Leo E. Strine, Jr. is Michael L. Wachter Distinguished Fellow at the University of Pennsylvania Carey Law Faculty Senior Fellow, Harvard System on Company Governance Of Counsel, Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz and previous Main Justice and Chancellor, the Condition of Delaware. Laura A. McIntosh is consulting legal professional at Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz. This put up is primarily based on their post, forthcoming in Directors and Boards Journal.
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