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In the Boardroom: Special Edition - Lessons from Theranos

Our In the Boardroom: Practical Advice and Guidance podcast series features insights from Mintz Members Steve Osborn, Melanie Levy, and Tom Burton on a wide variety of topics specific to boards. For decades, Steve, Melanie, and Tom have guided companies from inception to exit, and have encountered, navigated, and mitigated innumerable board-related issues. From their experiences, you can learn a great deal. Let’s take a listen!

With the conviction and 11-year sentence for former CEO Elizabeth Holmes, the team looks at the lessons to be learned from Theranos, The team discusses (1) the importance of open communication between board members and executives, (2) fostering a culture of compliance, and (3) tips for picking up on the early-warning signs.

We hope you enjoy listening. And stay tuned for our next session.

In the Boardroom: Employment Law

Our In the Boardroom: Practical Advice and Guidance podcast series features insights from Mintz Members Steve Osborn and Melanie Levy on a wide variety of topics specific to boards. For decades, Steve and Melanie have guided companies from inception to exit, and have encountered, navigated, and mitigated innumerable board-related issues. From their experiences, you can learn a great deal. Let’s take a listen!

In our fifth session, which focuses on employment law, the team is joined by Jen Rubin, a bicoastal Member in our Employment, Labor & Benefits Practice and Chair of our ESG Practice, to discuss best practices related to hiring an executive (hint: consensus is key), managing the executive at the board level, and how to (amicably) negotiate to terminate an executive.

We hope you enjoy listening. And stay tuned for our next session.

Health Law Diagnosed: The Regulatory Landscape of Value-Based Primary Care: Top 5 Matters for Aledade’s Regulatory Counsel

During this episode, Bridgette Keller speaks with Bre Hitchen, Regulatory & Operations Counsel at Aledade, Inc., about the most important topics on Bre’s mind as she works to support Aledade’s business teams with regulatory counsel and compliance advice.

In the Boardroom: ESG in the Boardroom

Our In the Boardroom: Practical Advice and Guidance podcast series features insights from Mintz Members Steve Osborn, Melanie Levy, and Tom Burton on a wide variety of topics specific to boards. For decades, Steve, Melanie, and Tom have guided companies from inception to exit, and have encountered, navigated, and mitigated innumerable board-related issues. From their experiences, you can learn a great deal. Let’s take a listen!

In our fourth session, “ESG in the Boardroom,” the team is joined by Kristyn Noeth, Of Counsel at Mintz, to discuss best practices related to and practical implementation of ESG concepts, as well as the impending Climate Disclosure Rule. As noted in the introduction, fewer topics are generating more interest in boardrooms across the country (and at Mintz!) than environmental, social, and corporate governance.

We hope you enjoy listening. And stay tuned for our next session.

In the Boardroom: Board Committees

Our In the Boardroom: Practical Advice and Guidance podcast series features insights from Mintz Members Steve Osborn, Melanie Levy, and Tom Burton on a wide variety of topics specific to boards. For decades, Steve, Melanie, and Tom have guided companies from inception to exit, and have encountered, navigated, and mitigated innumerable board-related issues. From their experiences, you can learn a great deal. Let’s take a listen!

In our third session, “Board Committees,” the team discusses the various types of committees, the role or purpose of committees, committee composition, ESG as it relates to committees, and board committee trends.

We hope you enjoy listening. And stay tuned for our next session, which will focus on ESG!

 

 

 

 

In the Boardroom: Running an Effective Board Meeting

Our In the Boardroom: Practical Advice and Guidance podcast series features insights from Mintz Members Steve Osborn, Melanie Levy, and Tom Burton on a wide variety of topics specific to boards. For decades, Steve, Melanie, and Tom have guided companies from inception to exit, and have encountered, navigated, and mitigated innumerable board-related issues. From their experiences, you can learn a great deal. Let’s take a listen!

In our second session, “Running an Effective Board Meeting,” the team discusses key considerations for public and private companies in this critical area of governance, including:
• Best practices in formulating the agenda
• Preparation of the presentation deck
• Framing of issues and goals
• Shareholder relations
• Major news, including negative news
• Executive sessions and closed sessions
• The value of transparency

We hope you enjoy listening. And stay tuned for our next session, which will cover the basics of board committees!

In the Boardroom: Board Basics

Welcome to our new podcast series In the Boardroom: Practical Advice and Guidance, featuring insights from Mintz Members Steve Osborn, Melanie Levy, and Tom Burton on a wide variety of topics specific to boards. They’ll answer all of your questions related to the “who, what, when, where, and how” of boards.

For decades, Steve, Melanie, and Tom have guided companies from inception to exit and encountered, navigated, and mitigated innumerable board-related issues. From their experiences, you can learn a great deal. Let’s take a listen!

Session 1: Board Basics

Our first session covers the following topics:
• What is a board of directors, when is it formed, and what’s the ‘best’ composition? (Hint: odd numbers are key!)
• Who sits on a board of directors (i.e., founders, investors, and independents), how are they selected, and how does the composition of a board change over time?
• What is NOT a board (e.g., scientific advisors and observers)?
• What are the duties of the board?
• How should boards handle confidential information?
• Client question - How often should boards meet, and what should occur in these meetings? (Second hint: surprises should never occur!)

We hope you enjoy listening. And stay tuned for our next session, which will cover running an effective board meeting!

 

 

 

 

Health Law Diagnosed: Medical-Legal Partnerships: Leveraging a Cross-Disciplinary Approach to Improve Health Outcomes

During this episode, Bridgette Keller speaks with Kerlann Flowers, Legal Director and Senior Attorney for Hofstra University School of Law’s Medical-Legal Partnership (MLP), and Mintz Associate Jean Krebs. They discuss the work of the MLP, how the ongoing pandemic has impacted the MLP and its clients, and, in many respects, made collaboration between medical providers and lawyers more important than ever.