Goldman Sachs “is being run for the benefit of employees rather than shareholders,” according to attorney John Harnes on behalf of Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority, a shareowner. The company has lost $50 billion in market value since 1999 but set aside $8.44 billion for the company’s compensation pool in the first six months of this […]
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J&J Directors on the Line
James McRitchie, 01/04/2011 ,
A group of Johnson & Johnson (J&J) shareholders are seeking legal retribution for what they see as managerial oversights and ignorance of “red flags” that may have provided notice of the recent federal investigations of the company’s “manufacturing defects” and potentially illegal “marketing practices.” The multiple investigations began earlier this year when the company froze […]
What the HP Episodes Tell Us About Governance
James McRitchie, 09/20/2010 ,
The events following the dismissal of Mark Hurd at HP illustrate why I have so vehemently advocated introduction of a result orientation into governance law (Require Affirmative Proof in Specified Circumstances of “Too Big to Fail Companies” in Order to Meet the Business Judgment Rule). As we know, Hurd was dismissed in early August in […]