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Bradley Brasser,
Charles Haag,
Linda Hesse,
Rory Hood,
David Kern,
Joel May,
Robert Mayo,
Krunal Shah,
Amisha Shrimanker,
Michael Solecki,
David Woodcock
For some time, the Securities and Exchange Commission, or SEC, took a noticeably hands-off approach toward the use of non-GAAP financial measures by public companies listed in the United States.
With
Omar Samji
On June 19, 2015, these amendments to Regulation A, known as Regulation A+, took effect.
With
Stephen Coolbaugh,
Charles Haag,
Robin Melman,
James O'Bannon,
Robert Profusek,
Kimberly Pustulka,
Justin Reinus
On April 29, 2015, the SEC issued a proposing release regarding the so-called "pay versus performance" disclosure mandated by Section 953(a) of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act.
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Daniel Bushner,
Michael Butowsky,
Timothy Curry,
Christopher Kelly,
James O'Bannon,
Peter Zwick
On March 27, 2012, the U.S. House of Representatives passed an amended version of H.R. 3606, or the Jumpstart Our Business Startups (JOBS) Act.
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Stephen Coolbaugh,
Christopher Kelly,
Timothy Melton,
Robert Profusek,
Manan Shah
In 2011, public companies conducted their first shareholder advisory votes on executive compensation and also asked shareholders how often the company should conduct future say-on-pay votes. Companies were required to report the results of their shareholders meetings in a Current Report on Form 8-K within four business days after each meeting.
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Sarah Griffin,
Richard Meamber,
Louis Rorimer,
Diane Rose,
Esmé Smith
On July 9, 2007, the California Corporations Commissioner (the "Commissioner") approved, effective immediately, changes to regulations relating to compensatory benefit plans.
With
Gidon Caine,
Elizabeth Clough Kitslaar,
Lyle Ganske,
Harold Gordon,
Robert Profusek,
Louis Rorimer,
Manan Shah,
Philip Stamatakos,
Lizanne Thomas
A recent academic study suggests that returns on trades by public-company executives under so-called "10b5-1" prearranged trading plans beat the market by significantly more than executive trades made outside of such plans.
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Lyle Ganske,
Christopher Kelly,
Robert Profusek,
Lizanne Thomas,
Edward Winslow
The campaign to prompt U.S. companies to adopt majority voting standards in director elections continues to gain momentum. In 2006 alone, more than 150 stockholder proposals relating to majority voting were filed, and more than 25 percent of the companies in the S&P 500 currently have some form of majority voting policy in place.
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Donna Mezias
In an important decision for employers, the California Supreme Court has clarified that language in an offer letter or employment contract that an employee may be terminated "at any time" creates an at-will employment relationship that defeats an employee’s claim that he could be terminated only for good cause.
