C. Russel Hansen, Jr.

Quoted

• NSA Revelations Elevate Board Involvement – AGENDA WEEK 7/1/2013 – quoted in this article by Tony Chapelle
• Goldman’s Board Changes: Good Governance or Good PR?
 3/28/2012, CNBC.com -quoted in this article by Mary Thompson.
• An Australian Judge Holds a Whole Board Liable – AGENDA WEEK 11/21/2011 – quoted in this article by Tony Chapelle.
• SEC Seeks to Bar More Directors, AGENDA WEEK 6/20/2011 – quoted in this article by Tony Chapelle.
• Behind the Curtain at Disney, CNBC NEWS 3/23/2011 – quoted on CNBC by Mary Thompson on the questioning of Steve Jobs’ attendance at Disney board meetings.
• Where is BP’s Board?
, CNBC NEWS 6/11/2010 – interview by Mary Thompson on the BP Board of Directors’ handling of the crisis.

• “Proposed Regulation Would Require Small Businesses and Owners to be Listed in National Database,”  Prince Lobel Client Alert, February 8, 2022
• “10 Steps to Assist the Board in Corporate Governance in 1995,”  The Board Counsel, January-February 1995 (Van Rensselaer Press, Waltham, Mass.)
• “A No Nonsense Primer on the Top 15 Board Duties,” The Board Director, April-May 1995 (Van Rensselaer Press, Waltham, Mass.)
• “Acquisition of Computer Equipment and Software: Commercial Issues and Practical Considerations,” Proceedings of the National Association of College and University Attorneys, June 1991.
• “An 8 Point Corporate Governance Agenda for 1995,” The Board Director, February-March 1995 (Van Rensselaer Press, Waltham, Mass.)
• “Assessing the Corporation’s Vulnerability, Ch. 1: Six Easy Pieces,” The Board Counsel,  December 1995-January 1996 (Van Rensselaer Press, Waltham, Mass.)
• “Assessing the Corporation’s Vulnerability, Ch. 2: The Legal Ballot Box Terrain,” The Board Counsel,  December 1995-January 1996 (Van Rensselaer Press, Waltham, Mass.)
• “Assisting the Board in its Seven Stages of Growth,”  ACCA Docket Journal of the American Corporate Counsel Association, (2001)
• “Board Mission Statement Prototypes,” The Board Counsel, May-June 1995 (Van Rensselaer Press, Waltham, Mass.)
• “Campbell Soup: Leadership Governance at a Publicly Held Family Business,” The Board Director, October-November 1995 (Van Rensselaer Press, Waltham, Mass.)
• “CEO-Centric Boards After the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002”, The Director’s Journal,  August 2002 (The Board Place, Waltham, Mass.)
• “Chapter 7: Information Access Guidelines,” The Board Counsel,  July-August 1995 (Van Rensselaer Press, Waltham, Mass.)
• “Chapter 8: Deliberation Guidelines,” The Board Counsel, July-August 1995 (Van Rensselaer Press, Waltham, Mass.)
• “Chapter 9: Competence Guidelines,” The Board Counsel, July-August 1995 (Van Rensselaer Press, Waltham, Mass.)
• “Chapter 10: Independence Guidelines,” The Board Counsel, July-August 1995 (Van Rensselaer Press, Waltham, Mass.)
• “Compilation of Recommendations Not to Adopt Guidelines,” The Board Counsel, May-June 1995 (Van Rensselaer Press, Waltham, Mass.)
• “Corporate Governance in Family Held Businesses,” Proceedings of Attorneys for Family Held Businesses,  Dallas, TX, Fall 1996
• “Director Liability for “Group Published Information,” The Board Counsel, May-June 1995 (Van Rensselaer Press, Waltham, Mass.)
• “Getting Started: The Guideline Process,” The Board Director,  June-July 1995 (Van Rensselaer Press, Waltham, Mass.)
• Governance Case Study Series Ch. 2.” To Release Four Hands: Strategic Theory for RJR Nabisco,” The Board Director, 1996 (Van Rensselaer Press, Waltham, Mass.)
• Guidelines Ch. 14:” Oversight by Agenda,” The Board Counsel, December 1995-January 1996 (Van Rensselaer Press, Waltham, Mass.)
• “Is Your Board “Crisis Ready?,” The Directors’ Journal,  October 2002 (The Board Place, Waltham, Mass.)
• “Key Board Duties in a Nutshell: Legalese Version,”  The Board Counsel, March-April 1995 (Van Rensselaer Press, Waltham, Mass.)
• “National Association of Corporate Directors Report of the Health Care Governance Roundtable,”  (1998)*
• “National Association of Corporate Directors Report of the NACD Best Practices Council:  Coping with Fraud and Other Illegal Activity”(1998)*
• “National Association of Corporate Directors Report of the NACD Blue Ribbon Commission on CEDO Succession (1998)*
• “New ‘Caremark on Steroids’ Duties for Consumer Financial Services Boards,” Lexology.com, August 9, 2012
• “Not Your Parent’s Directorship,” The Director’s Journal, June 2002 (The Board Place, Waltham, Mass.)
• “Oversight Guidelines Part One: The Working Relationship with Management,” The Board Counsel,  July-August 1995 (Van Rensselaer Press, Waltham, Mass.)
• “Oversight and the CEO,” The Board Director,  August-September 1995 (Van Rensselaer Press, Waltham, Mass.)
• “Oversight Through the Board Committees,” The Board Director, August-September 1995 (Van Rensselaer Press, Waltham, Mass.)
• “Prototype Loyalty Guidelines,” The Board Counsel, May-June 1995 (Van Rensselaer Press, Waltham, Mass.)
• “Selected Considerations in Acquiring Software Companies,” Practicing Law Institute,  11TH Annual Computer Law Institute, October 1989.
• “Software Distribution, Remarketing and Publishing Agreements,”  4 Computer L.J., Spring 1984
• “Summary of Corporate Governance Changes in the Dodd-Frank US Financial Regulatory Reform Act,” Burns and Levinson Securities Law Update, July 2010
• “The Board’s Core Duty: To Direct – Indirectly,” The Board Journal, May 2000 (The Board Place, Waltham, Mass.)
• “Working with the Board of Directors in the Year 2000,” 12 ACCA Docket, The Journal of the American Corporate Counsel Association, Fall 1994.

