2010 Media Coverage
Charles Elson, director of the Weinberg Center for Corporate Governance, has been quoted in the following:
| 12/26 | 2010 | Boston Globe | From The Pentagon to the Private Sector |
| 12/3 | 2010 | Cincinatti Enquirer | Chiquita-Jager Split Raises Questions |
| 12/2 | 2010 | Forbes | Ford Family’s Stake Is Smaller, But They’re Richer and Firmly In Control |
| 11/28 | 2010 | Buffalo News | Serious Problems Forced Wilmington Trust to Sell Out |
| 11/23 | 2010 | Bloomberg | Airgas Wins Ruling Invalidating Annual-Meeting Bylaw |
| 11/9 | 2010 | Buffalo News | Suit Filed In M&T’s Buyout Proposal |
| 11/8 | 2010 | Bloomberg | Wilmington Trust Sued By Investor Over M&T Deal |
| 11/6 | 2010 | Wall Street Journal | Alpha Stokes Buyout Interest In Rival Massey |
| 10/30 | 2010 | The Independent | Wall Street’s Fat Cats Are About To Get Even Fatter |
| 10/26 | 2010 | Financial Times | BofA Shares Slide On Affidavit Troubles |
| 10/18 | 2010 | Wall Street Journal | Goldman Pushes Its Image Rehab |
| 10/14 | 2010 | Financial Times | Bloomberg to Retain Rattner In Private Role |
| 10/13 | 2010 | Market Watch | Chamber Suit May Delay Director Election Rule |
| 10/11 | 2010 | Wall Street Journal | Wall Street Pay: A Record $144 Billion |
| 10/10 | 2010 | Columbus Dispatch | Reforms Empower Investors Demanding Executive-Pay Votes |
| 10/4 | 2010 | Bloomberg | SEC Delays Proxy-Access Rules Amid Legal Challenge |
| 10/1 | 2010 | Reuters | PREVIEW-US Gas Suppliers Take Buyout Fight To Court |
| 10/1 | 2010 | Bloomberg | Airgas Trial Over Air Products Takeover Bid To Focus On Annual Meeting |
| 9/22 | 2010 | CFO | Will New Proxy Rules Pose Board Risks? |
| 9/21 | 2010 | Compliance Week | Did Mark Hurd Deserve To Be Fired From HP? Yes |
| 9/19 | 2010 | Philadelphia Inquirer | PHA’s Setup Blocks Mayor, Abets Abuses |
| 9/15 | 2010 | Wall Street Journal | Contract Doesn’t Let Board Fire CEO For Jail Term |
| 9/15 | 2010 | Knowledge @ Wharton | Walking ‘On Eggshells’: Corporate Boards Juggle Many Intangibles When Judging Performance |
| 9/12 | 2010 | Sunday Tribune | Public vs Private The Great Health Care Debate |
| 9/10 | 2010 | Philadelphia Inquirer | Philadelphia Housing Authority Aide To Board Chairman Unusual Among Boards In City |
| 9/9 | 2010 | Reuters | eBay Stake In Craigslist Restored But No Board Seat |
| 9/5 | 2010 | Los Angeles Times | |
| 9/1 | 2010 | San Francisco Gate | CEOs Who Cut Jobs Got Paid More, Study Says |
| 8/30 | 2010 | Financial Times | Dodd-Frank Act Presents Companies With A PR Minefield |
| 8/26 | 2010 | Business Week | Dan Akerson Takes the Wheel At GM |
| 8/25 | 2010 | Bloomberg | SEC Approves Rule That May Make It Easier To Remove Directors |
| 8/25 | 2010 | Market Watch | SEC Approves Rule Giving Shareholders New Power |
| 8/24 | 2010 | Wall Street Journal | Hyatt Director Gets a Status Makeover |
| 8/23 | 2010 | Los Angeles Times | Pesky Shareholder Activists Gain Influence |
| 8/16 | 2010 | Bloomberg | Mark Hurd Gave HP’s Board Many Reasons For Ouster: Ann Woolner |
