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Golden Parachutes and the Wealth of Shareholders

Editor’s Note: Lucian Bebchuk, Alma Cohen, and Charles C.Y. Wang teach at Harvard Law School. The Program on Corporate Governance recently issued our study, Golden Parachutes and the Wealth of...

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ISS Issues Policy Updates for 2011 Proxy Season

Editor’s Note: Holly Gregory is a Corporate Partner specializing in corporate governance at Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP. This post is based on a Weil Gotshal Alert by Ms. Gregory and Matthew Elkin....

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Focus in 2011 Will Remain on Executive Compensation

Editor’s Note: David A. Katz is a partner at Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz specializing in the areas of mergers and acquisitions and complex securities transactions. This post is based on an...

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Final SEC Rules on Say-on-Pay Voting and Disclosures

Editor’s Note: This post comes to us from John J. Cannon, a partner in the Executive Compensation and Employee Benefits Group at Shearman & Sterling LLP, and is based on a Shearman & Sterling...

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ISS Guidance Regarding Compensation Policies for the 2011 Proxy Season

Editor’s Note: Jeremy Goldstein is a partner at Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz active in the firm's executive compensation and corporate governance practices. This post is based on a Wachtell...

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Criticism Distorts Value ISS Provides to Boards

Editor’s Note: Don Delves is founder and president of The Delves Group, an executive compensation and corporate governance consultancy serving boards of directors. This post is based on an article that...

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Say on Pay in 2011: Lessons and Coming Attractions

Editor’s Note: James Barrall is a partner at Latham & Watkins LLP, and Matteo Tonello is Director of Corporate Governance for The Conference Board, Inc. This post is based on a Conference Board...

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Examining the Largest Golden Parachutes

Editor’s Note: The following post comes to us from Paul Hodgson, Senior Research Associate at GovernanceMetrics International, and is based on a GMI report by Mr. Hodgson and Greg Ruel. The full...

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Post-Crisis Trends in U.S. Executive Pay

Editor’s Note: Carol Bowie is an Executive Director of MSCI and head of compensation policy development at ISS. This post is based on an ISS white paper by Subodh Mishra, available in full here. Though...

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For Whom Golden Parachutes Shine

Editor’s Note: Lucian Bebchuk is a Professor of Law, Economics, and Finance and Director of the Program on Corporate Governance at Harvard Law School. This post is based on a column by Professor...

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Golden Parachute Compensation Practice Pointers

Editor's Note: Barbara L. Becker is partner and co-chair of the Mergers and Acquisitions Practice Group at Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP, and Eduardo Gallardo is a partner focusing on mergers and...

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M&A Executive Compensation Enhancements and Impact on the...

Editor's Note: The following post comes to us from Sullivan & Cromwell LLP, and is based on a Sullivan & Cromwell publication by Matthew M. Friestedt, Marc Trevino, and Jane Y. Wang. We have...

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2014 Proxy Season Review

Editor's Note: H. Rodgin Cohen is a partner and senior chairman of Sullivan & Cromwell LLP focusing on acquisition, corporate governance, regulatory and securities law matters. The following post...

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The Recent Evolution of Shareholder Activism

Editor's Note: Matteo Tonello is vice president at The Conference Board. This post relates to a report released jointly by The Conference Board and FactSet, authored by Dr. Tonello and Melissa Aguilar...

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New York Courts Dismiss ‘Grasso’ Compensation Case

Editor’s Note: This article from Joseph E. Bachelder appeared in the New York Law Journal this week. Courts do not like being arbiters of disputes over what is reasonable compensation. The recent,...

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EESA Limits on Executive Pay at Affected Institutions

Editor's Note: This article from Joseph E. Bachelder originally appeared in the New York Law Journal on November 14, 2008. On Oct. 3, the Emergency Economic Stabilization Act of 2008 (the EESA) became...

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Economic “Stimulus” Legislation to Impose New Executive Compensation...

Editor's Note: The post from James Morphy is based on a client memorandum prepared by attorneys at Sullivan & Cromwell LLP. The final version of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009,...

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Fed Proposes Incentive Compensation Policies for Banking Organizations

Editor's Note: This post is based on a Sullivan & Cromwell LLP client memorandum. The approach followed by the Federal Reserve was advocated in Regulating Bankers’ Pay, a discussion paper by Lucian...

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SEC Issues Proposed Rules on Say-on-Pay Voting and Disclosures

Editor's Note: This post comes to us from John J. Cannon, a partner in the Executive Compensation and Employee Benefits Group Shearman & Sterling LLP, and is based on a Shearman & Sterling...

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Golden Parachutes and the Wealth of Shareholders

Editor's Note: Lucian Bebchuk, Alma Cohen, and Charles C.Y. Wang teach at Harvard Law School. The Program on Corporate Governance recently issued our study, Golden Parachutes and the Wealth of...

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