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		<title>Federal Trade Commission Revises Hart-Scott-Rodino Thresholds</title>
		<description><![CDATA[from WSGR]]></description>
		<link>http://www.wsgr.com/publications/PDFSearch/wsgralert-hart-scott-rodino-thresholds.pdf</link>
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		<title>Effective Boards (Part 2): Relationship with the CEO</title>
		<description><![CDATA[What makes for good corporate governance? In this second of a three-part podcast, recorded in December 2011, the board's relationship with the CEO is discussed. One of the primary goals of both the Markkula Center for Applied Ethics and Silicon Valley NACD is to encourage and support effective corporate governance, the foundations for which are the skills, experience and behaviors of the individual board members.]]></description>
		<link>http://svnacd.org/2012/01/effective-boards-part-2-relationship-with-the-ceo/</link>
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		<title>Executive Comp: Every CEO Is Above Average!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The stock market still has not recovered from the meltdown of 2008, and many companies have had severe reductions in their workforces, but CEO compensation of major U.S. companies rose 36.5 percent last year. Why is there this disconnect between stock market performance and mass layoffs and CEO compensation? What should boards of directors be doing to better align CEO compensation with company performance? ]]></description>
		<link>http://svnacd.org/2012/01/2459/</link>
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		<title>Delaware Court of Chancery Holds Controlling Member of LLC Liable for Fiduciary Breaches</title>
		<description><![CDATA[from WSGR]]></description>
		<link>http://www.wsgr.com/publications/PDFSearch/wsgralert-fiduciary-breaches.pdf</link>
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		<title>The Third Annual SVNACD Dinner with FEI</title>
		<description><![CDATA[TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 21, 2012

5:30-8:30 p.m. 

Location:
Palo Alto Hills Golf &#038; Country Club
3000 Alexis Drive
Palo Alto, CA ]]></description>
		<link>http://svnacd.org/register/</link>
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		<title>Investment Adviser Registration for Private Equity Fund Managers</title>
		<description><![CDATA[from MoFo]]></description>
		<link>http://www.mofo.com/files/Uploads/Images/110300-Investment-Advisor-Registration.pdf</link>
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		<title>IRS Releases Form of Information Return for Corporate Actions Affecting Stock Tax Basis</title>
		<description><![CDATA[from WSGR]]></description>
		<link>http://www.wsgr.com/publications/PDFSearch/wsgralert-IRS-organizational-action.pdf</link>
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		<title>Effective Boards (Part 1): Board Composition</title>
		<description><![CDATA[What makes for good corporate governance? In this first of a three-part podcast, recorded in December 2011, the characteristics of effective board members are discussed. One of the primary goals of both the Markkula Center for Applied Ethics and Silicon Valley NACD is to encourage and support effective corporate governance, the foundations for which are the skills, experience and behaviors of the individual board members.]]></description>
		<link>http://svnacd.org/2012/01/effective-boards-part-1-board-composition/</link>
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		<title>Recently Proposed Legislation Adopts IPO Task Force Recommendations</title>
		<description><![CDATA[from WSGR]]></description>
		<link>http://www.wsgr.com/publications/PDFSearch/wsgralert-IPO-task-force.pdf</link>
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		<title>Critical Issues for Boards of Directors: A Perspective from Wilson Sonsini Goodrich &amp; Rosati</title>
		<description><![CDATA[from WSGR]]></description>
		<link>http://www.wsgr.com/publications/PDFSearch/wsgralert-board-of-directors-critical-issues.pdf</link>
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