| 8/15 | 2010 | Market Watch | Ex-CFO of HP May Get $40 Million |
| 8/13 | 2010 | Financial Times | Hurd Set For pay-Out Due To Contract Loophole |
| 8/13 | 2010 | Financial Times | Corporate Ethics: Moral Hazards |
| 8/9 | 2010 | Reuters | HP’s Hurd Latest CEO To Get Lucrative Exit Payout |
| 8/9 | 2010 | Fox Business | HP’s Hurd: Did The Punishment Fit the Crime? |
| 8/9 | 2010 | Wall Street Journal | CEOs Ethical Lapses Put Boards In Tough Spots |
| 8/8 | 2010 | Wall Street Journal | Hurd Neglected to Follow H-P Code |
| 8/8 | 2010 | Financial Times | Experts Back HP on Hurd Exit |
| 8/7 | 2010 | San Francisco Chronicle | Can Preppy Look Save American Apparel Empire? |
| 8/3 | 2010 | National Public Radio | Countrywide to Pay $600 Million Settlement |
| 7/31 | 2010 | New York Times | The Academic-Industrial Complex |
| 7/29 | 2010 | Market Watch | Carly Fiorina’s Muddle Legacy In Silicon Valley |
| 7/28 | 2010 | Big Money | |
| 7/25 | 2010 | Reuters | Bankers Cut Pay – A Wee Bit – To Calm Legislatures |
| 7/23 | 2010 | Economic Times | Wall Street Banks Scale Back Pay — For now |
| 7/19 | 2010 | Trading Markets | |
| 7/18 | 2010 | Baltimore Sun | Maryland CEO Compensation Rose and Fell With Corporate and Stock Market Fortunes |
| 7/16 | 2010 | Wilmington News Journal | |
| 7/15 | 2010 | American Public Media Marketplace | JP Morgan’s Success Not What It Seems |
| 7/13 | 2010 | Financial Times | Penthouse is Open to Working with Hefner |
| 7/2 | 2010 | Baltimore Business Journal | Pay fell for many Baltimore execs in ’09 |
| 6/29 | 2010 | Wall Street Journal | Ruling Means Few Changes for Companies Under Sarbanes-Oxley |
| 6/28 | 2010 | LA Observed | Most of Sarbanes-Oxley stays |
| 6/26 | 2010 | Wilmington News Journal | |
| 6/21 | 2010 | Compliance Week | When to Consider Splitting CEO, Chairman Roles |
| 6/21 | 2010 | Cincinnati.com | How much does the boss make? |
| 6/18 | 2010 | Bloomberg Businessweek | GM Board Member Kresa Said to Retire as Soon as July (Update3) |
| 6/15 | 2010 | Compliance Week | Elson, Hubbard Lead Study Group on Corporate Boards |
| 6/14 | 2010 | Chicago Tribune | Sara Lee CEO Barnes discloses she had a stroke |
| 6/12 | 2010 | MercuryNews.com | The boss’s pay isn’t always linked to company’s size or profitability |
| 6/11 | 2010 | In Vivo | Deals of the Week Screams ¡GOOOOOOOOOLLLLLLL! |
| 6/10 | 2010 | UDaily | UD alum writes book on Lehman, financial crisis and important lessons learned |
| 6/9 | 2010 | Wilmington News Journal | UD professor in the lineup with some big hitters |
| 6/7 | 2010 | UDaily | Elson to lead blue ribbon panel of leaders in corporate governance study |
| 6/7 | 2010 | American Public Media Marketplace | BP on the hook for billions in claims |
| 6/4 | 2010 | Reuters | Analysis: Goldman silence on probe a model others will avoid? |
| 6/2 | 2010 | Reuters | Benmosche looks safe despite AIA deal failure |
| 6/2 | 2010 | Wilmington News Journal | |
| 5/29 | 2010 | Wilmington News Journal | |
| 5/28 | 2010 | Cincinnati.com | Fifth Third names ex-FDIC boss as chairman; Kabat remains CEO |
