"But we had obtained professional / legal advice!" the disclosure conundrum and diectors' dilema

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"But we had obtained professional / legal advice!" the disclosure conundrum and diectors' dilema

Purpose - In recent enforcement actions by several capital market regulators in some common law jurisdictions, the issue of directors' reliance on legal advice in relation to compliance with their statutory duties has been raised. This paper aims to discuss the dilemma faced by directors and re...

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Main Author:	Mohd. Sulaiman, Aiman @ Nariman
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2013
Subjects:	K Law (General)
Online Access:	http://irep.iium.edu.my/29081/ http://irep.iium.edu.my/29081/1/29081.pdf

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