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executive compensation
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Delaware Corporate & Commercial Litigation Blog
Scholarly Commentary on the “Say on Pay” Executive Compensation Issue
Here is a video clip of a presentation by Prof. Stephen Bainbridge (linked from his blog), on a recent panel moderated by Vice Chancellor Leo Strine, Jr. of the Delaware Chancery Court,…
Securities Law Prof Blog
University of Cincinnati Symposium on Dysfunctional Boards
The University of Cincinnati College of Law and Law Review PresentThe Dysfunctional Board: Causes and CuresMarch 14, 2008, 8:00 a.m. - 3:30 p.m.This Program will be Webcast at the Corporate…
Securities Law Prof Blog
Bainbridge on Say on Pay
Remarks on Say on Pay: An Unjustified Incursion on Director Authority, by STEPHEN M. BAINBRIDGE, University of California, Los Angeles - School of Law, was recently posted on SSRN. Here…
Securities Law Prof Blog
Executives Defend Pay Before House Committee
The Committee on Oversight and Government Reform held a hearing today on CEO Pay and the Mortgage Crisis. The testimony of the speakers is at the Committee's website, including Countrywide's…
Securities Law Prof Blog
House Committee Holds Hearing on Executive Compensation
Three poster children for outsized executive compensation -- Countrywide Financial's Angelo Mozilo, former Merrill Lynch chair E. Stanley O'Neal, and former Citigroup CEO Charles O. Prince -- are scheduled to…
Securities Law Prof Blog
“Say on Pay” on Many Corporations’ Proxy Statements This Spring
"Say on pay" resolutions are on proxy statements of almost 100 companies this year, including Citigroup, Walmart, and Apple. Last year resolutons to adopt an advisory vote on executive compensation…
Corporate & Securities Law Blog
IRS Confirms Significant Change in the Landscape of 162(m) Performance-Based Compensation Arrangements
(This is an update to our February 14, 2008 blog post.) On February 21, 2008, the Internal Revenue Service ("IRS") released Revenue Ruling 2008-13, which confirms and expands upon the…
Securities Law Prof Blog
Comcast Announces Plans to Return Cash to Shareholders
Comcast made two announcements designed to placate investors unhappy with its drop in stock price. It announced a 25 cents per year dividend -- its first since 1999 -- and…
Securities Law Prof Blog
Fried on Options
Hands-Off Options, by JESSE M. FRIED, University of California, Berkeley - School of Law, was recently posted on SSRN. Here is the abstract:Despite recent reforms, public company executives can still…
Securities Law Prof Blog
SEC Criticizes Disclosure on Executive Pay Policies
As the SEC has increased its scrutiny of how corporations describe their executive compensation policies, it has expressed dissatisfaction at how many companies describe the role of individual performance in…