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executive compensation
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Cruise Law News
Carnival Cruise CEO Arison Pockets $90,000,000
By Jim Walker
Miami's Daily Business Review reports today that Micky Arison paid himself a "special year-end dividend" of $90,000,000. Yes, that's 90 million dollars. Cruise CEO Arison is not the only executive…
Employment Law Worldview
BBC in “ex-Director General paid no more than his rights” shock
If there is one thing to unify outrage across the political spectrum, it is the pay-outs which are often reportedly made to “failed” senior figures on departing their roles. The…
Inside Jobs
ISS and Glass Lewis Release 2013 Policy Updates
By David H. Engvall, Brian Rosenzweig
Institutional Shareholder Services Inc. (“ISS”) and Glass Lewis & Co., LLC (“Glass Lewis”) recently updated their proxy voting guidelines for the 2013 proxy season. The complete 2013 Updates to ISS’s…
Corporate and Securities Law
ISS Releases 2013 Policy Updates
By Jill Radloff
The D&O Diary
District Court Affirms SEC’s SOX Section 304 Right to Recoup Bonus Compensation from Executives of Companies Restating Financials
In a November 13, 2012 opinion (here), Western District of Texas Judge Sam Sparks has upheld the right of the SEC under Section 304 of Sarbanes Oxley to seek to…
Securities Law Prof Blog
Davidoff & Hill on Limits of Disclosure
Limits of Disclosure, by Steven M. Davidoff, Ohio State University (OSU) - Michael E. Moritz College of Law; Ohio State University (OSU) - Department of Finance, and Claire A. Hill,…
The D&O Diary
“Say on Pay” and Executive Compensation Litigation: Plaintiffs’ New Racket
I am pleased to publish below a guest post from Bruce Vanyo, Richard Zelichov and Christina Costley of the Katten Muchin Rosenman law firm These three attorneys’ post addresses a…
Securities Law Prof Blog
Cotter et alia on Say on Pay
The First Year of 'Say on Pay' Under Dodd-Frank: An Empirical Analysis and Look Forward, by James F. Cotter, Wake Forest University Calloway School; Alan R. Palmiter, Wake Forest University…
Cleary M&A and Corporate Governance Watch
ISS Focuses on Pay and Majority-Supported Shareholder Proposals in Proposed Changes to U.S. Voting Policies for 2013
On October 16, 2012, proxy advisory firm Institutional Shareholder Services (ISS) issued for comment proposed changes to its U.S. voting policies for 2013. ISS’s proposed changes focus primarily on compensation-related…
The Securities Edge
Proposed compensation committee independence rules will impact some issuers more than others
Issuers listed on the NYSE or Nasdaq should pay close attention to the rules proposed by the exchanges last week because the proposed rules will impact compensation committees; however, the…