The Justice Department Drills Down on Halliburton

Halliburton recently became third company to admit to criminal wrongdoing in connection with the 2010 Deepwater Horizon explosion that killed 11 rig workers and spilled millions of barrels of oil into the Gulf of Mexico. [...]

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Petrobras’ Shareholders Criticize Minority Shareholder Representative Appointments

Five months after this year’s annual meeting of Petrobras, the Brazilian oil giant 50.2% controlled by the Brazilian government, minority shareholders and foreign institutional shareholders have publicly denounced Petrobras’ handling of the nomination and election [...]

By |2021-04-08T14:57:31-07:00September 10, 2012|Blog|Comments Off on Petrobras’ Shareholders Criticize Minority Shareholder Representative Appointments

Changes at Chesapeake

Chesapeake Energy shareholders have a new set of directors. They might also have a new set of governance problems. In a June 27th Form 8-K, Chesapeake announced the resignations of directors Richard Davidson—who did not [...]

By |2022-05-12T23:45:27-07:00August 9, 2012|Blog|Comments Off on Changes at Chesapeake