| 5/27 | 2010 | News & Observer | After bankruptcy, $15 million to say ‘bye’ |
| 5/20 | 2010 | Wilmington News Journal | |
| 5/19 | 2010 | Wilmington News Journal | |
| 5/18 | 2010 | Insurancenewsnet.com | |
| 5/7 | 2010 | Wall Street Journal | Holder Blasts Omnicom Over Grants of Options |
| 5/4 | 2010 | Wall Street Journal | Shareholders Rebuke Motorola Over Pay Practices |
| 5/4 | 2010 | Sydney Morning Herald | Excessive pay levels face court |
| 4/26 | 2010 | Forbes.com | |
| 4/26 | 2010 | Charlotteobserver.com | |
| 4/22 | 2010 | Charleston Gazette | Massey board again defends Don Blankenship |
| 4/20 | 2010 | Handelsblatt | |
| 4/19 | 2010 | Market Place | Senate bill debates derivative deals |
| 4/19 | 2010 | New York Post | Goldman bosses hid feds’ probe |
| 4/18 | 2010 | Wilmington News Journal | |
| 4/18 | 2010 | Austin American Statesman | UT professor a board member at mine involved in West Virginia disaster |
| 4/2 | 2010 | The Daily Deal | |
| 4/2 | 2010 | Bloomberg | JPMorgan, Goldman Sachs Resist Nuns’ Proposal for Greater Swaps Disclosure |
| 3/30 | 2010 | WNYC Audio | |
| 3/23 | 2010 | Philadelphia Inquirer | Hershey breaks policy in naming director, 75 |
| 3/22 | 2010 | Business Week | AIG Chief Benmosche Nominated to Credit Suisse Board (Update1) |
| 3/18 | 2010 | A Week In The Boardroom Audio | |
| 3/16 | 2010 | ROC Now | |
| 3/15 | 2010 | AZ Central | Principal presses teachers to buy, sell Mary Kay makeup |
| 3/10 | 2010 | Baltimore Sun | Black & Decker defends Archibald’s relationship with board member |
| 3/8 | 2010 | DEAL Lawyers | Proxy Season Preview: Takeover Defenses |
| 3/5 | 2010 | Business Week | Coca-Cola May Pay Allen & Co. $15 Million Deal Fee (Update1) |
| 3/1 | 2010 | MarketWatch | Goldman Sachs warns of hit from bad publicity |
| 3/1 | 2010 | Wall Street Journal | Goldman Lists New ‘Risk’: Bad Press |
| 2/27 | 2010 | The Charlotte Observer | |
| 2/24 | 2010 | Business Week | Apple Names ‘Outsider’ to Serve as Co-Lead Director (Update2) |
| 2/18 | 2010 | Winnipeg Free Press | General Electric CEO declines bonus for 2008 |
| 2/12 | 2010 | Wilmington News Journal | |
| 2/6 | 2010 | Financial Times | |
| 2/4 | 2010 | Globe and Mail | |
| 2/3 | 2010 | Marketplace (Audio Interview) | Firms adopt clawback rules to stem risk |
| 1/26 | 2010 | Bloomberg (YouTube) | Elson Says AIG Should Have Followed Regular Bankruptcy: Video |
| 1/22 | 2010 | Market Watch | Frank: We’re going to have big investors disclose votes |
| 1/14 | 2010 | Moneycontrol.com | US financial crisis probe may be too late |
| 1/13 | 2010 | Reuters | Barons of Wall St concede failures; no apology |
| 1/13 | 2010 | Wilmington News Journal | |
| 1/12 | 2010 | In Vivo Blog | Limiting Stock For Docs On Boards Could Crimp Pharma |
| 1/11 | 2010 | Wall Street Journal | Boards Turn to Smaller Pay Advisers to Avoid Conflicts |
| 1/11 | 2010 | New York Times | |
| 1/11 | 2010 | KNX Radio (Inside the Audio) | |
| 1/5 | 2010 | Wall Street Journal | |
| 1/4 | 2010 | ABC News |