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Lowenstein Sandler
A well-thought-out hiring process can help companies not only attract and retain top talent, but it can also ensure that companies meet legal obligations, obtain necessary protections, and avoid costly mistakes.
Cooley LLP
In May, the SEC adopted a proposal intended to modernize and improve disclosure regarding company stock repurchases. One fortunate aspect of the final rules—for domestic companies...
Winston & Strawn LLP
On June 9, 2023, the Securities and Exchange Commission (the SEC) approved the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) and Nasdaq Stock Market (Nasdaq) listing standards related to recovery of erroneously awarded compensation, referred to as "clawbacks."
Cahill Gordon & Reindel LLP
In June 2023, the Securities and Exchange Commission ("SEC") announced a settlement of charges against Stanley Black & Decker, Inc. ("SBD") for failure to make necessary...
Shearman & Sterling LLP
Succession planning is a critical component of enterprise risk management. Getting succession planning right can mitigate adverse impacts on a company's ongoing operations...
Barack Ferrazzano Kirschbaum & Nagelberg
In August 2022, the Securities and Exchange Commission adopted a final rule requiring certain SEC registrants, excluding emerging growth companies (each, a "Registrant")...
Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP
On July 1, 2023, the first reporting period for disclosure on Form N-PX of proxy votes regarding certain executive compensation matters began for institutional investment managers that file Form 13F...
Proskauer Rose LLP
Companies that have allegedly engaged in spring-loading or bullet-dodging have been the subject of SEC investigations as recently as a few years ago.
Proskauer Rose LLP
"An incentive compensation program should drive behavior, engagement and results that a company wants its employees, customers and investors to know are important...
Manatt, Phelps & Phillips LLP
On June 9, 2023, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) approved the "clawback" listing standards proposed by the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) and Nasdaq.
Foley Hoag LLP
The New York Stock Exchange ("NYSE") and Nasdaq filed amendments to their proposed rules requiring that all listed companies adopt adequate clawback policies on executive compensation.
Goodwin Procter LLP
Smaller reporting company (SRC) status under the rules of the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) is determined annually by reporting companies based on a company's "public float" as of the last business day of the company's second fiscal quarter.
Proskauer Rose LLP
The Tax Court's May 3, 2023, decision in ES NPA Holding, LLC v. Commissioner (T.C. Memo 2023‑55), upholding a taxpayer's position to characterize a partnership interest as a profits interest...
McDermott Will & Emery
The new compliance focus on executive compensation, as announced by the US Department of Justice (DOJ) on March 3, 2023, has significant implications...
Goodwin Procter LLP
On April 24, 2023, the US Securities and Exchange Commission designated Sunday, June 11, 2023, as the date by which it would either approve or disapprove the executive compensation recovery ...
Lowenstein Sandler
The latest "Just Compensation" podcast features Megan Monson, Taryn E. Cannataro, and Jessica Kriegsfeld of Lowenstein's Employee Benefits & Executive Compensation group...
Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman
An initiative submitted by the Service Employees International Union United Healthcare Workers West (SEIU-UHW) seeks to limit the annual compensation of health care executives...
Winston & Strawn LLP
Judge Albright is issuing in many of his patent cases a sua sponte order on motions in limine that are very similar to the standing order the Judge Gilstrap issued in December 2022.
Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft LLP
The Royal Bank of Canada announced that this year it will begin incorporating ESG considerations into incentive compensation plans for the bank's CEO and other top executives.
Mintz
Today's Wall Street Journal story about the CEO whose "Pity City" comments provoked outrage after a viral TikTok premiere is yet another cautionary tale about the instant...