Events

Key Issues Facing Boards of Directors: New SEC Enforcement Initiatives and Corporate Governance Risks

April 5, 2018 | 8:30 AM - 10:30 AM
The Downtown Harvard Club of Boston, One Federal Street, Boston, Massachusetts

Summary

With a dynamic economy and continued uncertainties about the new Administration's planned changes in diverse regulatory sectors, there are new and more complex risks that Directors must address and prepare for. This program will discuss the SEC’s views regarding enforcement and disclosure issues. Topics will include internal corporate investigations; recent whistleblower developments; insider trading and other market abuses; the role of the audit committee; disclosures to regulators; and protecting against personal liability of Directors & Officers. The speakers will also analyze best practices and steps that Boards should take to address these key issues.

Goodwin partners R. Todd Cronan and Jennifer Chunias join Paul Levenson, Boston Regional Director at the United States Securities and Exchange Commission, and Tony Jordan, Partner at EY, as the panel for this program.

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