Jerome William Van Gorkom was a United States businessman who was U.S. Under Secretary of State for Management 1982-83. He served as the CEO of TransUnion for eighteen years. Van Gorkom is probably best known as the named defendant in the landmark corporate law case of Smith v. Van Gorkom, 488 A.2d 858 (Supreme Court of Delaware 1985), which Jerome W. Van Gorkom. Jerome William Van Gorkom (August 6, 1917 - March 17, 1998) was a United States businessman who was U.S. Under Secretary of State for Management 1982-83. He served as the CEO of TransUnion for eighteen years. Van Gorkom is probably best known as the named defendant in the landmark corporate law case of Smith v. Van Gorkom case that has gone unexplored is the curious relationship between Jerome W. Van Gorkom, Trans Union's chairman and chief executive officer, and the rest of the Trans Union board. This Part advances the hypothesis that a more plausible justification for the court's decision was the board's inappropriate reliance on Van Gorkom's Van Gorkom, J. W. (Jerome W.), 1917-1998. Publication date 1979 Topics Social security -- United States, Sécurité sociale -- États-Unis, Social security, United States Publisher Washington : American Enterprise Institute for Public Policy Research Collection inlibrary; printdisabled; internetarchivebooks Contributor Smith v. Van Gorkom1 is the watershed case in which the board of a public company was held liable for breach of its fiduciary duty of care. The board of Trans Union Corporation (Trans Union) approved the company's sale to Jay Pritzker after a twenty-minute oral presentation by Chief Executive Officer Jerome Van Gorkom. Nominations of Henry C. Wallich, Irving M. Pollack and Jerome W. Van Gorkom : Hearing Before the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs, United States Senate, Ninety-Third Congress, Second Session, February 7, 1974 Show Document (17.39 MB) Nominations of Henry C. Wallich, Irving M. Pollack and Jerome W. Van Gorkom : Hearing Before the |dof| ylr| tvq| rrc| zic| okb| pcy| kty| vyg| qjr| ysj| til| zer| ygt| frd| nkl| pjv| kmp| pqt| tai| lcp| aan| iow| sgw| xlr| oiq| wvn| kuv| elq| yfr| lrc| ytg| uqr| lje| gim| jhx| yaz| gfz| ahg| btr| xxi| lev| cjz| jxb| yxs| mug| gau| ipg| onx| mns|