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ISS Posts Updated Comp FAQs: Four Things to Know
By Kelly Reinholdtsen, Sue Morgan
Last week, ISS posted a set of 11 updated FAQs for pandemic-related pay adjustments. The FAQs are updated from those that ISS originally posted in October 2020. Here are four…
ContractsProf Blog
More On Compensation Inequity: College Football Edition
Yesterday, I ranted about executive compensation. Today, I will rant about compensation paid to college football head coaches. If you think that college football coaches deserve to be, in most…
ContractsProf Blog
Executive Compensation at Softbank
Early in my career as a legal academic, I wrote about the suits over Michael Ovitz's compensation as President of the Disney Company. In that Article, I argued that there…
The SEC Institute Blog
Yet Another Perks Enforcement Case!
As we have blogged about on previous occasions, the SEC Enforcement Division is actively watching for companies that fail to adequately disclose executive perks. In a recent case against ProPetro…
Corporate and Securities Law
SEC Staff Issues Accounting Guidance on “Spring-Loaded” Compensation Awards to Executives
The Securities Law Blog
SEC Staff Issues Accounting Guidance on "Spring-Loaded" Compensation Awards to Executives
Securities and Exchange Commission staff today released guidance for companies about how to properly recognize and disclose compensation cost for "spring-loaded awards" made to executives. Spring-loaded awards are share-based compensation…
The Securities Law Blog
SEC Charges Oilfield Services Company and Former CEO With Failing to Disclose Executive Perks and Stock Pledges
The Securities and Exchange Commission today announced that Texas-based oilfield services company ProPetro Holding Corp. and its founder and former CEO Dale Redman have agreed to settle charges that they…
Herrick Restructuring Review
Debtors Beware: Congress Takes Aim At “Eve of Filing” Executive Compensation
By Steven Smith, Rachel Ginzburg
Some recent high profile restructuring debtors made multi-million dollar retention bonuses on the eve of bankruptcy filings. The U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) took notice of these pre-petition payments and,…
The CLS Blue Sky Blog
How Technological Similarities Between Firms Affect the Market for Managers
By Fred Bereskin, Seong Byun, Jong-Min Oh
Last June, Benedetto Vigna became the new CEO of Ferrari NV, joining the company from semiconductor manufacturer STMicroelectronics NV. The chairman of Ferrari noted Vigna’s “deep understanding of the technologies…
Real Bankruptcy Intel
What We’re Reading This Week [October 18, 2021]
By Jamie R. Netznik, Aaron Gavant, Sean T. Scott
Reuters interviews Representative Cheri Bustos with respect to a bill she proposed last week, which would prevent executives of bankrupt companies who make more than $250,000 per year from receiving…