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Feinberg Releases Final Report on Bankers’ Bonuses
Kenneth Feinberg, in one of his final acts as the TARP Special Master on Executive Compensation, released a Congressionally-mandated review of 2008-2009 bonuses paid to investment banks and found that…
Nonprofit Law Prof Blog
Two Sports-Related Charities – Stories of Excessive Executive Compensation and Mismanagement of Assets
Los Angeles: As reported in The New York Times, the Los Angeles Dodgers paid one of their senior executives more than $400,000 in compensation from the team's charity, Dodgers Dream…
Subject to Inquiry
SEC Uses SOX “Clawback” to Force the Return of Compensation from Former CEO
By Government Investigations Group
A recent litigation release reveals the SEC’s continued determination to use Section 304 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 to compel CEOs and CFOs of companies required to restate their…
Corporate & Financial Weekly Digest
Banking Agencies Issue Final Guidance on Executive Compensation
Co-authored by Christina Grigorian On June 21, the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency, the Office of Thrift Supervision, and…
Corporate & Financial Weekly Digest
SEC Can Seek Bonuses of “Innocent” CEOs
Co-authored by Gregory C. Johnson The Securities and Exchange Commission does not have to allege that the chief executive officer (CEO) or the chief financial officer (CFO) of a public…
Nonprofit Law Prof Blog
Boston Globe Reports on University Presidents’ Housing Thanks to 990 Disclosures
The Boston Globe reports that Boston-area universities used a variety of methods to estimate the value of housing provided to their presidents and reported on their IRS Forms 900. For…
Nonprofit Law Prof Blog
IRS Advisory Committee Recommends Online Guide for Setting Executive Compensation
In its latest Report of Recommendations, the IRS Advisory Committee on Tax Exempt and Government Entities (ACT) recommended that the IRS provide additional assistance to charities, that is Internal Revenue…
M & A Law Prof Blog
Bankers’ Comp and Risk
By CorporateAcquisitions MergerLawBlogger
Gillian Tett at the FT.com points to some early stage research by Hamid Mehran at the NY Fed that challenges whether it makes sense to compensate managers of banks/financial institutions with…