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M & A Law Prof Blog
Forstmann on Future of Wall St.
By CorporateAcquisitions MergerLawBlogger
Teddy Forstmann and Charlie Gasparino on the financial crisis, executive compensation, corporate risk taking and the future of Wall St.
Executive Compensation Law Blog
Federal Government Fires More Salvos At Executive Compensation
The federal government’s extraordinary multi-pronged attack against executive compensation practices took another step forward, this time with the Federal Reserve Board of Governors (“FRB”) taking aim. On October 22, 2009,…
M & A Law Prof Blog
Say on Pay – Great White North Edition
By CorporateAcquisitions MergerLawBlogger
According to the Canadian Globe and Mail, say-on-pay is voluntarily sweeping Canada's financial services industry:Canada's nine largest financial services companies have reached an agreement to give shareholders a vote next year…
Labor Law Prof Blog
Curbing Excessive Executive Compensation by Making it Non-Deductible
Aaron Zelinsky (Yale 3L) proposes curbing excessive executive compensation by making it nondeductible. The best part: the IRS can do it by simply re-interpreting an existing provision of the tax…
The Faculty Lounge
Once-proud giants, now wards of the state whose leaders’ compensation is being set by a Washington paymaster
From the NY Times.Yesterday’s NY Times Room For Debate commentary addressed Kenneth R. Feinberg’s pay plan, which calls for significant pay cuts (50 percent on average) from the 25 top…
Securities Law Prof Blog
Fed Issues Proposal to Review Incentive Compensation Practices at Big Banks
This morning I read in the New York Times that Morgan Stanley had returned to profitability and had plans to pay its employees healthy bonuses, because, its CFO said, "we…
The Right Coast
Obama to Slash Exec Pay at Bailout Firms – ProfessorBainbridge.com Tom Smith
The point is exceptionally well taken. The Obama administration has shown a shocking disregard for the rule of law when contract rights interfere with the administration's ability to reorder the…
Securities Law Prof Blog
Pay Czar Will Order Pay Cuts at Seven Recipients of Bailout Funds
The federal "pay czar," Kenneth Feinberg, will order the seven companies receiving the most federal bailout money to reduce the cash compensation to their 25 highest-paid employees by about 90%. …
ContractsProf Blog
Executive Compensation Mystery at Sotheby’s
The New York Times reports that the Sotheby's auction house has refused to provide government regulators with information on bonuses paid to Sotheby's executives. Sotheby's justifies this refusal by pointing out…
Securities Law Prof Blog
Companies Awarded Execs Pre-Takeover Stock Options
Another stock options scandal? Many corporations awarded stock options to their senior executives while they were engaged in undisclosed discussions about being taken over, the Wall St. Journal reports today. …