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
Executives at both public and private companies commonly receive performance-based incentives. The objective is to link compensation closely to a firm's financial results. These performance-based incentives can take many...more
Retaining key management at a distressed company in the midst of an out-of-court restructuring can be necessary for the success of the restructuring. To realign incentives, private credit lenders need to consider reloading...more
In an exclusive webinar produced by Ward and Smith, two attorneys coached participants through the changing landscape of Name, Image, and Likeness (NIL). In addition to reviewing new guidance recently published by the NCAA,...more
On October 4, 2023, Deputy Attorney General Lisa O. Monaco announced a new "safe harbor" policy for voluntary self-disclosures in the context of mergers and acquisitions, whereby the Department of Justice will decline to...more
“An incentive compensation program should drive behavior, engagement and results that a company wants its employees, customers and investors to know are important to it. Incorporate ESG incrementally and with that broader...more
The Los Angeles City Council will soon decide whether to adopt an initiative as an ordinance or refer it to voters for the 2024 ballot. If the initiative officially qualifies for the ballot, the Los Angeles City Council...more
On March 15, 2023, the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ or the Department) launched a three-year Compensation Incentives and Clawbacks Pilot Program (Clawback Program) intended to incentivize companies to create more robust...more
The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) on March 3, 2023, unveiled a new pilot program and announced several important updates to its Evaluation of Corporate Compliance Programs (ECCP) regarding corporate compensation incentives...more
Following remarks made on March 2 and March 3, 2023 at the American Bar Association’s 38th Annual National Institute on White Collar Crime, the U.S. Department of Justice (“DOJ”) issued revisions to its Evaluation of...more
During speeches earlier this month, Deputy Attorney General Lisa Monaco and Assistant Attorney General for the Criminal Division Kenneth A. Polite, Jr. announced significant changes to the way DOJ evaluates corporate...more
As part of a sweeping revamp of its white-collar criminal enforcement policies that began last year, the Department of Justice (DOJ) announced two significant changes last week. The first is a new three-year pilot program...more
During speeches on March 2 and 3, 2023, at the American Bar Association (ABA) National Institute on White Collar Crime (the 2023 White Collar Conference), Deputy Attorney General (DAG) Lisa Monaco, Assistant Attorney General...more
Speaking before the American Bar Association National Institute on White Collar Crime on March 2, 2023, Deputy Attorney General Lisa Monaco unveiled a new and unprecedented Department of Justice (DOJ) pilot program concerning...more
On March 2, 2023, in remarks delivered at the American Bar Association’s National Institute on White Collar Crime, Deputy Attorney General Lisa Monaco announced a new policy creating incentives for companies to adopt...more
Proxy advisory firms Institutional Shareholder Services (“ISS”) and Glass Lewis (“GL”) each published their annual policy updates for 2023, which updates made certain changes relating to executive compensation. As a general...more
The program will address important issues related to incorporating ESG into compensation programs, including: - What has pushed ESG to the forefront of compensation design (i.e., what stakeholders are influencing these...more
The COVID-19 pandemic and related economic disruption had a wide range of effects on public companies and their pay programs. Although there are no easy “one size fits all” solutions for executive pay, this year has scrambled...more
ISS has launched its 2021 Annual Policy Survey. Generally, the survey is the first step in ISS’ annual benchmark policy development process....more
Report on Medicare Compliance 28, no. 44 (December 16, 2019) - One way to find out whether compliance and integrity have seeped into the bones of an organization is asking people who would know. There may be a compliance...more
On November 28, 2016, the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Texas denied a preliminary injunction that sought to block the nationwide implementation of the new Occupational Safety and Health Administration’s...more
How to structure executive pay to drive performance over the long term—while avoiding pay levels that would be considered excessive—is a conundrum for compensation committees, consultants, proxy advisory firms and others...more
OSHA’s recent Injury and Illness Recordkeeping reform has created quite a stir for employers. As we discussed in an earlier article about the new Recordkeeping rule, OSHA now requires employers to electronically submit to...more
The Nutter Bank Report is a monthly publication of the firm's Banking and Financial Services Group. Headlines 1. FDIC Approves Proposed Rule to Limit Incentive-Based Compensation Arrangements 2. Congress Considers...more
Most employers in North America don’t think so, according to CFO.com, reporting on a new survey by the compensation consulting firm, Willis Towers Watson. The survey, conducted in the last quarter of 2015, was directed at 150...more
In this presentation: - Determine Appropriate “Starting Point” - Universe of Incentive Plans - Equity Linked vs. Equity Ownership Plans - Win New Business In An LPTA Environment - Conclusion...more