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Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP

2024 Compensation Committee Handbook

Overview of Committee Member Responsibilities - Compensation committee (Committee) members’ duties and responsibilities generally are outlined in the Committee’s organizational charter approved by the board of directors...more

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP

2023 Compensation Committee Handbook

Overview of Committee Member Responsibilities - Compensation committee (Committee) members’ duties and responsibilities generally are outlined in the Committee’s organizational charter approved by the board of directors...more

Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP

SEC Adopts Final Pay Versus Performance Disclosure Rule

On August 25, 2022, the SEC adopted a final rule implementing a provision of the Dodd-Frank Act of 2010 requiring public companies to provide clear disclosure of the relationship between executive compensation and company...more

Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP

BlackRock and State Street Proxy Voting Guidelines Update

Key Pointss - Large asset managers like BlackRock and State Street have recently published updates to their proxy voting guidelines primarily focusing on diversity and inclusion and climate risk disclosures. -...more

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP

Proxy Advisory Firms Issue Compensation-Related Guidance Regarding the Impacts of the COVID-19 Pandemic

As discussed in our March 23, 2020, client alert “Recommendations for Compensation Committees During the COVID-19 Crisis,” compensation committees charged with implementing programs intended to incentivize and retain...more

Bennett Jones LLP

2020 ISS and Glass Lewis Updates to Canadian Proxy Voting Guidelines

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Institutional Shareholder Services ("ISS") and Glass, Lewis & Co ("Glass Lewis") have both released their updates to their respective Canadian proxy voting guidelines for the 2020 proxy season. The ISS updates apply to...more

Blake, Cassels & Graydon LLP

2020 Proxy Advisory Firm Voting Guidelines: Canadian Highlights

In preparation for the upcoming proxy season, issuers should familiarize themselves with the Canadian proxy voting guidelines recently published by Institutional Shareholder Services Inc. (ISS) and Glass Lewis & Co. (Glass...more

King & Spalding

Proxy Advisory Firms Issue Voting Policy Updates for 2020 Proxy Season

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Proxy advisory firms Institutional Shareholder Services (“ISS”) and Glass, Lewis & Co. (“Glass Lewis”) have issued updated proxy voting guidelines for the upcoming 2020 proxy season. Notable policy updates issued by one or...more

Snell & Wilmer

ISS Expands List of Egregious Equity Plan Factors

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As reported in prior blogs, Institutional Shareholder Services Inc. (“ISS”), a leading proxy advisory firm, uses a proprietary “Equity Plan Scorecard” approach to evaluate public company equity compensation plans and will...more

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP

2019 Compensation Committee Handbook

The duties imposed on compensation committees of publicly traded companies have evolved and grown over time. The fifth edition of the Compensation Committee Handbook, authored by our Executive Compensation and Benefits Group,...more

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP

Potential Impact of Financial CHOICE Act on Corporate Governance and SEC Reporting and Disclosure Requirements

On June 8, 2017, the House of Representatives passed, by a 233-186 vote (with all Democrats and one Republican voting against), the Financial CHOICE Act of 2017, a bill principally designed to reverse many features of the...more

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