Hybrid Seminar: February 26, 2026
5:00 p.m. – 6:00 p.m. ET
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Litigation risks facing directors, officers, and corporations are inevitable and increasingly complex. What can you do to make your company and yourself more defensible from lawsuits? What protections are available through risk transfer instruments like directors & officers (D&O) insurance and
Compensation
The United States and Canada, for example, have the highest median total non-executive director compensation, both close to US$200,000, including cash, equity, and other benefits. In both countries, directors
A REVIEW OF COMPENSATION SURVEYS: PART I
Historically, public company directors served without pay and with light workloads. Even after 1969, when Delaware law first authorized directors to set their own compensation, pay remained nominal. Directors generally kept a low profile, with a mandate often limited to advising or cheering on the chief executive.
All
“I need to make money.” That is the reason given for joining the board of directors of Signature Bank by former Congressman Barney Frank. That reason, perhaps all too commonplace today, would have been out of place just a few decades ago. Read more in Directors & Boards Magazine