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| 1 | UK Corporate Governance Code: overview This note provides an overview of the UK Corporate Governance Code. | Practice Note: Overview | Maintained |
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| 1 | Corporate governance and AIM companies An overview of corporate governance requirements for companies admitted to trading on AIM. | Practice Notes | Maintained |
| 2 | Corporate governance requirements of institutional ... The UK Stewardship Code sets out good practice for institutional shareholders when engaging with listed companies. Major investment committees have also published guidelines and policy statements on the responsibilities and duties of institutional shareholders. | Practice Notes | Maintained |
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| 1 | Corporate governance and directors' duties in Australia ... A Q&A guide to corporate governance law in Australia. The Q&A gives a high level overview of board composition, the comply or explain approach, management rules and authority, directors’ duties and liabilities, transactions with directors and conflicts, company meetings, internal controls, accounts and audit, institutional investors and reform proposals. To compare answers across multiple jurisdictions, visit the Corporate Governance Country Q&A tool. The Q&A is part of the PLC multi-jurisdictional guide to corporate governance law. For a full list of jurisdictional Q&As visit www.practicallaw.com/corpgov-mjg. | Articles | 01-Feb-2013 |
| 2 | Corporate governance and directors' duties in Bermuda ... A Q&A guide to corporate governance law in Bermuda. The Q&A gives a high level overview of board composition, the comply or explain approach, management rules and authority, directors’ duties and liabilities, transactions with directors and conflicts, company meetings, internal controls, accounts and audit, institutional investors and reform proposals. To compare answers across multiple jurisdictions, visit the Corporate Governance Country Q&A tool. The Q&A is part of the PLC multi-jurisdictional guide to corporate governance law. For a full list of jurisdictional Q&As visit www.practicallaw.com/corpgov-mjg. | Articles | 01-Feb-2013 |
| 3 | Corporate governance and directors' duties in Ukraine ... A Q&A guide to corporate governance law in Ukraine. The Q&A gives a high level overview of board composition, the comply or explain approach, management rules and authority, directors’ duties and liabilities, transactions with directors and conflicts, company meetings, internal controls, accounts and audit, institutional investors and reform proposals. To compare answers across multiple jurisdictions, visit the Corporate Governance Country Q&A tool. The Q&A is part of the PLC multi-jurisdictional guide to corporate governance law. For a full list of jurisdictional Q&As visit www.practicallaw.com/corpgov-mjg. | Articles | 01-Feb-2013 |
| 4 | Corporate governance and directors' duties: Country Q&A tool This tool enables subscribers to search the Country Q&A in the Corporate Governance and Directors' Duties multi-jurisdictional guide by question and jurisdiction. Simply select the questions and the jurisdictions that you are interested in and click the "submit" button. Please note that the law stated dates for each jurisdiction covered may not be the same. To check the law stated dates for each jurisdiction, please visit the individual article. | Articles | 31-Jan-2013 |
| 5 | Corporate governance and directors' duties in Curaçao ... A Q&A guide to corporate governance law in Curaçao. The Q&A gives a high level overview of board composition, the comply or explain approach, management rules and authority, directors’ duties and liabilities, transactions with directors and conflicts, company meetings, internal controls, accounts and audit, institutional investors and reform proposals. To compare answers across multiple jurisdictions, visit the Corporate Governance Country Q&A tool. The Q&A is part of the PLC multi-jurisdictional guide to corporate governance law. For a full list of jurisdictional Q&As visit www.practicallaw.com/corpgov-mjg. | Articles | 01-Jan-2013 |
| 6 | PLC Global Finance update for August 2011 Japan The Japan update for August 2011 for the PLC Global Finance multi-jurisdictional monthly e-mail. | Articles | 12-Sep-2011 |
| 7 | PLC Global Finance update for July 2011 Japan The Japan update for July 2011 for the PLC Global Finance multi-jurisdictional monthly e-mail. | Articles | 11-Aug-2011 |
| 8 | PLC Global Finance update for June 2011: Australia The Australia update for June 2011 for the PLC Global Finance multi-jurisdictional monthly e-mail. | Articles | 20-Jul-2011 |
| 9 | Rules for investing in Russian strategic companies In 2011 Russia's large consumer market still seems attractive but foreign businesses are discouraged by the costs, complex bureaucratic procedures and legal uncertainty they face. This chapter looks at the legal framework applicable to foreign investment in Russia. This article is part of the PLC multi-jurisdictional guide to corporate governance law. For a full list of contents, visit www.practicallaw.com/corpgov-mjg. | Articles | 01-Apr-2011 |
