Current Executive Compensation Trends in Private Equity Transactions — Troutman Pepper Podcast
TRAs: Benefits, Complexities (and Private Jets) Explained with Tax Attorney David Peck
Revisiting Financial Institution Incentive Compensation Rules Under Dodd-Frank — The Consumer Finance Podcast
DE Under 3: FAR Council Seeks to Require Federal Contractors to Report First-Tier Subcontractor Information, Including Potentially Executive Compensation Data
Multiemployer Pension Plans in Mergers and Acquisitions — Troutman Pepper Podcast
Equity Award Delegations for Publicly Traded Companies — The Consumer Finance Podcast
Employee Benefits and Executive Compensation: Getting Ready for 2024 – Top-Hat Plans — Special Edition Podcast
Employee Benefits and Executive Compensation: Getting Ready for 2024 - Health and Welfare Plan Developments — Special Edition Podcast
Employee Benefits and Executive Compensation: Getting Ready for 2024 - Qualified Plans — Special Edition Podcast
Navigating Noncompetes: A Comprehensive Guide – Part 1 – Hiring to Firing Podcast
December 1st Deadline to Adopt Executive Compensation Clawback Policies — The Consumer Finance Podcast
PODCAST: Williams Mullen's Benefits Companion - Partial Plan Terminations
PODCAST: Williams Mullen's Benefits Companion - Using Equity Incentives to Attract and Retain Key Team Members
Podcast: California Employment News - The Executive Pay Exemption
California Employment News: The Executive Pay Exemption
The Justice Insiders Podcast: Meet the Securities and Exchange (and Human Resources) Commission
What Non-US Startups Need to Know About Granting Stock Options
Change of Control: Golden Parachute Rules in the Sale Process
Welcome to 'Just Compensation'
PODCAST: Williams Mullen's Benefits Companion - Plan Administrators’ 2020 Year-End Checklist
When the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) issued its long-awaited final rule banning virtually all noncompete clauses between workers and employers, it also published 500-plus pages of commentary....more
The Case: A Tesla stockholder sued Tesla's board of directors to rescind a performance-based stock option grant awarded to Elon Musk, Tesla's CEO. The option award was worth a total of $56 billion and offered the opportunity...more
On January 30, 2024, the Chancellor of the Delaware Court of Chancery struck down the $55.8 billion compensation plan that Tesla, Inc.’s board of directors had granted to Tesla’s well-known CEO, Elon Musk, finding that the...more
Companies that are listed on the Nasdaq Stock Market or the New York Stock Exchange are required to adopt a clawback policy that provides for the recovery from any current or former executive officers of incentive-based...more
On September 27, 2023, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) updated its compliance and disclosure interpretations (“C&DIs”) on pay versus performance disclosures (see the Regulation S-K C&DI page on the...more
As public corporations adopt clawback policies for incentive payments before the December 1, 2023 deadline in adherence to the NASDAQ and NYSE listing requirements following implementation of SEC Rule 10D-1, a recent Federal...more
On June 9, 2023, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) approved proposed amendments of the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) and the Nasdaq Stock Market LLC (Nasdaq) to their respective listing standards to implement the...more
On June 9, 2023, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) approved, on an accelerated basis, the New York Stock Exchange’s (NYSE) and Nasdaq Stock Market’s (Nasdaq) proposed listing standards implementing the SEC’s...more
Key Points - The DOJ recently announced several policy updates tethering resolution of criminal investigations to a company’s compensation and bonus programs. These updates include executive compensation focused...more
Summary - Top U.S. Department of Justice officials announced the DOJ’s first-ever pilot program on corporate compensation incentives and clawbacks, as well as new policies on preservation of corporate communications, at...more
During a March 2, 2023, speech in Miami at the annual American Bar Association National Institute on White Collar Crime, Deputy Attorney General Lisa Monaco announced a new policy designed to incentivize companies to factor...more
On January 9, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) announced that it had reached a settlement with McDonald’s and its former CEO, Stephen Easterbrook, for charges stemming from McDonald’s 2019 termination of...more
With all eyes turning to 2023, recent Department of Justice (DOJ) corporate enforcement policy changes and clarifications hint at what can be expected from the DOJ in the year ahead. In September, Deputy Attorney General...more
We have prepared this guide to assist our clients as they prepare to implement the SEC’s new “Pay Versus Performance” (“PVP”) Rules. On Aug. 25, 2022, after a twelve-year delay, the SEC adopted rules implementing Section...more
The pandemic’s impact may be subsiding, but businesses are encountering new challenges across the globe, including the potential for an economic retrenchment, rising interest rates, shifting regulatory and litigation...more
On November 15, 2022, Skadden held a webinar titled “Preparing for the 2023 Shareholder Proposal Season.” The panelists were Gianna McCarthy, Director of Corporate Governance for the New York State Common Retirement Fund (NYS...more
CEP Magazine - December 2022 - In September, U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) Deputy Attorney General Lisa O. Monaco announced new guidelines the department will use in connection with criminal enforcement. Those...more
On October 26, 2022, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) adopted final rules implementing Section 954 of the Dodd‑Frank Act. The final rules were published in the Federal Register on November 28, 2022...more
The SEC adopted final clawback rules last month, here, a mere seven years after they were originally proposed! After publication of the final rules in the federal register (soon), stock exchanges must propose listing...more
The long-anticipated rules regarding recovery of erroneously awarded incentive-based compensation, commonly referred to as a “clawback,” were adopted by the Securities and Exchange Commission by a 3-2 vote on October 26,...more
The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) voted on Wednesday to adopt a new rule requiring companies listed on a national securities exchange to claw back incentive-based executive compensation that was erroneously...more
1. What is the Pay Versus Performance Rule? See our Fenwick alert for a high-level overview of the Pay Versus Performance (PvP) Rule. See also the SEC fact sheet and adopting release. Briefly, the PvP Rule adds a new Item...more
As proxy preparation season approaches, the SEC’s new pay versus performance (PVP) disclosure rules will present new and unique challenges for many public companies...more
On September 15, 2022, Deputy Attorney General (DAG) Lisa Monaco issued a memorandum and delivered a speech, announcing several revisions to the Department of Justice's (DOJ)’s corporate criminal enforcement policies and...more
On August 25, 2022, the Securities and Exchange Commission adopted a pay versus performance rule in accordance with the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act. The rule requires a registrant to disclose, in...more