Conference Materials

Below are many of the articles and materials referenced at Directors Forum 2010.
This is a partial listing, which we will continue to update. Please contact us with any specific requests for materials not shown.

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Rethinking Regulation of Credit Rating Agencies: An Institutional Investor Perspective by Frank Partnoy
(Commissioned by the Council of Institutional Investors)

National Association of Corporate Directors’: “Key Agreed Principles to Strengthen Corporate Governance for U.S. Publicly Traded Companies”

U.S. Financial Regulatory Reform: The Investors’ Perspective - A Report by the Investors’ Working Group
(An Independent Taskforce Sponsored by CFA Institute Centre for Financial Market Integrity and Council of Institutional Investors)

Investors’ Working Group Credit Rating Agencies Letter

Investors’ Working Group Over-The-Counter Derivatives Letter

Report of the Task Force of the ABA Section of Business Law Corporate Governance Committee on Delineation of Governance Roles and Responsibilities

Financial Crisis Inquiry Commission (Coughlin, Stoia, Geller, Rudman & Robbins LLP)

Book referenced by Frank Partnoy:
The Match King: Ivar Kreuger, The Financial Genius Behind a Century of Wall Street Scandals by Frank Partnoy

The not-yet-released book about William A. Ackman:
Confidence Game: How a Hedge Fund Manager Called Wall Street's Bluff by Christine Richard

Activist Shareholder Dialogue (Lawndale Capital Management)(PDF)

A Crisis Is a Terrible Thing to Waste: The Proposed “Shareholder Bill of Rights Act of 2009” Is a Serious Mistake (Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen and Katz)(PDF)

Board of Directors Meeting Agendas (Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen and Katz)(PDF)

Corporate Governance in Crisis Times (Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen and Katz)(PDF)

Corporate Governance Update: 2009 Proxy Season Review And a Look Ahead to 2010 (Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen and Katz)(PDF)

Compensation Season 2010 (Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen and Katz)(PDF)

Corporations Shouldn't Be Democracies (Lynn Stout - Wall Street Journal)(PDF)

Fiduciary Duties for Activist Shareholders (Lynn Stout & Iman Anabtawi)(PDF)

The Mythical Benefits of Shareholder Control (Lynn Stout)(PDF)

Moderator Questions & Tabulated Answer Slides (per Audience Response System)(PDF)