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executive compensation
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Market Edge
ISS and Glass Lewis release benchmark policy updates for 2026
By Era Anagnosti, Ron Llewellyn
Institutional Shareholder Services (ISS) and Glass, Lewis & Co. (Glass Lewis), two major proxy advisory firms in the United States, have updated their benchmark proxy voting guidelines for the 2026…
Known Trends
Delaware Supreme Court Reverses Rescission of Elon Musk’s Pay Package and Lowers Plaintiff’s Fee Award
Our recent Client Alert discusses the highly anticipated ruling on December 19, 2025, by the Delaware Supreme Court reversing the Court of Chancery’s rescission of Elon Musk’s 2018 equity compensation…
Delaware Corporate & Commercial Litigation Blog
Delaware Supreme Court Reinstates Musk’s Tesla Compensation Package
The Delaware Supreme Court recently reinstated the compensation package that Tesla awarded to Elon Musk and that the Delaware Court of Chancery invalidated in two separate prior rulings, in the…
The CLS Blue Sky Blog
How Elon Musk Won Back His Tesla Compensation
Elon Musk can cash the largest paycheck in history, the Supreme Court of Delaware has ruled in a narrow and sensible opinion grounded in longstanding principles of equity and contract…
Hall Benefits Law Blog
Elon Musk’s Trillion-Dollar Demands Likely to Impact Worker Earnings Morale Negatively
By Anne Hall
Over 75% of Tesla shareholders recently approved Elon Musk’s latest pay package, potentially worth $1 trillion. If Tesla achieves certain milestones under his tutelage over the next decade, Musk, who…
Public Company Advisory Blog
Glass Lewis Releases 2026 Benchmark Policy Guidelines Updates
By Jonathan Burr|Lauren Visek|David Lynn
Glass Lewis has released its 2026 Benchmark Policy Guidelines, along with its 2026 Benchmark Policy Guidelines on Shareholder Proposals and ESG-related issues, introducing several notable changes ahead of the upcoming…
Simple Justice
A Trillion Here, A Trillion There
It’s not as if the Tesla Corporation is going to hand Elon Musk a trillion dollar coin and wish him a good day, but the shareholders of the corporation have…
The CLS Blue Sky Blog
The Fight Over Musk’s Pay: Delaware Supreme Court Hears Arguments
By Anat Alon-Beck, John Livingstone, Sophia Fisher
On October 15, the Delaware Supreme Court heard arguments in In re Tesla, Inc. Derivative Litigation, more commonly known as Richard J. Tornetta v. Elon Musk, et al. and Tesla,…
Sidley Austin Blog
Delaware Court of Chancery Dismisses Derivative Challenge to The Trade Desk CEO’s Compensation Award Valued at $819 Million for Lack of Demand Futility
By Jaime A. Bartlett, Madison J. Ferraro
In re The Trade Desk, Inc. Derivative Litigation demonstrates the careful analysis the courts will engage in a Rule 23.1 demand futility challenge to assess both director independence and the…
The CLS Blue Sky Blog
Superstar CEOs and the Limits of Fiduciary Law
By Chen Wang
Elon Musk is once again testing the boundaries of the law on fiduciary duties. In September 2025, Tesla proposed to give him a new compensation package valued at more than…