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executive compensation
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The D&O Diary
A Closer Look At Buffett’s Annual Letter
For years, Warren Buffett's annual Letter to Berkshire Hathaway shareholders has been a trove of business insight and commercial wisdom, and this year's letter (here), released on March 1, 2007,…
Labor Law Prof Blog
Top-5 Benefits/Compensation/Pension SSRN Downloads
Lucian Arye Bebchuk, Yaniv Grinstein, & Urs Peyer, Lucky Directors (547).Lucian Arye Bebchuk, Martijn Cramers, & Urs Peyer, Pay Distribution in the Top Executive Team (205).Annamaria Lusardi & Olivia S.…
Securities Law Prof Blog
Blockbuster Board Won’t Pay CEO Full Bonus
A board with backbone? The Blockbuster board, led by Carl Icahn, has told its CEO John Antioco that he won't get his full bonus of $ 7.65 million after the…
Delaware Corporate & Commercial Litigation Blog
Shareholder Activism and Executive Compensation
Professor Bainbridge collects commentary of others as well as his own scholarly insights regarding shareholder activism as it relates to executive compensation and similar issues. Here is the link. The…
Securities Law Prof Blog
Big Bucks for Lehman CEO
Richard S. Fuld, Chair and CEO of the brokerage firm Lehman Brothers Holding, earned $40.6 million in salary and bonus, after the firm had record profits last year. See NY…
The D&O Diary
Another Look at “Lucky” Options Grants
In an earlier post (here), The D & O Diary commented on the research published by Lucian Bebchuk of Harvard Law School and two colleagues, in which they examined over…
Securities Law Prof Blog
Sixty Companies Have Advisory Votes on Exec Pay on Ballot
Shareholder activists are putting proposals for a shareholder advisory vote on executive compensation on the ballot at 60 companies this proxy season. The Wall St. Journal looks at the British…
Labor Law Prof Blog
Top-5 Benefits/Compensation/Pension SSRN Downloads
Lucian Arye Bebchuk, Yaniv Grinstein, & Urs Peyer, Lucky Directors (518).Lucian Arye Bebchuk, Martijn Cramers, & Urs Peyer, Pay Distribution in the Top Executive Team (188).Annamaria Lusardi & Olivia S.…
Securities Law Prof Blog
SEC Corporate Finance Status Report
Speech by SEC Staff: The Promise of Transparency — Corporation Finance in 2007 by John W. WhiteDirector, Division of Corporation Finance U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, 29th Annual Conference on…
Securities Law Prof Blog
Big Bonuses at Goldman Sachs
Goldman Sachs led investment banks in 2006 in profits and bonuses. With $9.6 billion in profits, it could afford to pay a $53.4 million bonus to its CEO, bonuses of…