Upcoming Event: "Delaware Governance Institute" (12 October 2023)

 

 

The John L. Weinberg Center for Corporate Governance and the Corporate Governance Committee of the American Bar Association’s Business Law Section will co-host the in-person Delaware Governance Institute.

This program will feature members of the Delaware judiciary, including the Honorable Collins J. Seitz, Jr., Chief Justice of the Delaware Supreme Court and the Honorable Kathaleen St. J. McCormick, Chancellor of the Delaware Court of Chancery; members of the corporate community and plaintiff and defense attorneys, regulators, governance professionals, and institutional investors. In addition to the luncheon speaker(s), the Institute will consist of four panels, covering the most significant recent trends in Delaware law and corporate governance.

The topics to be explored by the Panels: (1) The ESG Pendulum Swings Back (or is it a “Wrecking Ball”?”); (2) The March of Caremark: What must directors do to avoid stepping on landmines?; (3)
Conflict Transactions under a Microscope: When does (and should) MFW apply?; (4) Managing Everything, Everywhere, All at Once: How to have an effective board in these unusually challenging times?

More information follows below. Register here.

 

 

DELAWARE GOVERNANCE INSTITUTE

Thursday, October 12, 2023
9:30am - 4:45pm (Registration opens at 8:00am)
CLAYTON HALL CONFERENCE CENTER AT THE UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE
100 David Hollowell Drive, Newark, DE 19716

WELCOME!

WELCOME!

The John L. Weinberg Center for Corporate Governance and the Corporate Governance Committee of the American Bar Association's Business Law Section will co-host the in-person Delaware Governance Institute.

This program will feature members of the Delaware judiciary, including the Honorable Collins J. Seitz, Jr., Chief Justice of the Delaware Supreme Court and the Honorable Kathaleen St. J. McCormick, Chancellor of the Delaware Court of Chancery; members of the corporate community and plaintiff and defense attorneys, regulators, governance professionals, and institutional investors. In addition to the luncheon speaker(s), the Institute will consist of four panels, covering the most significant recent trends in Delaware law and corporate governance.

The topics to be explored by the Panels:
• The ESG Pendulum Swings Back (or is it a "Wrecking Ball"?)
• The March of Caremark: What must directors do to avoid landmines?
• Conflict Transactions under a Microscope: When does (and should) MFW apply?
• Managing Everything, Everywhere, All at Once: How to have an effective board in these unusally challenging times.

Speakers and panelist confirmed to date include:
• The Honorable Collins J. Seitz, Jr., Chief Justice, Delaware Supreme Court
• The Honorable Kathaleen St. J. McCormick, Chancellor, Delaware Court of Chancery
• Rick Alexander, Founder and Chief Executive Officer, The Shareholder Commons
• James Cole, Jr., Chairman & Chief Executive of The Jasco Group, LLC; Director and Chair of the Nominating and Governance Committee, AIG
• Michelle Edkins, Managing Director, Blackrock Investment Stewardship
• Peggy Foran, Chief Governance Officer, Senior Vice President and Corporate Secretary, Prudential Financial, Inc.
• Lawrence A. Hamermesh, Professor Emeritus, Widener University Delaware Law School

This program will be highly relevant as Delaware law and court decisions are highly influential on corporate and governance practices throughout the country.

Program Co-Chairs: Justin P. Klein, Director, John L. Weinberg Center for Corporate Governance; Frank M. Placenti, Esq, Chair of the ABA Corporate Governance Committee, and Shareholder, Greenberg Traurig, LP.

Program Steering Committee members:Louisa K. Cresson, Assistant Director, John L. Weinberg Center for Corporate Governance; Katayun Jaffari, Chair-elect of the ABA Corporate Governance Committee and chair of the Corporate Governance Group, co-chair of the Capital Markets and Securities Group, and co-chair of the ESG Group; Cozen O'Connor; John W. White, Partner and Chair of the Corporate Governance and Board Advisory Practice, Cravath, Swaine & Moore LLP; Tammy L. Mercer, Chair of the Corporate Litigation and Counseling Section, Young Conaway Stargatt & Taylor, LLP; Patricia O. Vella, Partner, Corporate Counseling, Morris, Nichols, Arsht & Tunnell LLP; and Trevor S. Norwitz, Partner, Corporate, Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz.

About the Weinberg Center

About the Weinberg Center

The John L. Weinberg Center for Corporate Governance was established in 2000 at the University of Delaware and is part of the Lerner College of Business and Economics. It is one of the longest-standing corporate governance centers in academia, and the first and only corporate governance center in the State of Delaware, the legal home for a majority of the nation’s public corporations. The Center’s mission is to provide a forum for business leaders, members of corporate boards, stockholders, the judiciary, the legal community, academics, students, and others interested in corporate governance issues to interact, learn and teach, with the goal of positively impacting and improving the field of corporate governance and the capital markets. The Center is recognized as a thought leader in the corporate governance field. For more information, click HERE.

About the American Bar Association Business Law Section Corporate Governance Committee

About the American Bar Association Business Law Section Corporate Governance Committee

The Corporate Governance Committee promotes and supports effective corporate governance, domestically and internationally, for business and nonprofit enterprises by developing resources and providing thought leadership; creating networking opportunities; and facilitating a forum for the exchange of legal and practical information and insights on emerging governance and governance-related policy issues for the benefit of attorneys, including both outside and in-house counsel, and other governance professionals. For more information about the Committee, click HERE.