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Executive Compensation Restricted Stocks

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Potential Impact of the FTC’s Noncompete Ban on Employee Benefits and Executive Compensation

The Federal Trade Commission’s (FTC) ban on noncompetition covenants (“noncompetes”) could significantly impact the design and administration of employee benefits and executive compensation arrangements....more

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SEC Adopts ‘Clawback’ Rules for Executive Compensation

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On October 26, 2022, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) adopted rules directing the national securities exchanges to create listing standards requiring listed companies to develop and implement policies that...more

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New Planning Opportunities Inspired by IRS Memo on Taxation of Equity Awards

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Synopsis - The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) released a Generic Legal Advice Memorandum, GLAM 2020-004 (the IRS Memo) dated May 18, 2020 addressing the timing of income and payroll tax withholding on three types of employee...more

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Executive Decisions – Putting in Place Effective Employment Agreements for Company Executives

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During this webinar, attorneys Doug Currier and Scott Connolly discussed best practices for putting in place effective executive employment agreements, including inbound agreements and separation agreements. Topics discussed...more

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SEC Amendment to Rule 701 May Expand the Use of Equity Compensation by Private Companies

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The Congressionally-mandated amendment aims to ease the disclosure burdens of private companies that grant compensatory stock to employees. Grants of securities to employees, including stock options, restricted stock and...more

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Focus on ERISA - Tax Reform Includes Benefits and Compensation Provisions

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On December 22, 2017, the tax reform bill, informally known as the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (the “Act”), was signed by President Trump. As we noted in our prior OnPoint (available here) with respect to earlier versions of the...more

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Tax Cuts and Jobs Act

On November 2, 2017, the Committee on Ways and Means of the U.S. House of Representatives released its tax reform bill titled the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (the “House Bill”). On November 6, 2017, Kevin Brady, Chairman of the...more

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"Executive Compensation and Benefits Alert: IRS Issues New Section 409A Guidance"

In an unexpected development, on June 21, 2016, the IRS issued proposed regulations that clarify and modify the final regulations issued in 2007 and the proposed income inclusion regulations issued in 2008. In many cases,...more

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Final Section 162(m) Regulations Clarify Exceptions to $1 Million Deduction Limit

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Section 162(m) of the Internal Revenue Code ("Section 162(m)") limits the tax deduction that a publicly held corporation may take with respect to compensation paid to each of the corporation's chief executive officer and its...more

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SEC Proposes Executive Compensation Clawback Rules Pursuant to Dodd-Frank

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The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) proposed rules on July 1, 2015, related to the design and implementation of clawback policies of listed issuers for the recovery of compensation erroneously awarded to the issuer’s...more

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A Key Reminder to Directors of Delaware Corporations When Granting Equity Awards under an Equity Incentive Plan

Corporate directors routinely make decisions regarding their own compensation. If challenged by stockholders, such decisions are generally reviewed by Delaware courts under the onerous "entire fairness" standard, which...more

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"Fairness of Director Awards Granted Under Market-Standard Equity Plans Comes Under Increased Scrutiny"

A Delaware court opinion issued late last week may subject equity grants to directors to increased judicial scrutiny (Calma v. Templeton, No. 9579-CB (Del. Ch. Apr. 30, 2015)). In Calma, the Chancery Court denied the...more

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A Phantom Menace for IPO Companies - US Tax Regulations Restrict the Use of Restricted Stock Units

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Section 162(m) of the Internal Revenue Code (“Section 162(m)”) provides for a $1 million dollar limitation on the amount of compensation paid to each of certain named executive officers that public companies may deduct in any...more

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