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The Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act is a United States federal statute signed into law on July 21, 2010. The Act was passed in response to the Great Recession of the late 2000s and... more +
The Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act is a United States federal statute signed into law on July 21, 2010. The Act was passed in response to the Great Recession of the late 2000s and includes broad reforms related to many aspects of the financial and banking industry. Notable sections of the Act include stricter regulations of the derivatives market, as well as the Volcker Rule, which restricts the trading practices of FDIC-insured institutions.    less -
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Executive Compensation Disclosures Are Back on the (Round)table at the SEC

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The SEC announced on May 16 that it will host a roundtable discussion with representatives from public companies, compensation consultants, lawyers, investors, and other stakeholders on the topic of executive compensation...more

Paul Hastings LLP

Long-awaited Pay v. Performance Rules Adopted

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Recently, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Commission”) adopted long anticipated final rules requiring registrants to disclose information regarding the relationship between the actual compensation paid to...more

Smith Anderson

SEC Adopts Final Pay-Versus-Performance Disclosure Rules

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​​​​​​​On August 25, 2022, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) adopted final rules implementing the "pay-versus-performance" disclosure requirement called for under Section 953(a) of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform...more

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Frequently Asked Questions: Pay Versus Performance Final Rules

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The SEC published final rules in late August 2022 that will require new pay versus performance disclosure in 2023 proxy statements, as described in our recent client alert. These rules will require companies that are not...more

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SEC Adopts Pay Versus Performance Rule on Executive Compensation

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In the years following the banking and financial crisis of 2008, there was a particular focus by the media and lawmakers on CEOs and other executives collecting hundreds of millions of dollars in compensation. In response,...more

K&L Gates LLP

Securities and Exchange Commission Significantly Expands Executive Compensation Disclosures

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Overview - On 25 August 2022, the Securities and Exchange Commission adopted final rules (Final Rules) implementing the “pay versus performance” disclosure requirement set forth in the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and...more

Womble Bond Dickinson

SEC Adopts Pay for Performance Rules

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​​​​​​​On August 25, the SEC adopted rules implementing the pay for performance disclosure mandated by the Dodd-Frank Act. The rules, originally proposed in 2015 and subject to a reopened comment period earlier this year,...more

McDermott Will & Emery

New SEC Rules Heighten Scrutiny Over Executive Pay

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On August 25, 2022, the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) adopted final rules imposing new mandatory “pay for performance” disclosures for most public companies (foreign private issuers, emerging growth companies...more

Cooley LLP

Blog: How are companies approaching the new requirement for hedging policy disclosure?

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At the end of 2018, the SEC dredged up its 2015 rule proposal regarding hedging disclosure (required by Dodd-Frank) and voted to adopt final rule amendments. The amendments mandate disclosure about the ability of a company’s...more

A&O Shearman

Hot Topics: Dodd-Frank Act Hedging Policy Disclosures Begin

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Although final rules were published in December of 2018, July 1st marked the date that issuers (other than smaller reporting companies and emerging growth companies) must begin complying with the Dodd-Frank Act’s hedging...more

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP

Trends in Executive Compensation, Employment Law and Compensation Committee Practices

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On February 5, 2019, Skadden hosted the webinar “Key Trends in Executive Compensation, Employment Law and Compensation Committee Practices.” The panelists were David Schwartz, Skadden’s global head of Labor and Employment...more

Harris Beach Murtha PLLC

New SEC Rules Will Require Disclosure of Hedging Policies

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The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has adopted new rules that will require public companies to disclose their hedging practices and policies for employees, officers and directors in proxy and information statements...more

Cooley LLP

Alert: SEC Adopts Final Hedging Disclosure Rules

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On December 18, 2018, the SEC voted to adopt – finally – a proposal, initially released in 2015, to implement section 955 of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act of 2010. Section 955 mandated...more

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SEC Adopts Final Rules for Disclosure of Hedging Policies

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The Securities and Exchange Commission recently approved final rules to require disclosure of hedging practices, implementing a Dodd-Frank Act mandate. New Item 407(i) of Regulation S-K requires a company to describe in its...more

A&O Shearman

New Year, New Rules: Arrival of the Final Hedging Disclosure Rules

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On December 18, 2018, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) approved long-awaited final rules implementing Section 955 of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act. Consistent with the proposed...more

Snell & Wilmer

Corporate Communicator - Winter 2018-2019

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SEC Adopts Final Rules for Disclosure of Hedging Policies. On December 18, 2018, the SEC approved final rules regarding the disclosure of a company’s hedging practices or policies, as mandated by the Dodd-Frank Act. This...more

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SEC Adopts Rules for Disclosure of Hedging Policies

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Yesterday, December 18, 2018 (without a meeting), the SEC approved final rules to require companies to disclose in proxy or information statements for the election of directors any practices or policies regarding the ability...more

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Commission Adopts Final Rules for Disclosure of Hedging Policies

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The Securities and Exchange Commission adopted final rules requiring public companies (other than foreign private issuers and certain fund issuers) to disclose in proxy statements their policies regarding hedging transactions...more

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New SEC Pay Ratio Disclosure Guidance

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As everyone knows by now, the SEC amended Item 402 of Regulation S-K, as required by the Dodd-Frank Act, to state that all companies required to provide executive compensation disclosure under Item 402(c) of Regulation S-K...more

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Important Reminders for the 2017 Proxy Season

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The following are some important reminders and updates for the 2017 proxy season. Say-When-on-Pay - Required Vote in 2017 - The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) requires companies to conduct a...more

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SEC Approves Final Rules for Pay Ratio Disclosure

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The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) adopted the final "pay ratio" disclosure rules to implement Section 953(b) of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act (Dodd-Frank Act) at an open meeting on...more

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SEC Adopts Final Rules on CEO Pay Ratio Disclosure

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On August 5, 2015, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) finalized rules requiring publicly traded companies to disclose the ratio of median compensation of all employees to the compensation of the principal executive...more

Womble Bond Dickinson

SEC Adopts CEO Pay Ratio Rule

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Last week, the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”), by a 3-2 vote, adopted the final CEO pay ratio rule, which was initially proposed by the SEC in September 2013, and originally mandated by Congress under Section...more

McGuireWoods LLP

SEC Finalizes CEO Pay-Ratio Rule with Delayed Effective Date

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On Aug. 5, 2015, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) adopted a final rule implementing the CEO pay-ratio disclosure requirements of Section 953(b) of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act....more

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SEC Adopts Final Pay Ratio Rule

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The SEC has adopted a final “pay ratio” rule required by Section 953(b) of the Dodd Frank Act. In general, the “pay ratio” rule requires public companies to disclose the median of the annual total compensation of all...more

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