All Articles from Linette Lopez (llopez@businessinsider.com) -BoardProspects

Articles from Linette Lopez (llopez@businessinsider.com)

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1. Bill Ackman Just \Took a $200 Million Hit to His Reputation
  
  Explore Business Insider Dec 29 2017 BoardNews
  $Bill Ackman Just \Took a $200 Million Hit to His Reputation$
  Billionaire investor Bill Ackman and his firm Pershing Square, along with Valeant Pharmaceuticals, will pay just under $300 million to settle an insider-trading suit over their attempt to buy pharmaceutical firm Allergan in 2014.
  
  Ackman will pay the lion's share, contrary to a previous agreement he struck with Valeant.
  
  This is yet another in a series of missteps that have been tarnishing Ackman's reputation since he partnered with Valeant...
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  Mentions: hostile takeover crisis ADP
2. Literally Everyone Should be Thinking About Suing Equifax
  
  Explore Business Insider Sep 8 2017 BoardBlogs
  
  Everyone should be thinking about suing Equifax, and I mean everyone — the government, its shareholders, and its customers.
  
  Equifax, a credit-checking company that holds sensitive data belonging to over 140 million, didn't just have one of the worst security breaches in American history, it also handled the situation like a drunk teenager trying to hide the aftermath of particularly destructive house party...
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  Mentions: CFO Equifax Board of Directors
3. Hedge Fund Billionaire Bill Ackman Provides a Perfect Example of How The Rich Get Richer
  
  Explore Business Insider Apr 26 2017 BoardBlogs
  
  There's a great piece in the Wall Street Journal about how Wall Street's masters of the universe invest their own personal money through family offices, and how that can sometimes raise eyebrows across the industry.
  
  It's not hard to see why family offices can be a problem. Big time investors are supposed to be putting their clients' interests first, and the WSJ argues that if they're investing for themselves, they might get distracted from their work...
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  Mentions: Investors Hedge Fund Valeant Pharmaceuticals
4. A Big Ugly Sex-Discrimination Suit is Coming to the Company Where America Buys its Engagement Rings
  
  Explore Business Insider Sep 15 2016 BoardNews
  
  Since 2008, a dozen women employed by Signet Jewelers — which owns Zales, Kay Jewelers, and Jared's Galleria — have been suing the company. They're alleging sexual discrimination at the highest levels.
  
  The matter, once argued in contractually mandated private arbitration proceedings, has now evolved into a class-action lawsuit, with the trial beginning next month...
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  Mentions: MDC Partners
5. 'The Current Board As a Whole Has Failed'
  
  Explore Business Insider Jan 6 2016 BoardNews
  
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  Activist investor Eric Jackson of SpringOwl Asset Management has joined the call for a board shake up at Yahoo, telling Business Insider that "the current board as a whole has failed its fiduciary responsibilities."
  
  "All Yahoo shareholders want to see new representation on the board. That's most important," he said via e-mail...
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  Mentions: Management Board of Directors
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