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executive compensation
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Delaware Chancery Law Blog
Arguably Poor Business Judgment, Without More, Does Not Excuse Demand In Derivative Action
In the case of Freedman v. Adams, et al., No. 230, 2012 (Del. Supr., Jan. 14, 2013), the Delaware Supreme Court considered on appeal whether a derivative complaint challenging a…
Delaware Corporate & Commercial Litigation Blog
Supreme Court Rejects Challenge to Executive Compensation
Freedman v. Adams, Del. Supr., No. 230, 2012 (Jan. 14, 2013). Issue Addressed Whether the decision by a board to pay executive compensation without structuring it to take advantage of…
Corporate and Securities Law
Examples of Disclosures Regarding Conflict Free Compensation Advisors
Securities Law Prof Blog
Treasury Again Approves Excessive Pay for Execs at Bailed-Out Companies
The Special Inspector General for the TARP Program released a report, Treasury Continues Approving Excessive Pay for Top Executives at Bailed-Out Companies (Download 2013_SIGTARP_Bailout_Pay_Report[1]). The title essentially says it all,…
Corporate & Financial Weekly Digest
SEC Approves NYSE and NASDAQ New Compensation Committee and Adviser Listing Standards
On January 11, the Securities and Exchange Commission approved final amendments to listing standards submitted by NYSE Regulation, Inc. and NASDAQ Stock Market LLC with regard to the independence of…
Federal Securities Law Source
SEC Approves SRO Listing Standards Relating to Independence of Compensation Committees
The SEC has approved the listing standard changes relating to compensation committee independence and consultants for both Nasdaq and the NYSE. The proposed listing standards implement Rule 10C-1 under the…
Delaware Corporate & Commercial Litigation Blog
Two Recent Corporate Decisions Reviewed by Delaware Corporate Law Professor
Professor Larry Hamermesh, Director of The Widener Institute of Delaware Corporate & Business Law, comments on two recent Delaware corporate decisions in a post copied below: Two seemingly disparate recent Delaware…
Nonprofit Law Prof Blog
Galle and Walker: Constraining Executive Compensation – Evidence from University President Pay
Brian D. Galle (Boston College) and David I. Walker (Boston University) have posted Does Stakeholder Outrage Constrain Executive Compensaton: Evidence from University President Pay to SSRN. Here is the abstract:We analyze…
Labor Law Prof Blog
Recently Published Scholarship
Garrett R. Broshius, Deterrring Opportunism Through Clawbacks: Lessons for Executive Compensation from Minor League Baseball, 57 St. Louis U.L.J. 185 (2012).Jonathan L. Serafini, The Deception of Concepcion: Saving Unconscionability after…
Federal Securities Law Source
Executive Compensation Strike Suits
Proxy statement disclosures regarding executive compensation may require special attention this year as the plaintiffs’ bar increasingly pursues strike suits alleging inadequate or misleading disclosure. At least 18 such suits…