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executive compensation
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Securities Law Prof Blog
SEC Approves Use of Market Forces to Value Employee Stock Options
The SEC, for the first time, has approved a market-based method for valuing employee stock options in a letter to Zions Bancorp. The move could lead to reduced reported values…
Pension Risk Matters
Tax Man Cometh Again: This Time for Executive Pensions
No more cream for fat cats if Congress gets its way. According to Financial Times journalists, Francesco Guerrera and Eoin Callan, the U.S. Senate votes this Tuesday to curb tax…
Securities Law Prof Blog
ICC Criticizes SEC’s Changes to Exec Compensation Rules
The Council on Institutional Investors criticize the SEC's changes to the executive compensation rules made last December without public comment. The SEC said at the time that the changes were…
Pension Risk Matters
Union Pension Power
In response to a request from the United Brotherhood of Carpenters and Joiners of America, American Express Co. is slicing retirement benefits for top executives by more than ten percent.…
Labor Law Prof Blog
Top-5 Benefits/Compensation/Pension SSRN Downloads
Lucian Arye Bebchuk, Yaniv Grinstein, & Urs Peyer, Lucky CEOs (1129).Lucian Arye Bebchuk, Yaniv Grinstein, & Urs Peyer, Lucky Directors (393).Lucian Arye Bebchuk, Martijn Cramers, & Urs Peyer, Pay Distribution…
Securities Law Prof Blog
Merill Lynch CEO Got $48 Million in Pay
Merill Lynch's CEO, Stan O'Neal, received total compensation of $48 million in 2006, up 30% from 2005, making him the second highest paid CEO on Wall St. (Goldman Sach's CEO…
Securities Law Prof Blog
Increased Number of Pay for Performance Shareholder Resolutions
Shareholder resolutions linking executive pay to performance are being introduced by shareholders at twice as many corporations as previously, WSJ reports. See More Pressure on Executive Pay
White Collar Crime Prof Blog
Steve Jobs on the Hot Seat
By Ellen Podgor
It appears that Apple Inc. CEO Steve Jobs met with prosecutors from the U.S. Attorney's Office for the Northern District of California and SEC investigators to explain his role in…
Labor Law Prof Blog
Top-5 Benefits/Compensation/Pension SSRN Downloads
Lucian Arye Bebchuk, Yaniv Grinstein, & Urs Peyer, Lucky CEOs (1051).Takeshi Yamaguchi, Olivia S. Mitchell, Gary R. Mottola, & Stephen P. Utkus, Winners and Losers: 401(k) Trading and Portfolio Performance…
Securities Law Prof Blog
Options Scandal Won’t Go Away
In the latest development, WSJ reports that many companies are making payments to executives to compensate them for the lost value resulting from backdated options that were repriced to reflect…