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Interlocking Directorate
(redirected from Interlocking directorship)

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Interlocking directorate
Describes cross-memberships of directors on each other's company Board of Directors.

Interlocking Directorate
A situation or state in which one person is a member of the board of directors in more than one publicly-traded company. This creates the possibility of a conflict of interest; indeed, interlocking directorates are illegal when two companies are competitors.


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In May the US government said it was opening an investigation into the interlocking directorships between the two companies, fearing that they could interfere with competition.
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