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Securities Law Prof Blog
Verizon Shareholders Adopt Say on Pay Proposal
Verizon shareholders adopted a shareholders resolution at the May 3 annual meeting that gives shareholders an advisory vote on executive compensation; 50.18% of votes were in favor of it, the…
Securities Law Prof Blog
Executive Compensation Shareholder Proposals Defeated at AMR
At the annual shareholders' meeting of AMR, the parent of American Airlines, two shareholder proposals relating to executive compensation were defeated. One called for an advisory vote on executive compensation;…
The D&O Diary
Executive Pay: Grasso Wins a Round over Spitzer’s Ghost
In a partial but significant victory in the New York Supreme Court Appellate Division, former NYSE Chairman Richard Grasso may have accomplished just enough to be able to keep his…
Delaware Corporate & Commercial Litigation Blog
Grasso Finds Hope in Appeal of Executive Compensation Issues
Kevin LaCroix of The D & O Diary here pens a thoughtful post, with a link to the recent appellate opinion giving Richard Grasso, the former NYSE head, some hope in…
Pension Risk Matters
Pension Investors, Corporate Governance and Financial Reporting
According to the New York Stock Exchange Fact Book, pension ownership now accounts for nearly twenty-five cents of every equity dollar. No surprise then that the governance movement is alive…
Securities Law Prof Blog
Recount for Shareholders’ Advisory Pay Proposal at Verizon
Shareholders at yesterday's annual meeting of Verizon voted on a shareholder proposal calling for an advisory vote on executive pay, and the vote is too close to call. The company…
Federal Securities Law Source
Senate Supports Shareholders’ Say on Pay
The same day the House of Representatives approved the Shareholder Vote on Executive Compensation Act, a similar bill was introduced by Senator Barack Obama in the U.S. Senate. The bill has…
Securities Law Prof Blog
ISS Recommends No to Clear Channel Communications Buyout
ISS recommends that Clear Channel Communications reject the $19.3 billion takeover bid by two equity firms, saying that the revised $39 per share price continues to be too low. Two…
M & A Law Prof Blog
TXU’s Winner
It was disclosed in a Form 10K/A filing yesterday that TXU Corp. Chief Executive John Wilder will accrue compensation worth $279.6 million if the Texas power company's $32-billion purchase by…
Securities Law Prof Blog
Federal Court Rejects Raines’ Request to Take Case
Remember Franklin D. Raines, the Chair of Fannie Mae during the time period when it was "managing" its earnings? The industry oversight agency, the Office of Federal Housing Enterprise Oversight,…