Webinar | Board Minutes in Sixty Minutes: Recommended Practices and Insights
October 24, 2024 12:00 pm – 1:00 pm Webinar – Virtual
Please join us for this program that will explore the evolving and challenging issues associated with Board minutes, emphasizing practical advice for boards, management, corporate secretaries, and their advisors. Board minutes are an important part of a corporation’s internal recordkeeping. They have also become important in corporate and securities litigation, with plaintiffs’ counsel using books and records requests in connection with their lawsuits. The panel members will discuss the purposes of board minutes; and recommendations related to board minutes, such as developing processes for documenting, good recordkeeping, timing, risks, recording of board meetings, and how to avoid pitfalls. Also, developments in Delaware cases impacting board minutes will be discussed. Plaintiffs’ and defense counsel on the panel will provide their insights, including their perspective on board minutes, the impact of litigation and the use of book and records requests.
The participants are:
- Mary Francis, Corporate Secretary and Chief Governance Officer, Chevron Corporation, Moderator
- Joel Fleming, Partner, Equity Litigation Group LLP
- Margaret (Peggy) Foran, Chief Governance Officer, Senior Vice President and Corporate Secretary, Prudential Financial, Inc.
- Blake Rohrbacher, Director, Richards Layton & Finger
- Lawrence A. Cunningham, Director, John L. Weinberg Center for Corporate Governance, Host
This Weinberg Center panel will provide attendees with useful insights and practical takeaways.
To register, visit this webpage.