About Us
The Arthur and Toni Rembe Rock Center for Corporate Governance is a joint initiative of Stanford Law School and Stanford Graduate School of Business. The Center was created to advance the understanding and practice of corporate governance in a cross-disciplinary environment where leading academics, business leaders, policy makers, practitioners and regulators can meet and work together. The Center is led by outstanding Faculty with active collaboration from its Advisory Board.
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Research
The Rock Center provides an environment focused on innovation and collaboration, drawing on the world-class resources of Stanford University, and serves as a focal point for sustained empirical research. The Center’s research applies rigorous methods to understand the performance consequences of corporate governance by taking an in-depth and interdisciplinary look at the inner workings of corporate boards, regulators, institutional investors, consultants, and others involved in the governance process.
The Rock Center Working Paper Series offers an e-library of research papers and abstracts on corporate governance topics.
The Corporate Governance Research Initiative develops insights into the practice of corporate governance, in order to advance intellectual understanding of this critical area of business management. Our latest Stanford Closer Look piece, CEO Talent: A Dime a Dozen, or Worth its Weight in Gold?, reviews data collected from the directors of the largest 250 companies in the U.S. that suggests that the labor market for outstanding CEO talent is significantly tighter and more competitive than many governance experts realize.
The Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA) Clearinghouse, a collaboration with Sullivan & Cromwell LLP, operates as a database, a repository of original source documents, and a supplier of analytics relating to the enforcement of the FCPA.
The Securities Class Action Clearinghouse (SCAC), a collaboration with Cornerstone Research, provides detailed information related to the prosecution, defense, and settlement of federal class action securities fraud litigation. The SCAC team maintains a filings database of more than 4,000 securities class action lawsuits filed since the passage of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995.
Upcoming Events
Executive Education Programs
The Rock Center hosts several domestic and international executive education programs for directors and senior executives, including our flagship program, Stanford Directors’ College, as well as Directors’ Consortium, and Directors’ College for Venture-Backed Company Directors.
News Coverage
Supreme Court Docket: Is The Leidos Case A “Nothing Burger”?
The D&O Diary
In a post earlier this month, I summarized the three securities law cases that the U.S. Supreme Court will hear its current term. Among the three cases on the Court’s docket is Leidos, Inc. v. Indiana Public Retirement System. As discussed in greater detail here, in Leidos, the Court will…
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Government Technology
Securities Class Action Settlements Continue Upward Trend In 2016 with Record Number Of Mega Settlements: The $6 Billion Total In Approved Settlements Almost Doubles The Previous Year’s Amount
The National Law Review
An Interview With Stanford's Amanda Packel On Educating Corporate Boards
Corporate Counsel
Why Warren Buffett Took Out An Ad On The Same Page As One For A Strip Club
Bloomberg Markets
Did The Harvard Shareholder Rights Project Prove Itself Wrong?
JD Supra Legal News
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