Welcome to The Woody Report, where Washington & Lee School of Law Associate Professor Karen Woody and host Tom Fox discuss issues on white collar crime, compliance issues, international corruption, securities and accounting fraud, and internal corporate…
I recently had the opportunity to visit with several folks from Assent Inc. for a sponsored podcast series entitled Supply Chain and ESG – What You Need to Know. We…
The Federal Sentencing Guidelines for Organizations (FSGO) by the US Sentencing Commission (USSC) turn 30 this year. For compliance officers, this was perhaps the most significant government release. It did…
Over this short blog post series I have been exploring the original Caremark and Stone v. Ritter decisions from the Delaware Supreme Court. The former decision was released in 1996…
Today, I continue my exploration of two of the most significant cases regarding Boards of Directors and corporate compliance; the Caremark and Stone v. Ritter decisions. The former decision was…
It is often instructive to look back at old cases which have become so well known for a doctrine that the underlying facts are often forgotten. I did so recently…
Lenny Dawson died yesterday. He was the winning quarterback for the Kansas City Chiefs in Super Bowl III, after having been the losing quarterback for the same team in Super…
Lenny Dawson died yesterday. He was the winning quarterback for the Kansas City Chiefs in Super Bowl III, after having been the losing quarterback for the same team in Super…
If there is one thing I have learned in working with Carsten Tams, Ethical Business Architect and founder and Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Emagence LLC, it is that one…
Boards of Directors are coming under increased legal and regulatory scrutiny. Courts in Delaware, from the Delaware Court of Chancery to the Delaware Supreme Court, have continued to refine and…
On this date in 1969, one of the all-time events in music history, the Woodstock Music & Art Fair, drew to a close after three days of peace, love and…
