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Securities Law Prof Blog
SEC Publishes Proposed Amendments to Compensation and Corporate Governance Disclosures
The SEC published on its website proposed amendments to the rules to enhance the compensation and corporate governance disclosures registrants are required to make about their overall compensation policies and their…
Federal Securities Law Source
New SEC Executive Compensation Proposal Requires More Than Just Additional Disclosures
The SEC has released a new rule proposal for executive compensation disclosures for next proxy season. In broad strokes, the proposal calls for disclosing information about “the relationship of a…
Securities Law Prof Blog
SEC Proposes Revisions to Proxy Disclosures on Compensation and Corporate Governance
The SEC proposed a set of rule revisions intended to improve the disclosure provided to shareholders of public companies regarding compensation and corporate governance matters in proxy and information statements. They include information…
Securities Law Prof Blog
SEC Proposes Shareholder Approval of Exec Compensation Rule Applicable to TARP Recipients
The SEC proposed amendments to the proxy rules to set forth certain requirements for U.S. registrants subject to Section 111(e) of the Emergency Economic Stabilization Act of 2008, which requires companies that have…
Securities Law Prof Blog
SEC Will Consider Discretionary Voting by Brokers at July 1 Meeting
The SEC has several important issues on its July 1 meeting agenda:Item 1: The Commission will consider whether to propose amendments to the proxy rules under the Securities Exchange Act…
Federal Securities Law Source
Potential Executive Compensation Proxy Disclosures
A variety of sources are now proposing new rules for financial markets and corporate governance. Just recently President Obama released a “white paper” for financial regulatory reform. Before that, Congressman…
Executive Compensation Law Blog
New TARP Executive Compensation Guidance and a Call for Further Reform in Executive Compensation Practices
June 10,2009 marked an extraordinary day of announcements affecting executive compensation for both recipients of financial assistance from the Troubled Asset Relief Program (“TARP”) and other publicly held companies, including:…
Securities Law Prof Blog
Cicero on Stock Option Exercise Strategies
The Manipulation of Executive Stock Option Exercise Strategies: Information Timing and Backdating, by David C. Cicero, University of Delaware - Lerner College of Business and Economics, was recently posted on…
Federal Securities Law Source
Geithner announces support for executive compensation reforms, but Congress might have its own agenda
By Karim Ali
On Wednesday, June 10, Secretary of the Treasury, Timothy Geithner outlined the Obama administration’s new proposals on executive compensation. The proposals focused on greater independence of corporate compensation committees and…
Nonprofit Law Prof Blog
LA Times Questions Executive Compensation at Nonprofit Drug Treatment Center
The Los Angeles Times reports that $45 million-a-year Tarzana Treatment Center is paying its senior executives hundreds of thousands of dollars each. The Center receives 85 percent of its revenues in…