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Corporate & Financial Weekly Digest
SEC Recoups Bonus of Former Beazer Executive Under Sarbanes-Oxley
On August 30, the Securities and Exchange Commission announced a settlement with the former chief financial officer of Beazer Homes USA to recover more than $1.4 million in bonus and…
Corporate and Securities Law
Another Executive Agrees to Sarb-Ox Clawback Even Though Not at Fault
Securities Law Prof Blog
Former Beazer CFO Agrees to Give Up Bonus Compensation
The SEC announced a settlement with James O'Leary, the former chief financial officer of Beazer Homes USA, to recover his bonus compensation and stock sale profits from the period when the…
M & A Law Prof Blog
Mobility’s Change of Control Agreement
By CorporateAcquisitions MergerLawBlogger
Footnoted.com is doing yeoman's work reading lots of corporate filings so you don't have to. Most recent example is Motorola Mobility's recent filing of a Change of Control Agreement (exhibit…
Banking & Finance Law Report
Public Companies May Need to Amend Stock Option Plans Soon to Qualify for Exception to $1 Million Compensation Deduction Limit
Publicly traded companies may need to act quickly to review, and, if necessary, amend their stock option and stock appreciation right ("SAR") plans in order to preserve tax deductions for…
Securities Law Prof Blog
Skeel on The New Financial Deal
Making Sense of the New Financial Deal, by David A. Skeel Jr., University of Pennsylvania Law School; European Corporate Governance Institute (ECGI), was recently posted on SSRN. Here is the…
Corporate & Financial Weekly Digest
Pending Legislation Could Affect Employee Benefit Plans
Since the 112th Congress commenced at the beginning of this year, multiple bills have been introduced that, if enacted, would affect employee benefit plans and executive compensation. Some of this…
Employee Benefits Law Report
Public Companies May Need to Amend Stock Option Plans Soon to Qualify for Exception to $1 Million Compensation Deduction Limit
Publicly traded companies may need to act quickly to review, and, if necessary, amend their stock option and stock appreciation right ("SAR") plans in order to preserve tax deductions for…
The Securities Edge
Will Dodd-Frank Mandated Executive Compensation Disclosures and Related Items Apply to the 2012 Proxy Season?
On August 2, 2011, the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) released a revised Dodd-Frank rulemaking calendar. The new calendar indicates that rulemaking pertaining to the following sections of the…
Global Regulatory Enforcement Law Blog
SEC Rejects Proposal by its Enforcement Staff to Settle Landmark ‘Clawback’ Suit
By Greg Jacobs
This post was written by James A. Rolfes. Last week, the Washington Post reported the SEC had rejected a proposed settlement of SEC’s landmark case seeking enforcement of the so-called…