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executive compensation
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Securities Law Prof Blog
Occidental Pretroleum CEO Got $416.3 Million Last Year
Occidental Pretroleum reported that its CEO Ray R. Irani received $416.3 million in compensation last year, most of it in stock options or from the deferred shares program. See WSJ,…
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Starwood CEO Forced Out Because of Improper Conduct
Steven J. Heyer was forced out as CEO of Starwood Hotels last week and forfeited $35 million in severance pay. The WSJ reports that the board forced him out after…
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Big Bucks for Ford Motor Execs
Executive compensation at the struggling U.S. auto manufacturers continues to draw attention. Ford Motor's SEC filing disclosed that it paid a total of $62 million to its senior management after…
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Union Goes After Verizon Directors
The AFL-CIO is campaigning against the reelection of the Verizon directors who authorized CEO Ivan Seidenberg's compensation, saying that he received $110 million over a five-year period while the stock…
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Corporations Disclose Additional Information about Compensation
Many corporations are providing their shareholders even more information about executive compensation than the SEC rules require, in the name of transparency. However, the additional compensation does not necessarily meet…
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Blockbuster CEO Resigns
Blockbuster CEO John Antioco announced yesterday he would leave the company at the end of this year. He and Carl Icahn, a 16% shareholder, have been battling for two years…
Labor Law Prof Blog
Top-5 Benefits/Compensation/Pension SSRN Downloads
Lucian Arye Bebchuk, Martijn Cramers, & Urs Peyer, Pay Distribution in the Top Executive Team (229).Annamaria Lusardi (left) & Olivia S. Mitchell (right), Financial Literacy and Retirement Preparedness: Evidence and…
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Profile on Executive Compensation Activists
The WSJ highlights some of the key players who have made executive-pay activism a "potent mainstream force," as shareholders have submitted 266 shareholder proposals related to executive compensation so far…
Delaware Corporate & Commercial Litigation Blog
Delaware Chancery Court Orders Return of Excessive Bonus
In Valeant Pharmaceuticals International v. Jerney, (Del. Ch., March 1, 2007), 2007 WL 704935, read opinion here, the Delaware Chancery Court required a former president and director to disgorge a…
Labor Law Prof Blog
Top-5 Benefits/Compensation/Pension SSRN Downloads
Lucian Arye Bebchuk, Martijn Cramers, & Urs Peyer, Pay Distribution in the Top Executive Team (217).Annamaria Lusardi & Olivia S. Mitchell, Financial Literacy and Retirement Preparedness: Evidence and Implications for…