| 10 | Managing global employment liability risks Multinational companies are increasingly finding that a failure to manage employment liability risks on a global basis can lead to losses ranging from court awards or penalties to diminishment of corporate and brand image. This step-by-step guide provides a template for establishing global employment best practice standards and policies. | Articles | 07-Jan-2004 |
| 11 | PLC Global Finance update for May 2010: Japan The Japan update for May 2010 for the PLC Global Finance multi-jurisdictional monthly e-mail. | Articles | -- |
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| 1 | Gender equality: European Commission proposed directive ... The European Commission has published a proposal for a directive of the European Parliament and of the Council on improving the gender balance among non-executive directors of companies listed on stock exchanges and related measures. (Free access) | Legal Update: archive | 14-Nov-2012 |
| 2 | District Court Broadly Defines Whistleblower under Dodd ... The US District Court for the District of Connecticut in Kramer v. Trans-Lux Corp. adopted a broad reading of the Dodd-Frank Act's whistleblower definition under the Act's anti-retaliation provision, holding that an employee's reasonable belief of SEC violations qualified him as a protected whistleblower for purposes of his retaliation claim against his employer. | Legal Update: archive | 28-Sep-2012 |
| 3 | Article 29 Working Party adopts guidance on binding ... The EU's Article 29 Working Party has adopted a new working document providing guidance on binding corporate rules for data processors. | Legal Update: archive | 21-Jun-2012 |
| 4 | Rejection of Anti-social Forces in Japan This article is part of the PLC Global Finance August 2011 e-mail update for Japan. | Legal Update: archive | 06-Sep-2011 |
| 5 | 'All reasonable steps to be in a position to guide and monitor' ... This article is part of the PLC Global Finance July 2011 e-mail update for Australia. | Legal Update: archive | 09-Aug-2011 |
| 6 | Japan implements further special measures in response to the ... This article is part of the PLC Global Finance May 2011 e-mail update for Japan | Legal Update: archive | 05-Jul-2011 |
| 7 | New South Wales to back national laws on directors' liabilities This article is part of the PLC Global Finance June 2011 e-mail update for Australia. | Legal Update: archive | 05-Jul-2011 |
| 8 | Corporate social responsibility: International approaches to ... An overview of the legal requirements for companies internationally to report on social, environmental and ethical issues, drawn from the PLC Cross-border Corporate Governance and Directors' Duties Handbook 2010, which answers key questions on corporate governance issues in 24 jurisdictions. | Legal Update: archive | 03-Nov-2010 |
| 9 | Directors' remuneration: European approaches to ... An overview of European approaches to directors' remuneration; how it is determined and the level of disclosure required, drawn from the PLC Cross-border Corporate Governance and Directors' Duties Handbook 2010, which answers key questions on corporate governance issues in 24 jurisdictions. | Legal Update: archive | 10-Sep-2010 |
| 10 | International corporate governance: corporate entities and ... An update on corporate entities and board structures in different jurisdictions, drawn from the PLC Cross-border Corporate Governance and Directors' Duties Handbook 2010, which answers key questions about corporate governance from the perspective of practitioners in 23 jurisdictions. | Legal Update: archive | 30-Jul-2010 |
| 11 | SEC Proposes Changes to Proxy Rules to Facilitate ... An update on the SEC's proposal to amend the federal proxy rules to facilitate director nominations and elections by stockholders. | Legal Update: archive | 11-Jun-2009 |
| 12 | US institutional investors target global companies and ask ... A update on announcements by US investor pressure group Ceres, in February 2009, on a request to the US Congress for climate change legislation, the addition of nine large US companies to its Climate Watch List and a number of recent shareholder resolutions questioning companies' climate change strategies. | Legal Update: archive | 03-Mar-2009 |
| 13 | US securities fraud litigation: how long is the extraterritorial ... On 23 October 2008, the influential US Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit considered for the first time a so-called "foreign-cubed" case; that is, a securities fraud claim brought by a non-US investors against non-US defendants based on securities transactions outside the US. The court's analysis provides important guidance on activities that could bring non-US entities within the reach of US securities fraud litigation. | Legal Update: archive | 24-Nov-2008 |