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executive compensation
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California Workplace Law Blog
California Voters to Consider Health Care Executive Compensation Cap
By Jonathan A. Siegel, Sarah R. Skubas
California employers in the health care industry should prepare for increased scrutiny of executive compensation as a new statewide initiative heads toward the November 3, 2026, General Election ballot. The…
Nonprofit Law Prof Blog
Balsam et al., The Impact of Section 4960 Excise Tax on Nonprofit Executive Compensation and Turnover
Steven Balsam (Temple University), Curtis M. Hall (Drexel University), Erica E. Harris (Florida International University) and Kyle A. Smith (Mississippi State University) have published The Impact of Section 4960 Excise Tax…
Compensation & Benefits Blog
SEC Proposes Significant Changes to Filer Status Framework and Executive Compensation Disclosure
By Colleen Hart, Nicholas LaSpina, Andrea Rattner, Seth Safra, David B. Teigman, Katrine Magas
As previously reported in Proskauer’s client alert (available here), on May 19, 2026, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) proposed significant amendments to its public company reporting framework to simplify…
The Compensation Connection
SEC Proposes Scaled Back Executive Compensation Disclosure for Most Public Companies
By Sinead Kelly, Victor Durham-Flores
On May 19, 2026, the SEC issued Release No. 33‑11419, proposing a fundamental shift in the public company reporting framework. While the focus of the Release is on capital markets…
The CLS Blue Sky Blog
How Do CEO Mega Grants Pay Out for Companies and Shareholders?
By David F. Larcker, Amit Seru, Brian Tayan
Around the time Tesla’s board granted CEO Elon Musk a massive 10-year, $2.3 billion equity award, a small number of companies offered similar “mega grants” to their CEOs. The outcome…
Hall Benefits Law Blog
Delaware State Supreme Court Reinstates Elon Musk $56 Billion Compensation Package
By Anne Hall
The Delaware Supreme Court has reinstated the groundbreaking compensation package Tesla provided to Elon Musk, finding that Musk met all required milestones over the six years since Tesla stockholders approved…
California Appellate Report
Sheerer v. Panas (Cal. Ct. App. – March 19, 2026)
By Shaun Martin
Are you kidding me?!Thomas Panas is in San Mateo county, working (presumably) for a tech company making nearly $20,000/month in salary, another $26,000/month in commissions/bonuses, and getting additional stock grants…
Cohen & Buckmann Insights
Cohen & Buckmann Welcomes Partner Victoria Zerjav to Lead M&A ECEB Practice
By Sandra Cohen
We are pleased to announce that leading executive compensation and employee benefits (ECEB) attorney Victoria H. Zerjav has joined Cohen & Buckmann as a partner. Zerjav brings more than 20…
The CLS Blue Sky Blog
Gibson Dunn Discusses SEC Division of Corporation Finance’s Helpful Updates to Guidance
By Mellissa Campbell Duru, Sebastian L. Fain, Gina Hancock, Julia Lapitskaya, Rodrigo Surcan
On January 23, 2026, the Division of Corporation Finance (the Division) of the Securities and Exchange Commission issued several new and updated Compliance and Disclosure Interpretations (C&DIs) related to Proxy…
Compensation & Benefits Blog
ISS and Glass Lewis Release Compensation-Related Updates For 2026 Proxy Season
By Jesse T. Foley, David B. Teigman, Andrea Rattner
As part of their annual policy review cycles, Institutional Shareholder Services (“ISS”) and Glass Lewis & Co. (“Glass Lewis”) have released their compensation-related voting policy updates that will apply starting…