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Employment Law Worldview
UK Executive Pay: greater rights for shareholders
The Department for Business, Innovation & Skills (BIS) has launched a consultation on measures to give shareholders of UK-incorporated quoted companies greater influence over executive pay, through enhanced voting rights.…
Federal Securities Law Source
Federal Judge in Oregon Upholds Dismissal of “Say-on-Pay” Lawsuit Against Umpqua Board
In an Opinion and Order dated February 23, 2012, Judge Michael Mosman adopted the January 11, 2012 Findings and Recommendations of Magistrate Judge John Acosta to dismiss the derivative lawsuit…
Global Regulatory Enforcement Law Blog
Government Contractor Successfully Defends Its Senior Executive Compensation Costs
By Greg Jacobs
This post was written by Stephanie E. Giese. The issue of senior executive compensation limits continues to be a contentious one for the federal government and its contractors. This may…
Global Regulatory Enforcement Law Blog
Are Government Contracts Executives Overpaid?
Last week, the Office of Management and Budget (“OMB”) announced that President Obama is working to breathe life back into a proposal to end federal contractor executive overpayment. According to…
The Contractor's Perspective
Fatal flaws in DCAA’s challenge to contractor executive compensation
The FAR Cost Principles and federal cost reimbursement contracts provide that only reasonable allowable costs are recoverable, including costs for executive compensation. A January 18, 2012 decision of the Armed…
Compensation Committee Corner
Dodd-Frank Clawbacks: Implement Prior to Final Rules?
According to the SEC's Dodd-Frank rule-making schedule, proposed rules addressing clawbacks will be issued within the January-July 2012 time frame, and final rules will be adopted within the July-December 2012 time…
Corporate & Financial Weekly Digest
Victory for Board of Directors in Executive Pay Lawsuit
Plaintiffs’ lawyers have recently attempted to convert a negative shareholder advisory “say on pay” vote under the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act (the Dodd-Frank Act) into a…
Employee Benefits Blog
Not Just a Tax Issue: Lawsuits Crop Up over IRS 162(m)
By Jackie Sinn
by Andrew Liazos Proxy season is now upon us, and a key task is to evaluate whether shareholder approval is needed for any executive compensation plan. One of the typical…
Securities Law Prof Blog
SIGTARP: TARP’s Not Over
The Office of the Special Inspector General for the Troubled Asset Relief Program (SIGTARP) released its most recent Quarterly Report to Congress on Jan. 26, 2012 (Download SIGTARP.January_26_2012_Report_to_Congress[1]), and it…
Executive Compensation Law Blog
Spotlight on Pay For Performance Intensifies as ISS Releases New Evaluation Methodology for 2012 Proxy Season
The arrival of a new year means that another proxy season is not that far off. A highlight of the 2011 proxy season was that it marked the first year…