The United States Department of Defense’s (DoD) supplement to the Federal Acquisition Regulation (DFARS) requires the DoD to adopt a Modular Open System Approach (MOSA), which is a technical and business strategy for open and...more
The Fiscal Year 2024 National Defense Authorization Act (“FY2024 NDAA”) continues the national security imperative to enhance the country’s scientific and technological developments and to adopt emerging technologies and...more
1/11/2024
/ Artificial Intelligence ,
Cyber Attacks ,
Cybersecurity ,
Dodd-Frank ,
Federal Contractors ,
Innovation ,
Intellectual Property Protection ,
Investment ,
Investors ,
National Security ,
NDAA ,
Semiconductors ,
Supply Chain ,
Technology Sector
TL/DR: For participation in the SBIR and STTR programs, agencies now have a standard set of questions to ask small business concerns about their foreign investments and affiliations. Companies can use the questions to prepare...more
The Department of Commerce (Commerce), in partnership with the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), announced that it was launching a...more
3/8/2023
/ Compliance ,
Department of Transportation (DOT) ,
Failure to Comply ,
FOIA ,
Mandatory Requirements ,
NASA ,
NOAA ,
Outer Space ,
Penalties ,
Regulatory Agenda ,
Surveys ,
Technology Sector ,
U.S. Commerce Department
This CLE will help in-house counsel understand the key legal issues for managing risk with already awarded SBIR grants and contracts. Whether your company just won a Phase I SBIR contract with the DoD or if your company has...more
12/15/2022
/ Acquisitions ,
Certification Requirements ,
Commercial Contracts ,
Continuing Legal Education ,
Eligibility ,
Enforcement ,
Grants ,
Investment ,
Mergers ,
Risk Management ,
SBIRs ,
Small Business ,
Webinars
The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission has issued Release No. 33-10891 proposing amendments to Securities Act Rule 701, which provides an exemption from registration for the issuance of compensatory securities by private...more
12/3/2020
/ Capital Raising ,
Disclosure Requirements ,
Equity Securities ,
Financial Statements ,
Form S-8 ,
GAAP ,
Proposed Amendments ,
Publicly-Traded Companies ,
Rule 701 ,
Section 409A ,
Securities Act of 1933 ,
Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) ,
Technology ,
Trading Platforms
Recently, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission adopted amendments to certain disclosure requirements in an effort to streamline rules and regulations and to remove requirements that are redundant, duplicative,...more
This client alert is intended to remind you of certain 2018 year-end reporting requirements under Section 6039 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the Code), with respect to stock issued to employees or former...more
1/24/2019
/ Employee Stock Purchase Plans ,
Filing Requirements ,
Form 3921 ,
Form 3922 ,
Incentive Stock Options ,
Internal Revenue Code (IRC) ,
IRS ,
ISOs ,
Privately Held Corporations ,
Reporting Requirements ,
Stock Issuance ,
Stocks ,
Tax Planning
This client alert is intended to remind you of certain 2017 year-end reporting requirements under Section 6039 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the Code), with respect to stock issued to employees or former...more
1/15/2018
/ Compensation & Benefits ,
Employee Benefits ,
Employee Stock Purchase Plans ,
Filing Requirements ,
Income Taxes ,
IRS ,
ISOs ,
Reporting Requirements ,
Required Forms ,
Stock Options ,
Stock Transfer Restrictions
The Joint Committee on Taxation released a description of the Senate Chairman’s Mark to the proposed Tax Cuts and Jobs Act on November 9, 2017, reintroducing adverse equity and performance-based compensation tax provisions...more
11/13/2017
/ Compensation & Benefits ,
Deferred Compensation ,
Employee Benefits ,
Executive Compensation ,
Internal Revenue Code (IRC) ,
Legislative Agendas ,
Proposed Legislation ,
Section 162(m) ,
Section 409A ,
Tax Deductions ,
Tax Rates ,
Tax Reform ,
Trump Administration
The House Ways and Means Committee on November 2, 2017, released the proposed Tax Cuts and Jobs Act, which may have significant impact on the taxation of equity and performance-based compensation for both private and public...more
This Client Alert is intended to remind you of certain year-end reporting requirements under Section 6039 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the “Code”), with respect to stock issued to employees (or former...more
This Client Alert is intended to remind you of certain year-end reporting requirements under Section 6039 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the “Code”), with respect to stock issued to employees (or former...more
ISS Corporate Solutions (“ISS”) has announced that it will accept updates of changes to the peer group company lists for its Say on Pay (“SOP”) voting recommendations for publicly traded companies that hold annual stockholder...more
On August 5, 2015, the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) voted 3-2 to adopt the final “pay ratio” disclosure rule. This long-awaited, controversial rule is issued pursuant to Section 953(b) of the Dodd-Frank Wall...more
On July 1, 2015, the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) proposed rules directing the national securities exchanges (NYSE, NASDAQ, etc.) to create listing standards requiring listed companies to implement policies...more
7/8/2015
/ Clawbacks ,
Disclosure Requirements ,
Dodd-Frank ,
Executive Compensation ,
Incentive Compensation ,
Incentive Stock Options ,
Look-Back Measurement Period ,
Nasdaq ,
NYSE ,
Proposed Regulation ,
Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) ,
Stock Options ,
Total Shareholder Return (TSR)
The Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) has proposed new rules required by Section 953(a) of the Dodd-Frank Act that would require companies to disclose the relationship between compensation actually paid to...more
Background -
Section 162(m) of the Internal Revenue Code (the “Code”) denies a tax deduction to a public company if the compensation paid to its chief executive officer and three other highest compensated officers...more
This alert is intended to remind you of certain year-end reporting requirements under Section 6039 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the “Code”), with respect to stock issued to employees (or former employees)...more
On October 4, 2013, California reduced the additional California state income taxes levied on deferred arrangements that violate Section 409A of the Internal Revenue Code. For taxable years beginning on January 1, 2013,...more