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In-House Counsel in The Middle

Boards of directors are particularly subject to shareholder and shareholder activist scrutiny where conflicts of interest arise. Although not a particularly "classic" kind of conflict of interest, the conflicted general counsel presents traps for the board of directors.

20 minute read April 01, 2014 at 02:34 PM
By
Kurt Kicklighter
In-House Counsel in The Middle

Jeanette Halloway, Chairperson of the Board, has a recurring nightmare ' The board meeting is tense. CEO Enzo Hernandez is droning on about having missed yet another quarterly target.

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