Early Lessons From the 2013 Proxy Season - As Skadden monitors the initial weeks of the 2013 proxy season, we are seeing the following preliminary trends: Vote Results - Of the first 279 companies of the...more
4/26/2013 - Executive Compensation ISS Proxies Say-on-Pay
On April 1, 2013, the Internal Revenue Service issued proposed regulations providing guidance on the $500,000 deduction limit for compensation paid by certain health insurance companies to their employees. Because of the...more
4/8/2013 - CHIP Deduction Limitations Executive Compensation Health Insurance IRS Proposed Regulation Tax Deductions
As the 2013 proxy season is now underway, companies should be aware of the recent wave of lawsuits alleging breaches of fiduciary duties by management and directors in connection with compensation-related decisions. These...more
1/17/2013 - Annual Meeting Certificates of Incorporation Compensation Committee Directors Disclosure Requirements Executive Compensation Fiduciary Duty Managers Proxy Season Say-on-Pay Shareholder Litigation
New ISS Peer Group Methodology - One of the most controversial issues during the 2012 proxy season was the degree to which the peer groups chosen by Institutional Shareholder Services (ISS) varied from the peer groups...more
12/11/2012 - Executive Compensation ISS Proxy Season
Private equity funds (PE funds) and their advisors long have been concerned that a fund (or its other portfolio companies) may be liable for unfunded pension plan liabilities of one of its portfolio companies. However, in a...more
11/28/2012 - ERISA Executive Compensation PBGC Private Equity Funds
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