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Orren S. Adams - Missouri
Orren Adams is known for his sincere interest in helping clients pursue opportunities and overcome challenges to succeed in business. He dedicates his career assisting both large national corporations and closely held family enterprises work through and close mergers, a [...]
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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 . […]