Touch Stone Publishers has just published the Executive Playbook on the post-McDonald's, post-Teligent expansion of personal Caremark liability for corporate officers — together with the companion white paper that contextualizes the doctrine.
The doctrine assembled itself across four Delaware Court of Chancery decisions in thirty-six months: In re Caremark (1996), Stone v. Ritter (2006), In re McDonald's (January 2023, the first to extend the duty of oversight to officers personally), and Giuliano v. Grenfell-Gardner (the September 2025 Teligent litigation, which produced the operational example with named-officer claims sustained on the basis of internal emails). Sidley Austin's January 27, 2026 commentary identified the bankruptcy-trustee documentary advantage that materially expands officer exposure for companies experiencing solvency stress.
For boards, GCs, CEOs, CFOs, CCOs, and audit committee chairs of public-company organizations, this is the operating manual for the new doctrine.
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The companion white paper — From McDonald's to Teligent: The Doctrinal Architecture of Officer Caremark Liability — sets out the doctrine across the four controlling decisions and includes the interactive Five-Perimeter Diagnostic at the appendix. Free to read.
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The Executive Playbook — The Officer's Burden — operationalizes the framework into a 90-day implementation program with three boardroom scripts (CEO, General Counsel, Chief Compliance Officer) ready for delivery this quarter. Available in four editions: Reading (digital), Bound (digital + hard-bound), Counsel (+ one coaching session), Companion (+ 45-day follow-up).
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