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executive compensation
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Adjunct Profs Blog
Supremes Grant Cert In Executive Compensation Case
The N.Y. Times reported on August 17, 2009 that the Supremes granted cert. in an executive compensation case. Here. The case arises out of the 7th Circuit and generated a…
The D&O Diary
Do Comp Reform Proposals Threaten Increased Board Exposures?
One of the propositions on which most commentators seem to agree is that perverse compensation incentives helped fuel the global economic crisis. For example, last Wednesday, formed Fed Chairman Paul…
InsureReinsure
Say on Pay – Not Just for TARP Recipients Anymore
The House of Representatives recently passed legislation which would require, among other things, an annual stockholder vote on executive compensation.
Labor Law Prof Blog
SSRN Top-10 List of Recent Employment & Labor Downloads
Guido A. Ferrarini, Niamh Moloney, & Maria-Cristina Ungureanu, Understanding Directors' Pay in Europe: A Comparative and Empirical Analysis (258).Richard L. Kaplan, Nicholas J. Powers, Jordan Zucker, Retirees at Risk: The…
Nonprofit Law Prof Blog
More on Executive Compensation
The Boston Globe reports that Massachusetts Attorney General Martha Coakley unveiled plans to closely scrutinize executive compensation in the state's nonprofit health care sector. This is interesting for a couple of reasons. First,…
Nonprofit Law Prof Blog
Joseph Kennedy, Social Enterprise, and Executive Compensation
A New York Times article reports intense speculation over whether Joseph Kennedy, former congressman from Massachusetts and son of Robert F. Kennedy, will run for his uncle Teddy's seat in…
Labor Law Prof Blog
Cherry and Wong on Excessive Executive Compensation and Ponzi Schemes
Miriam Cherry (McGeorge/Georgia) and Jarrod Wong (McGeorge) have posted on SSRN their forthcoming work in the Minnesota Law Review: Clawbacks: Prospective Contract Measures in an Era of Excessive Executive Compensation…
Labor Law Prof Blog
SSRN Top-10 List of Recent Employment & Labor Downloads
Lucian A. Bebchuk, Yaniv Grinstein, & Urs Peyer, Lucky CEOs and Lucky Directors (207). Guido A. Ferrarini, Niamh Moloney, & Maria-Cristina Ungureanu, Understanding Directors' Pay in Europe: A Comparative and…
Delaware Corporate & Commercial Litigation Blog
U.S. Supreme Court To Address Executive Compensation Issue
The U.S. Supreme Court has accepted an appeal from a decision of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 7th Circuit on an executive compensation issue. More specifically, the opinion appealed from…
Labor Law Prof Blog
Supreme Court Takes Executive Compensation Case
The Supreme Court has just granted cert. in Jones v. Harris Associates, a case in which the plaintiffs are mutual fund investors who allege that the fund overpaid its investment…