GOVERNING HEALTH
GOVERNING HEALTH
Corporate Governance Resources for the General Counsel
Corporate Governance Resources for the General Counsel
In today’s economic and regulatory environment, healthcare corporations and their leadership face a host of legal and reputational challenges that must be addressed strategically and proactively. The Governing Health thought leadership series, delivered by McDermott governance partner Michael W. Peregrine, provides engaging, issue-based resources on the risk areas corporations face and how the general counsel’s office and the board can address them.

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The Governance Implications of Biden’s AI Executive Order
President Biden’s expansive new Executive Order on the Safe, Secure, and Trustworthy Development and Use of Artificial Intelligence (EO) sets forth a framework for federal regulation and oversight of artificial intelligence (AI) for the foreseeable future. As such, it will have a profound impact on how health care boards consider the risks and benefits of AI and machine learning technology, and the organizational hierarchy to manage it.
Updated Merger Guidelines Present New Challenges for Boards
THE GOVERNING HEALTH PODCAST
In today’s economic and regulatory environment, healthcare corporations and their leadership face a host of legal and reputational challenges that must be addressed strategically and proactively. The Governing Health thought leadership series, delivered by McDermott governance partner Michael W. Peregrine, provides engaging, issue-based resources on the risk areas corporations face and how the general counsel’s office and the board can address them.
HEALTHCARE’S WICKED PROBLEMS
BOARDROOM LESSONS LEARNED IN 2022
THE IMPACT OF ESG PRINCIPLES IN HEALTHCARE GOVERNANCE
TRENDS AND DEVELOPMENTS IN DIRECTOR/OFFICER LIABILITY: CONCEPT OF OFFICER AND DIRECTOR LIABILITY AND RELATED STANDARDS OF CARE
TRENDS AND DEVELOPMENTS IN DIRECTOR/OFFICER LIABILITY: PARTIES WITH PRIMARY JURISDICTION TO CHALLENGE OFFICER AND DIRECTOR CONDUCT
TRENDS AND DEVELOPMENTS IN DIRECTOR/OFFICER LIABILITY: NEW DEVELOPMENTS IN OFFICER AND DIRECTOR LIABILITY MATTERS
checklists and committee insights
Key Governance Provisions in New HHS OIG Compliance Program Guidance
Renewed DOJ Emphasis on Compensation Compliance Connection
NACD Calls for Explicit use of Culture to Drive Board Excellence



Interlocking Boards and the Intersection of Antitrust and Governance Laws
Fundamental Considerations: Nonprofit Board Oversight of M&A Transactions
Proposed New Hart/Scott/Rodino Rules Have Major Impact on Board Oversight of Strategic Transactions







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The Conflicts of Interest “Puzzle:” Key Guidelines for General Counsel
In the first of a three-part video series on conflicts of interest challenges, Michael Peregrine explores how a continuing, sensitive responsibility of the general counsel is supporting the directors and officers’ conflicts of interest disclosure and resolution process. This responsibility is made particularly challenging because the conflicts analysis resembles a “puzzle” of multiple different legal factors that must be carefully “assembled” before reaching a conclusion. Watch this brief seven minute video now!

The Sobering Stance of Hospital Finance

Fiduciary Engagement in AI Innovation: A Governance Imperative

Corporate Leadership and Social Justice
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FORBES
Corporate Counsel
American Health Law Association
Harvard Law School Forum on Corporate Governance
Barron’s
other publications
Nixon’s Saturday Night Massacre is Relevant Today – October 2023
THE CLS BLUE SKY BLOG
A New Call to Shape and Adapt Boardroom Culture – October 2023
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Michael Peregrine
Partner | Chicago
Michael W. Peregrine represents corporations, their boards of directors, and individual directors and officers in connection with the full range of governance, fiduciary duty, director liability and leadership issues. Much of Michael’s practice involves advising boards of directors on matters of sensitivity and controversy, often in connection with corporate and fiduciary crises. He is recognized as one of the leading national corporate governance counselors and is a respected interpreter of the law of fiduciary duties.