Profile: A Gilchrist Sparks III

Law Firm: Morris Nichols Arsht & Tunnell LLP
Office: Morris Nichols Arsht & Tunnell LLP
1201 North Market Street
PO Box 1347
19899-1347
City: Wilmington
State: Delaware
Country: USA
Tel: +1 302 351 9276
Fax: +1 302 425 4683
Email: asparks@mnat.com

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The Battle over the Election Ballot : A survey of the Movement to Reform the Director Election System for US Corporations

Although bitter proxy contests for corporate directorships occasionally make headlines in financial newspapers that follow US corporations, it is the absence of proxy contests at most stockholder meetings that is attracting the attention of corporate governance activists. In the wake of Enron and other scandals that undermined confidence in the current system for managing corporations, activists are demanding that stockholders play a greater role in corporate governance. These activists have targeted the director election system as one vehicle for enhancing stockholder power over corporate affairs.