With fraudulent activities on the rise and the potential for severe financial and reputational damage, board members must remain vigilant and proactive. By reexamining the board’s role in fraud prevention, detection, and mitigation in an age of disruption, this practical guide is crafted to assist board members in their mission to be proactive, diligent, and equipped with the knowledge and strategies necessary to uphold the highest standards of corporate governance.
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With the ongoing shift from disaster recovery to continuous operations for businesses, it represents more than a technical upgrade—it’s also about how organizations approach risk management, operational planning, and incident response. Addressing the changes, we explore how data center owners and developers can build comprehensive business continuity plans that avoid detrimental down time and mitigate costly compliance violations.
A growing number of states, including Florida and Texas, have enacted laws limiting the rights of persons associated with countries of concern in areas such as purchase and ownership of real property, travel, data handling and storage, and donations. Focusing on a key case, alongside other case law bearing on limitations on persons from foreign countries of concern, there’s a clear need for affected businesses and investors to stay vigilant regarding compliance with both state and federal regulations.
Adapting to the new phase of life after the sale and exit of a business can be trickier than business owners are expecting—not anticipating the less-tangible challenges that can include the struggle with a lost sense of identity and even being unsure of how to introduce themselves after the exit. That’s why it’s important, well in advance of a liquidity event, to think about new outlets for time and energy.
Some executives approach governance and compliance as obligations. But the real payoff comes when those efforts strengthen resilience, which is no longer just a defensive shield. Instead, it’s a performance advantage that can also better position companies to anticipate disruption and act decisively when it strikes. Focusing on efficiency and profitability, this report explores the five traits powering stronger performance and how resilience drives business results.
Both rollover equity and management-equity incentives have become increasingly common during the sale process of a business, especially when selling to a financial investor like private equity or a family office. As a result, owner-operators pursuing a liquidity event should become familiar with these incentives and five key concepts—including impact on business valuation and oversight—that can help keep them committed to the company’s success while aligning the long-term financial interests for the next sale.
Although CFOs’ optimism has risen, finance leaders are confronting the disruptive triumvirate of new tax legislation, persistent tariff volatility, and rising AI integration—while seeking meaningful, measurable outcomes. All at once, three things must be considered in a complex environment where transformational opportunity and uncertainty coexist. The takeaway is that holistic modeling is essential for businesses to determine the right tax strategy for their circumstances.
While many businesses are still maturing their sourcing strategies, several clear patterns have emerged amid a hybrid environment undergoing rapid change and strain. It’s a transformation that is playing out across five key areas: an evolving delivery ecosystem; a new partnership ethos; a shifting provider mindset; the growing role of procurement; and the rising complexity of deals as providers and buyers adapt to these fast-moving changes.
Shadow AI is no longer a fringe issue—it’s a mainstream reality inside most organizations. While the risks are real—ranging from security breaches to compliance failures—it also represents a powerful signal: Your workforce is ready, willing, and already experimenting with AI to solve real problems. Organizations that respond with rigid control will stifle innovation. Those that respond with clear strategy, empowered oversight, and curated choice will unlock AI’s full potential—safely and at scale.
As regulatory complexity intensifies and business operations accelerate, legal departments face mounting pressure to deliver more—with greater speed, precision, and strategic insight—while managing costs and demonstrating value. Yet many remain constrained by traditional service models that struggle to scale with these evolving demands. This gap has created perfect conditions for innovation and unlocking efficiency and growth with legal managed services, which now represents a new paradigm on how legal work gets done in an increasingly complex business environment.