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
3/21/2023
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Compliance ,
Corporate Crimes ,
Corporate Misconduct ,
Department of Justice (DOJ) ,
Enforcement Actions ,
Executive Compensation ,
Guidance Update ,
Incentives ,
Pilot Programs ,
White Collar Crimes
During 2021, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) adopted rule changes and provided public companies with useful guidance on various topics. In December, Institutional Shareholder Services (ISS) released its...more
1/10/2022
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Directors ,
Disclosure ,
Environmental Social & Governance (ESG) ,
Executive Compensation ,
Glass Lewis ,
Human Capital ,
IFRS ,
Institutional Shareholder Services (ISS) ,
Investors ,
Nasdaq ,
Proxy Season ,
Proxy Voting ,
Proxy Voting Guidelines ,
Publicly-Traded Companies ,
Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) ,
Shareholder Proposals ,
Universal Proxy
The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) recently announced that it adopted final rules to simplify the “patchwork” framework for exempt offerings under the Securities Act of 1933. These amendments generally follow...more
The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission on July 22, 2020, adopted final amendments to its proxy solicitation rules to codify the SEC’s longstanding view that proxy voting advice generally constitutes a solicitation within...more
8/12/2020
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Disclosure Requirements ,
Filing Requirements ,
Investment Adviser ,
Proposed Rules ,
Proxy Advisors ,
Proxy Season ,
Proxy Solicitations ,
Proxy Voting Guidelines ,
Safe Harbors ,
Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC)
The recent tax reform bill, commonly referred to as the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017 (the Act), was signed into law on December 22, 2017. The Act includes a new income tax deferral regime for certain employee stock options...more
The Securities and Exchange Commission recently issued new guidance to help companies prepare their pay ratio disclosures that provides some relief for companies—and further validates that these rules are highly unlikely to...more
10/4/2017
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CEOs ,
Disclosure Requirements ,
Dodd-Frank ,
Executive Compensation ,
Independent Contractors ,
Median Employee ,
New Guidance ,
Pay Ratio ,
Proxy Season ,
Publicly-Traded Companies ,
Regulation S-K ,
Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) ,
Statistical Sampling
In December 2014, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) proposed rules to implement Title V and Title VI of the Jumpstart Our Business Startups Act (JOBS Act), which permit early stage companies to defer registration...more
Recently, the SEC, by a vote of 3 to 2, proposed long-delayed and controversial rules to implement the “CEO pay ratio” disclosure mandated under the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act. The proposed...more
Public companies preparing for the upcoming 2013 proxy season will need to keep in mind a number of new developments related to executive compensation, including:
- New Securities and Exchange Commission rules that...more