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Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP

December 1 Deadline Approaches for Listed Companies To Adopt a Dodd-Frank Compliant Clawback Policy

By Friday, December 1, 2023, listed companies must adopt a Dodd-Frank-compliant clawback policy. As background, on February 22, 2023, the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) and Nasdaq Stock Market (Nasdaq) proposed listing...more

Venable LLP

December 1 Deadline Nears for Adoption of Clawback Policies

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Companies that are listed on the Nasdaq Stock Market or the New York Stock Exchange are required to adopt a clawback policy that provides for the recovery from any current or former executive officers of incentive-based...more

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Issues and Considerations Involving the Recovery of Executive Officer Compensation

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At the recent meeting of the Employee Benefits and Executive Compensation Subcommittee at the ABA’s Business Law Fall meeting, moderators identified several hot topics stemming from the new compensation recovery (clawback)...more

Thomas Fox - Compliance Evangelist

Executive Compliance Comp and Compliance: From Incentives to Clawbacks

There are two problems that every company must deal with at the intersection of executive compensation and compliance. The first is the presence of perverse incentives within organizations, where executives are often...more

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP

SEC Approves Stock Exchange Rules for Dodd-Frank Clawbacks

On June 9, 2023, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) approved, on an accelerated basis, the New York Stock Exchange’s (NYSE) and Nasdaq Stock Market’s (Nasdaq) proposed listing standards implementing the SEC’s...more

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SEC Approves Final Nasdaq and NYSE Rules Regarding Recovery of Incentive-Based Executive Compensation Awarded in Error with...

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The Dodd-Frank Act of 2010 added Section 10D to the Exchange Act, which requires the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) to direct national securities exchanges to prohibit the listing of issuers that do not develop and...more

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Mark Your Calendar: 2023 Key Compliance Deadlines for SEC’s Final Compensation Clawback Rules

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As discussed in our recent blog post, the SEC recently adopted final executive officer incentive compensation clawback rules (the “Clawback Rules”) pursuant to the requirements of the Dodd-Frank Act.  The Clawback Rules,...more

The Volkov Law Group

DOJ’s Perspective on Clawbacks and Deferred Compensation Systems (Part III of III)

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DOJ’s decision to examine corporate compensation programs as an important part of a compliance program should be welcomed.  DOJ’s initiative asks a very good question – how can incentives and disincentives be used to promote...more

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SEC Implements Clawback Rules

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The “hot” regulatory and compliance issue is incentives (and conversely disincentives).  The Justice Department has launched an initiative to require compliance programs to institute clawbacks and other measures to recover...more

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Renewed Focus on SOX 304 Compliance Stresses Need for Culture of Compliance, Executive Accountability

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The Department of Justice and the Securities and Exchange Commission have signaled in recent months that they have reinvigorated their focus on executive compensation claw backs, urging companies to adopt compensation...more

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SEC approves executive officer incentive compensation clawback rules

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On October 26, 2022, the SEC – by a 3-2 vote – approved final rules directing the NYSE, Nasdaq and other stock exchanges to adopt requirements for listed companies to develop and implement clawback, or recovery, policies that...more

Holland & Knight LLP

Pay-Versus-Performance Disclosure: A Guide to Compliance in Year 1

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The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) in August 2022 released the long-awaited final rules for pay-versus-performance disclosure that was mandated as part of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer...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

Harris Beach 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

Thomas Fox - Compliance Evangelist

FCPA Compliance Report-Episode 330 Robin Bew and Henry Stoever of the NACD

In this episode, I visit with Robyn Bew, the Director of Strategic Content Development for the National Association of Corporate Directors (NACD) and Henry Stoever, the Chief Marketing Officer for the NACD. They discuss what...more

Perkins Coie

Dodd-Frank Executive Compensation Update: SEC Adopts CEO Pay Ratio Disclosure Rules

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The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) recently adopted final rules implementing one of the last four remaining executive compensation requirements under the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act. ...more

Cooley LLP

Alert: SEC Adopts Final Pay-Ratio Rule

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On August 5, 2015, the SEC adopted a final rule to implement Section 953(b) of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act, often referred to as the pay-ratio provision. The pay-ratio provision mandates...more

Ballard Spahr LLP

SEC Issues Final Rule on Pay Ratio Disclosure

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Nearly two years after issuing the proposed rule, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) on August 5, 2015, adopted by a 3-2 vote, the final rule on CEO-to-median employee pay ratio disclosure in what has become...more

Womble Bond Dickinson

SEC Proposes New Clawback Rules

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Last Wednesday, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) proposed new Rule 10D-1 to require public companies to adopt and enforce clawback policies to recoup incentive-based compensation paid to current and former...more

Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP

Top 10 Topics for Directors in 2014

Top 10 Topics for Directors in 2014 - U.S. public companies face a host of challenges as they enter 2014. Here is our list of hot topics for the boardroom in the coming year: 1. Oversee strategic planning amid...more

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