Topic
executive compensation
1,539 published works
Public Chatter
In-House Corner: Setting the Board’s Budget
By Broc Romanek
This feature of our blog is where our in-house readers share tips, anecdotes and thoughts about things that come up in their daily practice. This particular batch of thoughts is…
Compensation & Benefits Blog
A Conjunction is Worth Thousands of Dollars: Recent Case Highlights Significance of “And” vs. “Or”
By Seth Safra, David B. Teigman, Aaron Weiss, Gregory Zeien
You do not need a Lexis or Westlaw subscription to know that major cases and significant judgments have sometimes hinged on the meaning of a single word, or the placement…
Global Regulation Tomorrow
EBA final Guidelines on data collection exercises regarding high earners
On 30 June 2022, the European Banking Authority (EBA) published updated guidelines on the data collection exercise on high earners. The updated guidelines reflects the amended remuneration framework laid down…
The CLS Blue Sky Blog
The Implications of Complexity in CEO Pay Packages
By Ana Albuquerque, Mary Ellen Carter, Zhe (Michael) Guo, Luann Lynch
Tying chief executive officer (CEO) pay to performance goals aims to solve a classic principal-agent problem, helping to ensure that the CEO acts in the best interest of shareholders. But…
California Corporate & Securities Law Blog
SEC Reopens Comment Period On Deeply Flawed Proposed Claw-Back Rules
Seven years ago, the Securities and Exchange Commission proposed rules that would direct the national securities exchanges and national securities associations to establish listing standards that would require each issuer…
The Securities Law Blog
SEC Reopens Comment Period for Proposed Rule on Recovery of Erroneously Awarded Compensation
The Securities and Exchange Commission today reopened the comment period on proposed rules for listing standards for recovery of erroneously awarded compensation, and staff of the Commission released a memo…
Delaware Corporate & Commercial Litigation Blog
Chancery Addresses Claims of Excessive Executive Compensation
In the recent Delaware Court of Chancery opinion styled: Knight v. Miller, C.A. No. 2021-0581-SG (Del. Ch. April 27, 2022), the court described this case as “. . . another…
The CLS Blue Sky Blog
Does Stakeholder Outrage Affect Executive Compensation?
By Attila Balogh, Danika Wright, Jason Zein
One-third of S&P 1500 CEOs reduced their base salary in 2020 as the onset of the coronavirus pandemic caused widespread economic disruption. These pay cuts were often accompanied by press…
Beneficially Yours
SEC Reopens Comment Period for Pay-for-Performance Proxy Disclosure
By Candace Quinn, Jon Karelitz
Seyfarth Synopsis: Back in 2015, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) issued proposed rules on the pay-for-performance disclosure required under the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act…
The CLS Blue Sky Blog
Power and Pay in the C-Suite
By Afra Afsharipour, Darren Rosenblum
Over the past few decades, chief executive officer (CEO) pay has risen spectacularly, as has debate regarding why this has occurred and whether policy should or can correct it. Yet…