Legal & Compliance Resources

Web Seminars

Do You Know if Your Entities Are in Compliance?

What is an annual report, and why do you have to file one? Learn about corporate annual reports, their due dates, why e-filing is encouraged, and how to improve the efficiency and cost effectiveness of managing your annual report filings.

Addressing the Challenges of Today's Compliance and Governance Professional

Expert panelists share their tips, tactics, and insights into providing advice and counsel to the Board, trends in regulatory and legal compliance, stockholder issues, subsidiary governance, and the use of technology to manage your corporate governance program more effectively.

Homeland Security, Money Laundering, and Corporate Record-Keeping Requirements

Join us for an in-depth look at the federal Incorporation Transparency and Law Enforcement Assistance Act (S. 2956) (May 1, 2008) and other legislation potentially impacting corporate record-keeping requirements. This assessment covers efforts by Congress to require states to disclose beneficial ownership information for corporations and other entities.

Newsletter Articles and Publications

Applying Board Minute & Meeting Books Best Practices to Avoid Potential Liability

Over the last few years, board minutes have been used in litigation to both defend and attack directors in connection with accusations of impropriety or failure to fulfill fiduciary duties. In this article from CSCFlash^TM, we examine best practices for maintaining meeting books and minutes.

Winning the Escheatment Battle

Unclaimed property is not usually at the top of a corporate secretary's to-do list. In this article from CSCFlash^TM, Janine Armin and Brendan Sheehan of Corporate Secretary Magazine discuss how it has become a very big deal and the risks to corporations are significant.

Section 132 Became Effective on January 1, 2007. A Year Later, is Your Company in Compliance?

Effective January 2007, business entities (corporations, limited liability companies, partnerships, and limited partnerships) formed or qualified in Delaware were required to provide their registered agent with the name, business address and business telephone number of a natural person to serve as the Communications Contact for the entity. This article from CSCFlash^TM examines the requirements one year later.

M&A Trends and New Best Practices

This article from CSC and Corporate Secretary Magazine examines the changing landscape of mergers and acquisitions.