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executive compensation
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Pensions and Benefits
Shareholder Spring 2: Rabbit Emerges From The Hat
After weeks of media headlines criticising FTSE 100 executive remuneration, the Investment Association have finally pulled their rabbit from the hat! The nattily entitled “Executive Remuneration Working Group” set up…
Corporate and Securities Law
Does the Dodd-Frank Compensation Clawback Make Sense?
Corporate and Securities Law
Pay Ratio Disclosures Begin to Appear in Proxy Statements
Employee Benefits Blog
Special Executive Compensation Tax Issues in Corporate Transactions
In the corporate transactions context, it is increasingly important to be familiar with the key tax considerations relating to mergers and acquisitions, and how to minimize tax risks in such…
Winstead Business Divorce
Putting on the Ritz on the Company Dime: The Problem of Excessive Executive Spending
By Ladd Hirsch, Winstead
“Power corrupts, but absolute power corrupts absolutely.” This well-known quote from Lord John Acton in the late 1800’s is perhaps most often applied to dictators who managed to secure unbridled…
The Labor Dish
Landmines In Health Care Coverage In Executive Comp Packages
By Kerry Eason, DLA Piper
Employers promising to pay for health care in recruiting an executive or in negotiating an outplacment package need to pay close attention to overlooked tax provisions, some of which have…
Cleary M&A and Corporate Governance Watch
Delaware Court of Chancery Offers Practical Lessons for Compensation Committees
By Arthur H. Kohn, Vanessa C. Richardson
The Delaware Court of Chancery’s recently published opinion in Amalgamated Bank v. Yahoo!, Inc.[1] (the “Opinion”) provides a reminder for directors about the importance of process in satisfying fiduciary duties…
Down the Wire
Reviewing your Executive Remuneration Policies
Many listed companies will be keen to review their executive remuneration policies this year. For an interesting analysis on the pertinent issues we would like to refer you to a post on our Compensation…
Pensions and Benefits
Reviewing your executive remuneration policies
One way or another, we'd expect remuneration committees of UK listed companies to be looking closely at their remuneration policies this year. Is your policy still fit for purpose? Most…
Delaware Corporate & Commercial Litigation Blog
Chancery Determines that Electronically-Stored Information and Personal Emails of Directors Must Be Provided to Stockholders
The Delaware Court of Chancery published an opinion this week that interpreted a statute that gives stockholders a right to demand the "books and records" of a company, to include the…