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M & A Law Prof Blog
Inside debt
By CorporateAcquisitions MergerLawBlogger
My colleague, Brian Galle, and his co-author Kelli Alces have just posted a paper, Is Inside Debt Efficient?. During the post-financial crisis there has been a lot of thought about…
Securities Law Prof Blog
Alces & Galle, on the Efficiency of Inside Debt
Is Inside Debt Efficient? Theory and New Evidence from CEO Pensions and Deferred Compensation, by Kelli A. Alces, Florida State University College of Law, and Brian D. Galle, Boston College…
Corporate & Financial Weekly Digest
SEC Seeks Repayment of Executive Compensation Based On Sarbanes-Oxley Act
Co-authored by Jason F. Clouser. The Securities and Exchange Commission recently filed a complaint in Federal Court in Texas against Michael A. Baker, the former Chief Executive Officer of ArthroCare…
Securities Law Prof Blog
TARP Pay Czar Makes 2012 Compensation Determinations for Execs at TARP Companies
On April 6, 2012, the Acting Special Master for TARP Executive Compensation, Patricia Geoghegan, released 2012 compensation determinations for the “top 25” executives at the three remaining companies that received…
M & A Law Prof Blog
Tailspotting and CEO vacations
By CorporateAcquisitions MergerLawBlogger
Yermack continues his crusade against the corporate jet in his new paper, "Tailspotting: How Disclosure, Stock Prices and Volatility Change When CEOs Fly to Their Vacation Homes". Who would have guessed…
Delaware Corporate & Commercial Litigation Blog
Bankruptcy Court Limits Executive Compensation
In re Verasun Energy Corp., No. 08-12606 (BLS) (Bankr. D. Del. March 26, 2012) Issue Addressed Whether claims of former executives for money owed under change-in-control agreements should be capped…
Cleary M&A and Corporate Governance Watch
UK Government Consults on Increasing Shareholder Voting Rights in Relation to Quoted Company Directors’ Pay
Introduction On 14 March 2012, the UK Government published a consultation on shareholder voting rights in connection with "executive" pay. The consultation follows an earlier discussion paper in which, among…
Corporate and Securities Law
ISS’ Peer Groups Begin to Spur Complaints
Employee Benefits Blog
Will Auditors Influence How Executives Are Paid?
by Andrew C. Liazos Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (PCAOB) proposals would have auditors reading the employment and compensation contracts of corporate leaders and, possibly, forcing changes to comp programs…
Corporate & Financial Weekly Digest
Audits May Soon Require Even Greater Scrutiny of Executive Compensation
Citing a concern about increased risk of fraud and material misstatement, on February 28, the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (the PCAOB) issued Release No. 2012-001 (the Proposal). The Proposal…