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Mutiny Hot-tempered, high-living company founder Darwin Deason was accustomed to getting his way. But when he told all five outside directors to resign, they saw only one course of action. |
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How Low Must the Stock Price Go Before a CEO Gets Fired? |
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Next Time, Fly in Your Own Plane Ready to wave goodbye to the airlines? Here's what it takes to choose—and pay for—a private jet. |
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Winners in 25 Metro Areas In addition to choosing the nation's Top 20, more than 400 directors of public corporations picked the law firms they most admire in 25 metropolitan areas. |
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Legal Briefs An M&A safety net for board members, trends in patent protection, why China's law firms are invading the U.S., and more. |
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Six Legal Questions Directors Must Ask The answers will help you know which law firms your company should hire or fire—and how well prepared it is to defend lawsuits, initiate them, and ward off government investigations. |
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What Lawyers Don't Like to Talk About (And How to Loosen Their Tongues) Direct communication—breaking bad news, say, or telling you your idea is lousy—may not be one of your attorney's many virtues. It's time to make him mend his ways. |
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Let Us Now Praise Great GCs It takes more than lawyerly skills to make a great general counsel. Here are some of the crucial qualities. |
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Meet Five Great GCs Brackett Denniston III (of GE), Leonard J. Kennedy (Sprint Nextel), Rick Palmore (General Mills), Gloria Santona (McDonald's), and Mark Treanor (Wachovia). |
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Directors Versus GCs: Where They Agree, Where They Don't Nearly 700 directors and GCs shared their views on corporate issues in this Corporate Board Member/FTI Consulting survey. Plus: How General Counsels Rank the Best National Law Firms |