruptcy. Otherwise, there is a possibility of a conflict of interest because directors ...
Directors' duties are a series of statutory, common law and equitable obligations owed primarily by members of the board of directors to the corporation that employs them. It is a central part of corporate law and corporate governance. Directors' duties are analogous to duties owed by trustees to beneficiaries, and by agents to principals.