*These three publications were researched and written in collaboration with other members of the council, commission or round-table, as the case may be.

• Chairman of the Board of Directors, Linnell Foundation
• Chairman of the Board of Directors, Criminal Justice Policy Foundation
• Chairman of the Board, RJG Charitable Foundation
• Chairman of the Board of Appeals, Waldoboro, Maine

Seminars and Speaking Engagements

• Regulation and Re-regulation: Third Party Management in Today’s Regulatory Environment, Hiperos Webcast, April 3, 2013 (Speaker)
• CFPB and OCC 3rd Party Oversight Compliance, Hiperos Webcast, September 2012 (Speaker)
• Educating Boards of Directors About Class and Derivative Action Exposure, Avoidance and Procedure, ABA Business Law Section, Spring Meeting, March 2012 Caesars Palace, Las Vegas (Panelist)
• Preparing for Changes in Proxy Access and Disclosure, NIRI Annual Conference, June 2010, San Diego, California (Moderator)
• Corporate Governance 2009: Everything you need to know to navigate the next proxy season, Boston Bar Association, October 2008 (Moderator) 2008
• Proxy Season Update, Board Leaders, June 2008 (Moderator)
• Board Leaders Annual Director Seminar, Board Leaders, May 2008 (Panelist)
• The Impact of SEC Regulation on Boards of Directors, Board Leaders, April 2008 (Moderator)
• Director Developments 2006-2007, Boston Bar Association, Corporate Law Committee, September 2006
• Post SOX Accounting, Board Leaders, June 2006 
(Moderator)
• Majority Voting, Board Leaders, January 2006 
(Moderator)
• Counseling the Board of Directors in Critical Situations, Boston Bar Association, Continuing Legal Education program, November 2005 (Co Chair)
• Advanced Topics in Directorship, Boardroom Bound, New York Pipeline Seminar,, November 2005
• Counseling Technology-Leading Emerging Enterprises, Boston Bar Association, Continuing Legal Education program October 2005 (Co Chair)
• Succession Planning Lessons at Disney and Morgan Stanley, Board Leaders, September 2005
• Director Liability After Disney, Boston Bar Association, Corporate Law Committee, September 2005
• Hidden Risks of Advanced Intellectual Property Strategies, International Law Seminars “Life After Rembrandts – Advanced IP Strategies,” August 2005
• Growth, Liquidity or Both, a practical seminar on the current state of capital markets and the environment for buying and selling businesses, Newbury Piret & Co. and Burns & Levinson LLP, June 2005 (Panelist)
• Personal Liability of Directors, Board Leaders, March & April 2005 (Moderator)
• Board Basics, Boardroom Bound, Chicago Pipeline Seminar, February 2005
• Corporate Governance Rating Organizations, Board Leaders, January 2005
• Update on Director Duties, Boston Bar Association, Corporate Law Committee, November 2004
• The Impact of Enron on Corporate Governance, New Hampshire Bar Association, Annual Meeting, June 2004
• Organizational Sentencing Guidelines and Other New Sources of Attorney Liability, New Hampshire Bar Association, Annual Meeting, June 2004.