Mary Francis

This is the twelfth installment in the Year in Governance Series from the In-House Subcommittee of the ABA Business Law Section’s Corporate Governance Committee. Each month, the series will share key tips on a different corporate governance topic. To get involved in the Corporate Governance Committee, please visit the committee’s webpage. A message from Kathy Jaffari: “As Chair of the Corporate Governance Committee, I would like to extend my sincere appreciation to the authors for this publication.

This is the eleventh installment in the Year in Governance Series from the In-House Subcommittee of the ABA Business Law Section’s Corporate Governance Committee. Each month, the series will share key tips on a different corporate governance topic. To get involved in the Corporate Governance Committee, please visit the committee’s webpage.

CURRENT MONTH (October 2025) Bearing Witness to the CTA’s Dead(ish) Hand By William E. H. Quick, Polsinelli PC An update on the Corporate Transparency Act, and its lingering obligations. Corporations are generally permitted (but not required) to issue fractions of a share of stock, often in the form of scrips or warrants.