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New Compliance and Disclosure Interpretation Regulates Forward Contracts on Restricted Securities

On June 9, 2022, the staff (“Staff”) of the US Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) added Question 101.01 to its Compliance and Disclosure Interpretations (“C&DI”), addressing forward contracts on restricted securities....more

Stinson - Corporate & Securities Law Blog

Court Denies Bid for New Election as a Result of Misleading Disclosures on Restricted Stock Awards

In 2015, the stockholders of nominal defendant, Investors Bancorp, Inc. (“Investors Bancorp” or the “Company”), voted to approve an equity incentive plan (“EIP”) adopted by the Company’s board of directors (the “Board”)....more

Foley Hoag LLP - Public Companies & the Law

Signing up for a Spin Class?

Recent Amendments to FINRA Rules 5130 and 5131 - While many people extol the virtues of a good spin class (particularly in January, following New Year’s resolutions), in the context of Initial Public Offerings, “spinning”...more

Foley & Lardner LLP

HR and HSR: Insider Purchases and Executive Compensation Can Require Antitrust Reporting

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Quick: Does your company have any insiders who either now or in the future may own $90 million or more in company stock?  The CEO?  The founder?  A member of the board?  If so, then now is the time for a crash course in the...more

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP

SEC Adopts Final Rules to Allow Exchange Act Reporting Companies to Use Regulation A

The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) adopted final rules to allow reporting companies to rely on the Regulation A exemption to conduct securities offerings of up to $50 million in a 12-month period without Securities...more

Dechert LLP

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

Jones Day

Japan Legal Update - Volume 28 | July 2017

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Labor - Japanese Supreme Court Decision on Overtime Payments to Doctors - In a court case in which a doctor employed by a health care corporation sought extra pay for overtime and late-night work (collectively, "overtime"),...more

Snell & Wilmer

Consider Adding Separate Annual Sublimit on Director Equity Awards

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In response to the Delaware Chancery Court’s 2012 and 2015 decisions in Seinfeld v. Slager and Calma v. Templeton and Facebook’s 2016 settlement of Espinoza v. Zuckerberg, public companies that are adopting or amending...more

King & Spalding

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

Parker Poe Adams & Bernstein LLP

Recent DGCL Amendments of Note

The Delaware General Assembly recently amended Delaware’s corporate statutes in several respects of interest to public companies. Boards may delegate stock issuances to non-directors....more

Adler Pollock & Sheehan P.C.

Glossary of Important Securities Regulation Terms and Definitions

This Glossary is designed to provide law students taking Securities Regulation with a tool that will assist them in learning the basic language of securities law and achieve a working knowledge of the fundamental principles...more

Locke Lord LLP

Locke Lord QuickStudy: Litigation Threat Means Public Companies Should Review Director Compensation Process

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Corporate directors are permitted to, and regularly do, set their own compensation. This has not been controversial because boards have typically taken seriously their responsibility to set compensation that is reasonable and...more

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Practical Advice for Compliance with Recent Amendments to the Internal Revenue Code Section 162(m) Regulations

The recent amendments to the Section 162(m) regulations largely follow the changes set forth in the proposed regulations issued in 2011, clarifying two exceptions from the Section 162(m) tax deductibility limit...more

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