Partial contents: Persistent governance issues: developments in disclosure -- Equity and debt decoupling-an overview -- Equity, debt, and hybrid "Decoupling": A roadmap / henry T.C. Hu -- The evolving landscape of ownership and control -- Equity position and derivative reporting under the Securities Exchange Act / Simon M. Lorne -- 2009 corporate governance policy updates and process: Executive summary / Patrick S. McGurn -- U.S. corporate governance policy: 2009 updates / Patrick S. McGurn -- Inching towards a new proxy environment recent developments that may tilt the playing field for public companies and their shareholders in 2009 and 2010 / Edward Young, Meredith B. Cross -- Executive compensation group advisory-disclosure developments: executive compensation / Ernest W. Torain Jr. -- State law developments: special litigation committees / Peter W. Carter, Meghan Lind -- General counsel's forum: Living through and surviving the internal investigation and enforcement process -- New proposal could give teeth to U.K. bribery law / James R. Doty Baker Botts assists client in obtaining groundbreaking FCPA opinion release from the Department of Justice regarding international mergers and acquisitions allowing a U.S. company to compete on a level pllaying field / James R. Doty -- PCPA update: Ninth circuit emphasizes the importance of pleading individual scienter in decision with FCPA implications / James R. Doty -- Pfizer board of directors to initiate face-to-face meetings with company's institutional investors on corporate governance policies and practices, Pfizer press release, June 28, 2007 / Margaret M. Foran -- Enforcement update -- Maintaining work product protections: The effect of S.E.C. v. Roberts / Alex Bourelly, Brandon Van Grack -- Disclosure practices in light of current market conditions / Walter Ricciardi -- Ethics in the new environment: on the firing line -- Ethical and professional problems in law enforcement investigations recent developments / James R. Doty, Peter K. Hwang -- SEC v. Lubben, 08-cv-06454, complaint (D. Minn Dec. 22, 2008) / James R. Doty -- SEC litigation release no. 20836, sec files settled enforcement actions against united health group inc. and former general counsel in stock options backdating case, Dec. 22, 2008 / James R. Doty -- SEC v. Tambone, No. 07-1384, opinion (1st CIR. Dec. 3, 2008 / James R. Doty -- In the matter of Scott G. Monson, file no. 3-12429, opinion of the commission, Jun 30, 2008 / James R. Doty -- PowerPoint Presentations -- Internal investigations: Some thoughts from a general counsel / Bart J. Colli.
