Current Executive Compensation Trends in Private Equity Transactions — Troutman Pepper Podcast
TRAs: Benefits, Complexities (and Private Jets) Explained with Tax Attorney David Peck
Revisiting Financial Institution Incentive Compensation Rules Under Dodd-Frank — The Consumer Finance Podcast
DE Under 3: FAR Council Seeks to Require Federal Contractors to Report First-Tier Subcontractor Information, Including Potentially Executive Compensation Data
Multiemployer Pension Plans in Mergers and Acquisitions — Troutman Pepper Podcast
Equity Award Delegations for Publicly Traded Companies — The Consumer Finance Podcast
Employee Benefits and Executive Compensation: Getting Ready for 2024 – Top-Hat Plans — Special Edition Podcast
Employee Benefits and Executive Compensation: Getting Ready for 2024 - Health and Welfare Plan Developments — Special Edition Podcast
Employee Benefits and Executive Compensation: Getting Ready for 2024 - Qualified Plans — Special Edition Podcast
Navigating Noncompetes: A Comprehensive Guide – Part 1 – Hiring to Firing Podcast
December 1st Deadline to Adopt Executive Compensation Clawback Policies — The Consumer Finance Podcast
PODCAST: Williams Mullen's Benefits Companion - Partial Plan Terminations
PODCAST: Williams Mullen's Benefits Companion - Using Equity Incentives to Attract and Retain Key Team Members
Podcast: California Employment News - The Executive Pay Exemption
California Employment News: The Executive Pay Exemption
The Justice Insiders Podcast: Meet the Securities and Exchange (and Human Resources) Commission
What Non-US Startups Need to Know About Granting Stock Options
Change of Control: Golden Parachute Rules in the Sale Process
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PODCAST: Williams Mullen's Benefits Companion - Plan Administrators’ 2020 Year-End Checklist
To help you stay on top of the latest news, our AI practice group has compiled a roundup of the developments we are following....more
This session of the Private Client West Coast Forum 2024 focused on recent developments, including income tax planning to support investment performance, executive compensation planning, private placement life insurance...more
On Friday, November 15, 2024, in Texas v U.S. Department of Labor, a federal district court vacated the US Department of Labor’s (DOL) April 2024 final rule that increased the salary thresholds for the executive,...more
The U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Texas, in State of Texas, et al. v. United States Department of Labor, et al. vacated the latest overtime rule by the Department of Labor (DOL) on November 15, 2024. The...more
Recently, Glass Lewis announced the release of its 2025 U.S. Benchmark Policy Guidelines and guidelines for Shareholder Proposals & ESG-Related Issues that apply across markets. Here are 8 things to know about this year’s...more
ISS and Glass Lewis generally publish changes to their proxy voting policies around this time of year. Glass Lewis recently issued its 2025 US Policy Guidelines listing changes and clarifications....more
Administrators of governmental plans and church plans that are not subject to the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA) should review the following actions to be taken before the end of 2024 and address what...more
On November 15, 2024, the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Texas vacated the Department of Labor’s (DOL) 2024 overtime rule, which significantly raised the salary thresholds for overtime exemptions under the...more
A federal district invalidated on a nationwide basis the regulation issued last April by the U.S. Department of Labor that increased the minimum salary required under federal law for employees otherwise qualifying as exempt...more
The U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Texas recently vacated the U.S. Department of Labor’s (DOL) regulations issued in April 2024 that increase the salary threshold necessary to satisfy the Executive,...more
Last Thursday, proxy advisory firm Glass Lewis released its 2025 Proxy Voting Policy Guidelines 2025 U.S. Benchmark Policy Guidelines, including guidelines for shareholder proposals and ESG-related issues. The guidelines...more
The following checklist highlights key issues for corporate counsel with respect to employee benefit plans and executive compensation arrangements....more
As we reported earlier this year, the Department of Labor (“DOL”) issued a final rule on April 23, 2024 (the “Final Rule”), raising the salary threshold for the so-called “White-Collar” Exemptions and the Highly Compensated...more
On November 15, 2024, in State of Texas, et al. v. United States Department of Labor, the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Texas vacated the U.S. Department of Labor’s (“DOL”) April 23, 2024 final rule that...more
On Nov. 15, 2024, a federal judge in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Texas struck down a Biden-era rule that would have expanded overtime payments for millions of employees through a modification...more
In a major decision issued on Friday, Nov. 15, 2024, the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Texas struck down a Department of Labor (DOL) rule that raised the minimum salary threshold required for executive,...more
In a highly anticipated decision, a federal district court in Texas has vacated the Department of Labor’s (DOL’s) 2024 Final Rule increasing the salary threshold for application of the executive, administrative, and...more
On November 15, 2024, U.S. District Judge Sean D. Jordan of the Eastern District of Texas vacated the Biden Administration’s overtime exemption rule. The final rule, which went into effect on July 1, 2024, included a...more
On November 15, 2024, a federal judge in Texas ruled that the U.S. Department of Labor (“DOL”) exceeded its authority when it issued a final regulation significantly raising salary thresholds for the executive,...more
The U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Texas has vacated and set aside the Department of Labor’s rule raising the salary threshold for exempt employees under the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA). The decision...more
The 2024 increases to the overtime exemption threshold are vacated nationwide and revert to the prior threshold of just under $36,000. We advised you last month that the Federal Rule increasing the minimums for overtime...more
On Friday, November 15, a federal court in the Eastern District of Texas vacated the U.S. Department of Labor’s 2024 Final Rule which sought to dramatically increase the minimum salary levels required for an employee to...more
This is the second part of a series of client alerts for public companies and their boards and compensation committees, covering key considerations for equity grant practices. Overview - The compensation committee...more
This is the first part of a client alert series for public companies and their boards and compensation committees, covering key considerations for equity grant practices. Overview - Additional executive compensation...more
Institutional Shareholder Services (ISS) recently released its “U.S. Shareholder Proposals: A Decade in Motion,” in which it examines trends in shareholder proposals submitted at U.S. companies from July 2014 to June 2024, as...more