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Boards must ask questions to avoid front-page headlines like this

  • Bricker & Eckler LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • February 26 2013

Board members of any organization must keep in mind that their oversight responsibilities require them to ask tough questions to avoid having their

Learning how to set fair executive compensation

  • Bricker & Eckler LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • February 1 2013

Nonprofit organizations face increasing pressure from a number of directions with respect to compensating their executives. The interplay between

Correction period for 409A timing failures for release agreements expires December 31, 2012

  • Bricker & Eckler LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • October 22 2012

Many types of employment-related agreements condition the receipt of payment upon termination of employment upon the execution and delivery of a non-revocable waiver and release of claims

Penn State’s Special Investigative Counsel’s report is instructive to boards

  • Bricker & Eckler LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • July 31 2012

The investigative process described in, and the findings and recommendations of, the report issued July 12, 2012, by the Special Investigative Counsel regarding the actions of Penn State with regard to child abuse committed by Gerald Sandusky (commonly known as the Freeh Report) are instructive to governing boards of all organizations

Board demographics: compare your board’s composition in terms of age, gender, and ethnicity

  • Bricker & Eckler LLP
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  • USA
  • -
  • May 7 2012

How do your board’s demographics in terms of age, gender and ethnicity compare with those reported by (i) public companies in the Society of Corporate Secretaries and Governance Professionals’ "2011 Board Practices Report" (the "Society’s 2011 Report") and (ii) the Standard & Poor's (S&P) 500 as shown in Spencer Stuart’s "2011 Board Index" ("Spencer Stuart’s 2011 Index")?

Board composition: compare the technical skills and expertise of the members of your board with this benchmark

  • Bricker & Eckler LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • April 25 2012

How do the technical skills and expertise present among your board’s members compare with the skills and expertise reported by public companies in the Society of Corporate Secretaries and Governance Professionals’ “2011 Board Practices Report”?

Part 8: compare your board’s practices regarding CEO succession planning with this benchmark

  • Bricker & Eckler LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • April 17 2012

How do your board practices compare with other private and public companies in planning for CEO succession?

Part 6: compare your board’s practices regarding board evaluations with this benchmark

  • Bricker & Eckler LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • April 4 2012

How do your board practices compare with other private and public companies regarding board evaluations?

Part 5: compare your board's practices regarding board evaluations with this benchmark

  • Bricker & Eckler LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • March 26 2012

How do your board practices compare with other private and public companies regarding board orientation and training?

Part 4: compare the practices of your board with this benchmark

  • Bricker & Eckler LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • March 20 2012

How do your board practices compare with other private and public companies regarding audit committee practices?