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executive compensation
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Securities Law Prof Blog
Regulator Blocks Severance Pay to Former Freddie and Fannie CEOs
The recently-created Federal Housing Finance Agency applied a rule adopted just last week and blocked payment of an estimated $24 million in severance pay to the former CEOs of Fannnie…
Securities Law Prof Blog
Thomas on International Executive Pay
International Executive Pay: Current Practices and Future Trends, by Randall S. Thomas, Vanderbilt University - School of Law; Vanderbilt University - Owen Graduate School of Management, was recently posted on…
Securities Law Prof Blog
SEC Brings Backdating Charges Against Three Former Embarcadero Technologies Executives
The SEC charged three former senior executives of Embarcadero Technologies, Inc., alleging that they fraudulently backdated stock option grants to employees at the San Francisco business software company and reported…
Securities Law Prof Blog
Hannes on Gatekeeper Incentive Compensation
Gatekeeper Incentive Compensation, by Sharon Hannes, Tel Aviv University - Buchmann Faculty of Law; Northwestern University - School of Law, was recently posted on SSRN. Here is the abstract:A massive…
Labor Law Prof Blog
Poor Judgment
The Des Moines Register reports that Iowa Central Community College President Robert Paxton will collect $400,000 from the school in return for his resignation.The resignation was prompted by the Register's…
Securities Law Prof Blog
Thomas et alia on CEO Employment Contracts and Arbitration
When Do CEOs Bargain for Arbitration?: A Theoretical and Empirical Analysis, by Randall S. Thomas, Vanderbilt University - School of Law; Vanderbilt University - Owen Graduate School of Management; Erin…
Delaware Corporate & Commercial Litigation Blog
Professor Bainbridge: Delaware Legislature Should Revisit DGCL Section 102 (b)(7)
Professor Stephen Bainbridge muses here about the recent Ryan v. Lyondell decision by the Delaware Chancery Court, summarized here, as well as insights by Professor Gordon Smith (who views the decision as…
Nonprofit Law Prof Blog
Maryland State Insurance Commission Nixes Nonprofit CEO’s $18 Million Severance Package
The Maryland State Insurance Commission, in the wake of Richard Grasso's successful defense of his $180 million salary from the nonprofit New York Stock Exchange, has determined that the former…
Executive Compensation Law Blog
Reminder: Act Now! 409A Transition Relief Set to Expire December 31, 2008
IRS Notice 2007-86 extended the deadline for employers to bring documents into compliance with the final regulations of Section 409A of the Internal Revenue Code (the "Code") until December 31,…
Nonprofit Law Prof Blog
Nonprofit Hospital CEO’s in New Hampshire Getting Paid Highs and Lows
According to a weekend article in the Concord Monitor, CEO's in New Hampshire make the least to the most amoungst hospital administrators: Pay for nonprofit hospital executives in New Hampshire…