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Finance

Questions To Ask When Your Director Or Executive Officer Wants To Join Another Board

Introduction Counsel for public companies are often asked to assist in vetting new candidates for a board of directors. Just as important is reviewing the issues that arise when a current director or executive officer (the candidate) of a public company (Company A) is asked to join the board of...

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Finance

Reporting On Controls At A Service Organization

In today’s economically challenging business environment, instead of building costly infrastructures to perform and support all tasks and functions internally, entities often undertake a strategy of outsourcing specific tasks, or entire functions, to independent third-party “service...

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Manufacturing

Mysteries Of Uniform Commercial Code Article 9: Security Interests In Commingled Goods

It’s not always what a business person might expect. The practical application of Uniform Commercial Code Article 9, which governs secured transactions, can be a bit mysterious. Even well-documented and properly perfected security interests are sometimes illusory. This is especially true in...

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