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executive compensation
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White Collar Crime Prof Blog
Is Avarice a Crime?
By Ellen Podgor
Viacom Inc. disclosed the pay packages for its top three executives, and I think they are offensive, although certainly not criminal because the company's board approved them and the information…
ContractsProf Blog
Disney board “did the right thing” in Ovitz contract
The $140 million employment contract that Michael Ovitz (left) got from the Walt Disney Company was actually not as generous as those given to other similarly situated executives, a management…
Labor Law Prof Blog
Conference on Compensation for Executives and Directors
The ABA Joint Committee on Employee Benefits holds: The 19th Annual Institute on Compensation for Executives and Directors, Nov. 4-5 at the Plaza Hotel in New York.
California Employment Law Update
Company’s Proposed Payments To Corporate Officials Were Not Subject To Retention Under Sarbanes-Oxley Act
By Tony Oncidi
SEC v. Gemstar-TV Guide Int’l, 367 F.3d 1087 (9th Cir. 2004) As part of its announced plans to restructure its management and corporate governance, Gemstar-TV Guide entered into negotiations for…
Marler Blog
U. Washington president declines pay increases The cash is flowing in Pullman, Wash.
U. Washington president declines pay increases, America's Intelligence Wire reported today. "In the past few years Rawlins has been at WSU, salaries for presidents in similar institutions outside of Washington…
LawSites
GC pay soared in 2002, survey says
The nation's 100 best-paid chief legal officers saw their incomes increase an average of 9 percent in 2002, with the average combined salary and bonus surpassing $1 million, according to…