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Disclosure of Executive Compensation

While each company decides what its executives are paid, the amounts and types of compensation paid to the top executives of public companies is considered material information that the Securities and Exchange Commission has determined must be disclosed to the public.

Ultra Vires Acts

In most states, the duty of obedience is recognized as one of the three fiduciary duties a director owes to the corporation. One component of the duty of obedience is that a director is prohibited from committing an ultra vires act. Ultra vires, translated from the Latin, means "beyond powers." An ultra vires act is beyond the scope of the powers bestowed on the corporation (and the director) by the corporate charter or bylaws. Thus, a director commits an ultra vires act when he acts without or beyond the authority vested in him by the corporation.

Protection for Federal Water Pollution Control Act Whistleblowers

Protection for Federal Water Pollution Control Act Whistleblowers

Duty of Care

A corporate director has the duty to act in good faith in pursuit of the company's best interests and to use the care that an ordinary prudent person in a like position would use under similar circumstances. The Model Business Corporation Act implies that corporate officers have an even higher duty of care because they are intimately familiar with and knowledgeable about the corporation's activities and have better access to corporate information than directors have. Most jurisdictions recognize that high-ranking corporate officers have a fiduciary relationship with the corporation.

Multi-Class Mutual Funds

Multi-Class Mutual Fund