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.
Featured content
A New Look at Director Resignation
Resigning from the board can be both a vital operation for director separation and a tool for disrupting board functions for selfish reasons.
Board Dialogue, Episode 6: Hospital Leadership’s Top Challenges in 2025
2025 Executive Compensation Committee: Key Priorities and Strategic Insights with SullivanCotter
Health Care Corporate Governance: DOJ’s Criminal Enforcement Plan and Board Oversight Responsibility
Health Care Corporate Governance: Developments in Board Refreshment Practices
Health Care Corporate Governance: Issues Related to Governance Versus Management
Health Care Corporate Governance: Conflicts of Interest in an Environment of Scrutiny
Health Care Corporate Governance: Top 2025 Trends
Health Care Corporate Governance: NACD’s New Report and Board Oversight of Technology
Health Care Corporate Governance: Board Oversight of Compliance in Light of DOJ’s New Guidance
Health Care Corporate Governance: Implications of Corporate Officerships
Health Care Corporate Governance: Implications of Current Antitrust and Competition Enforcement
Health Care Corporate Governance: Guidelines for Board Decision-Making Regarding Major Transactions
Health Care Corporate Governance: Board’s Oversight of the Corporate Legal Function
Top Considerations for Health Care Board Compensation Committees
Top Healthcare Developments of 2023
Key Principles of Health Care Board Committee Practice
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
videos
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!
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FORBES
Business Leaders Called To Align Tech Decisions With Corporate Values – June 2025
Leadership Lessons From The Late Music Legend Brian Wilson – June 2025
Compassionate Leadership And The Ronny Simon Story – June 2025
The Good War: Why V-E Day Mustn’t Be Forgotten – May 2025
The Broad Relevance of Jamie Dimon’s 2025 Management Learnings – April 2025
Corporate Counsel
American Health Law Association
Mid-Year Reflections on Trending Corporate Governance Themes – June 2025
Sponsor Content: Q&A—Setting the 2025 Agenda for the Executive Compensation Committee – May 2025
Health Care Corporate Governance: Issues Related to Governance Versus Management – April 2025
The ABA Formalizes “Who Is the Lawyer’s Client?” Professional Obligations – February 2025
Harvard Law School Forum on Corporate Governance
COLUMBIA LAW SCHOOL BLUE SKY BLOG ON CORPORATIONS
Barron’s
other publications
THE D&O DIARY
Guest Post: New DOJ White Collar Enforcement Policy Pressures Caremark Obligations – June 2025
CHICAGO TRIBUNE
A look back at the Blackhawks’ streak when Chicago was a true championship city – June 2025
CORPORATE BOARD MEMBER
Board Oversight Of The Trust Factor – April 2025
CHICAGO TRIBUNE
The Great Chicago Flood’s Lasting Lessons, 33 Years Later – April 2025
ALM | LAW.COM
What to Know About the New ‘Overlapping Directorship’ Antitrust Development – January 2025
THE D&O DIARY
Guest Post: The Board’s Post-Election Oversight of Corporate Compliance – November 2024
NACD Directorship Magazine
Boards Must Lead Companies Through Today’s Political Turbulence – July 2024
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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.
