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Amanda Butler Schley, Esq. - Louisiana
Ranked as a Top Rated Business and Commercial Attorney, Amanda has more than a decade of experience representing boutique hotels, restaurateurs, family-owned businesses, breweries, artists, CEOs and entrepreneurs. In her 13 years of practice, she has become skilled at s [...]
Latest News & Legal Insights
May A Board Sanction A Director By Withholding Corporate Information?
A recent Alaska Supreme Court decisions addresses, but does not decide, the question of whether a corporation may punish a director by withholding corporate information. In Borer v. Eyak Corp., 2022 Alas. LEXIS 37, winning candidate for a seat on the board of directors of an Alaska Native Corporation declined to sign the corporation’s confidentiality agreement and code of conduct. The Code of Conduct included the following provision:
[A] director who breaches the Confidentiality Agreement . […]