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executive compensation
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Nonprofit Law Prof Blog
Higher Education President Compensation Continues to Rise
The NY Times reports that presidents of private colleges and universities continue to see their compensation increase at a rate above inflation, with 36 presidents earning more than $1 million…
Nonprofit Law Prof Blog
State Board Refuses to Renew Contract of University of Oregon President
In Oregon the university system is under the oversight and control of the State Board of Higher Education. Yesterday, the State Board told President Richard Lariviere that they would refuse…
Securities Law Prof Blog
A New Survey Reports the Costs of Going Public
It is commonplace to state that there is a high cost to going public, and the costs of compliance with SEC regulation, in particularl Sarbanes-Oxley 404, are usually blamed for those…
Corporate and Securities Law
Faultless Sarb-Ox Clawbacks for CEOs and CFOs – Delay Lets You Negotiate Down
Banking, Finance and Securities
In the Richublican World, Only CEO’s Will Prosper
The WSJ reported this morning on the SEC investigating the compensation of executives of oil-driller Nabors Industries, including CEO Eugen Isenberg. Nabors is about to pay Isenberg $100 million to…
MS Litigation Review & Commentary
In the Richublican World, Only CEO’s Will Prosper
The WSJ reported this morning on the SEC investigating the compensation of executives of oil-driller Nabors Industries, including CEO Eugen Isenberg. Nabors is about to pay Isenberg $100 million to…
Securities Law Prof Blog
Fried et al. on Clawbacks
Excess-Pay Clawbacks, by Jesse M. Fried, Harvard Law School, Harvard Law & Economics Submitter Harvard University - John M. Olin Center for Law, Economics, and Business, Nitzan Shilon, Harvard Law…
Federal Securities Law Source
Settlement in Chesapeake Energy Derivative Action: CEO Keeps $75 Million Bonus, But Agrees to Buys Back $12 Million Art Collection
On Wednesday November 2, 2011, several media outlets reported on the details of the settlement in the shareholders derivative action filed against executives of Chesapeake Energy Corporation. The case, which…
Securities Law Prof Blog
Myers on Say-on-Pay
The Perils of Shareholder Voting on Executive Compensation, by Minor Myers, Brooklyn Law School, was recently posted on SSRN. Here is the abstract:Giving shareholders more managerial power over corporate affairs—the…
M & A Law Prof Blog
News Corp votes are in
By CorporateAcquisitions MergerLawBlogger
OK, so the votes are in, and it's not pretty. First things first, the board was voted in. Is that any surprise? Of course it isn't. Here's the real surprise:…