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executive compensation
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Pensions and Benefits
Two Strikes Rule
For three years Australian directors have had to contend with the ‘two strikes’ rule regarding executive remuneration. Under the rule shareholders have the opportunity to spill a company’s board of…
Tax Law for the Closely Held Business
The 2013 Rate Increases and Deferred Compensation
By Lou Vlahos
For many executives, the 2013 tax year began with an increase in the marginal federal income tax rate applicable to their compensation, from 35% to 39.6%. It also saw the…
Cruise Law News
Carnival Cruise Compensation: The Rich Get Richer
By Jim Walker
Travel Weekly and Skift recently reported that the new CEO of Carnival Corporation, Arnold Donald, will receive the following in compensation: $1 million base salary to start, with reviews by…
Family Law Prof Blog
CEOs’ Divorce
By Family Law
From International Business Times:CEOs must get real about their romantic relationships and the impacts of divorce, according to a Stanford Graduate School of Business study linking CEO divorces, executive pay…
Nonprofit Law Prof Blog
Upcoming ALI CLE on Advising Nonprofits on Compensation Issues
On Wednesday, October 23, 2013, ALICLE is offering a webcast entitled “Advising Nonprofit Organizations: Complyingwith Limits on Compensation, Benefits, and Other Payments.” The promotional material describes the programas follows:[T]oday’s nonprofit…
Nonprofit Law Prof Blog
Charity Navigator Releases Study of CEO Compensation
Evaluatingthe reasonableness of compensation paid by charities to their executive officersis, of course, essential to determine compliance with Internal Revenue Codesection 501(c)(3)’s prohibition against private inurement of net earnings andto…
Minnesota Employer
Employment Law Differences for Non-Profit Employers
By Neal Buethe
For the majority of employment law issues, the employer’s status as a for-profit or a non-profit makes no difference. But there are some points of distinction, such as: Senior executive…
The D&O Diary
Enough Said Yet?: Say on Pay Litigation May Have Had Its Day
As I have noted in prior posts (most recently here), plaintiffs’ lawyers have rushed to file “say on pay” lawsuits, either after a negative advisory shareholder vote on executive compensation,…
The Securities Edge
Government mandated pay ratio disclosure will fail to achieve its intended objectives
Compensation of public company executives re-emerged back into the public limelight after the recent financial crisis which began in late 2007. The public perception was one of outrage in large…
Executive Compensation Law Blog
At Long Last: SEC Proposes New Rules to Compel Disclosure of CEO Pay as Ratio to Median Employee Pay
On September 18, 2013, in accordance with Section 953(b) of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act (the “Reform Act”), the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) issued a press release and…