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Corporate and Securities Law
ISS Proposes New Methodology For Evaluating Equity Plan Proposals
The Securities Edge
My inaugural Uptick: How about never? Does never work for you?
I have read several reports quoting Mary Jo White, Chair of the SEC, as saying that the remaining Dodd-Frank corporate governance rulemakings will be out by year-end. Admittedly, the reports…
International Financial Law Prof Blog
Bankers Expecting Huge Bonuses for 2014
Bloomberg reports investment banking business is up as much as 19%. Expect huge 2014 bonuses! “This will be a good year for investment bankers, and the largest banks have figured…
The Securities Edge
10 nuggets on corporate governance hot topics
[caption id="attachment_1434" align="alignright" width="300"] Photo by Eric Roy/ Golden Nugget Casino, Las Vegas, late 80's.[/caption] On September 30, Bob Lamm moderated a panel at a “Say-on-Pay Workshop” held during the…
Corporate & Financial Weekly Digest
ISS Publishes Results of Annual Global Voting Policy Survey
On September 29, Institutional Shareholder Services (ISS), a leading proxy advisory firm, published the results of its 2014–2015 global voting policy survey. The survey, which, according to ISS, received more…
International Financial Law Prof Blog
SEC enforces fraudulent accounting clawback of SABA former CEO Bobby Yazdani’s incentive based pay and capital gains
Section 304 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 requires the chief executive officer of any issuer required to prepare an accounting restatement due to material noncompliance with the securities laws as a…
Pensions and Benefits
FTSE100 DRRs and AGMs – Don’t believe everything you read in the papers…
The world of executive remuneration enjoyed a brief flurry of activity last week as an AGM was held, an updated version of the Corporate Governance Code was published and the…
Pensions and Benefits
Why over what, spirit over letter – the NAPF publishes its verdict on the FTSE 350 2014 AGM season
After an eventful 2014 AGM season, the National Association of Pension Funds (NAPF) has published its 2014 AGM Season Report in respect of the FTSE350. This second annual NAPF Report…
Tax Law for the Closely Held Business
Section 409A, Part II: The Employment Agreement Obstacle Course
By BJ Ford
Closely-held businesses often rely heavily on a small group of key employees to help their businesses succeed. Given the value of these key employees to the business, it is not…
Law & Economics Prof Blog
French Economists Are Fashionable
By Shi-Ling Hsu
Paul Caron posted on the TaxProf Blog a link to the IMF's list of the top 25 economists under the age of 45. Of course, elite institutions and economics departments…