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executive compensation
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Securities Law Prof Blog
Warren Buffett on Corporate America
Larry Cunningham (GW) has edited a second edition of Warren Buffett's legendary essays. Among the "hot topics" touched upon in this edition are stock options, excessive CEO pay, derivatives, foreign…
Pension Risk Matters
Pension Power in the Boardroom
On April 7, 2008, this blogger wrote about unhappy pension campers, seeking to rid troubled companies of certain board members. (See "Three Public Pension Plans Say No Thanks.") At the…
Securities Law Prof Blog
Washington Mutual Announces Changes at Shareholders Meeting
Washington Mutual announced at its shareholder meeting the resignation of Mary Pugh, the director who was head of the board's finance committee. In addition, the company will revise its incentive-pay…
Nonprofit Law Prof Blog
Boston Herald Sees Communist Conspiracy in Mass. Bill to Cap Nonprofit Executive Compensation
The Boston Herald published a rather scathing editorial regarding the bill introduced in the Massachusetts legislature to limit nonprofit compensation. The editorial, entitled "A Kremlin Answer to Hospital CEO's," calls…
Securities Law Prof Blog
Fried on Backdating
Option Backdating and its Implications, by JESSE M. FRIED, University of California, Berkeley - School of Law, was recently posted on SSRN. Here is the abstract:Thousands of US companies appear…
Securities Law Prof Blog
ISS Recommends Against 4 Citigroup Directors
ISS recommends that Citigroup shareholders not vote for the reelection of four directors. Three of the directors -- Alain J.P. Balda (Chair, Alcoa), Kenneth Derr (former Chair, Chevron), and Richard…
Nonprofit Law Prof Blog
Observers respond to Mass. Bill to Limit Nonprofit Executive Compensation
Here is what one reader said on the Chronicle of Philanthropy website about the Massachusetts bill to limit compensation paid to executives of large nonprofits:The idea of the “non-profit” hospital…
Nonprofit Law Prof Blog
Massachusetts Bill to Cap Salaries at Charities
Massachusetts will consider a bill, Senate, No. 2559, to cap salaries of nonprofit executives. The bill will impose a cap of $500,000 on compensation paid to any director, trustee, officer…
Securities Law Prof Blog
Aflac Shareholders Have “Say on Pay”
Aflac's proxy statement formally invites shareholders to vote on the company's performance-based compensation. According to the company's press release, this is the first time shareholders at a major American public…
Securities Law Prof Blog
SEC Compensation Rules Result in Math But Not Comprehension
What has been the effect of the SEC's new rules on the disclosure of executive compensation in the 2008 proxy materials? Complex mathematical formulas and not much comprehension of the…