NLRB Invalidates Common Confidentiality and Non-Disparagement Clauses in Severance Agreements

March 6, 2023  |  Thanks to Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP

Wachtell Lipton’s 2023 Compensation Committee Guide

March 1, 2023  |  CompensationStandards.com

Diversity Washers Beware

February 27, 2023  |  Bank Director

Amazon Corporate Workers Face Pay Reduction After Shares Slip

February 23, 2023  |  The Wall Street Journal

Adani’s Fall Exposes Flaws in ESG Ratings

February 21, 2023  |  practicalESG.com

New SEC Rules Target Corporate Insider Trading

February 15, 2023  |  The Wall Street Journal

SEC Penalizes Company with Good Disclosures for Insufficient Controls

February 13, 2023  |  Thanks to Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner LLP

Remember The Math Guy No One Listened To?

February 8, 2023  |  From our good friend and colleague Adam J. Epstein

2023 Proxy Season Preview

February 6, 2023  |  Thanks to PJT Partners

Unilever’s Ben & Jerry’s Fiasco: Board Lessons

February 1, 2023  |  Chief Executive Group

An SEC Enforcement Action Could Change the Game for “Without Cause” Firings

January 30, 2023  |  Thanks to Frank M. Placenti

FTC’s Proposed Ban on Noncompete Clauses May Have Far-Reaching Implications for Executive Compensation

January 25, 2023  |  Thanks to Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP

Compensation Season 2023

January 23, 2023  |  Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz

ESG Momentum Remains Strong but May Face Headwinds in 2023

January 19, 2023  |  Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP

Be Careful What You Wish For

January 17, 2023  |  Teneo

Upcoming Proposed Regulatory Changes to Stock Buyback Excise Tax

January 11, 2023  |  Thanks to Davies Ward Phillips & Vineberg LLP

Employers Take Note: FTC Releases Notice of Proposed Rulemaking Banning Worker Non-Competes

January 9, 2023  |  Thanks to Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP

$1.7 Trillion Spending Package Includes Significant Changes to Retirement Plans

January 5, 2023  |  Thanks to Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP

BlackRock’s Failures Are a Warning for All Institutions

January 3, 2023  |  The American Spectator

Is Your Board Effective?

December 21, 2022  |  Russell Reynolds Associates

The Top 6 Employee Compensation Questions in a Downturn

December 14, 2022  |  Thanks to Covington & Burling LLP

Does Your Board Need an Executive Chair?

December 12, 2022  |  Harvard Business Review

ESG and Incentive Compensation Plans: Are Investors Satisfied?

December 7, 2022  |  Shearman & Sterling LLP

Thoughts for Boards: Key Issues in Corporate Governance for 2023

December 5, 2022  |  Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz

It’s Funny What Happens When You Never Talk About Something

November 30, 2022  |  With deepest thanks to our friend and colleague Adam Epstein

Compensation Actually Paid: Study’s Approach Shows “What Could Have Been”

November 28, 2022  |  Thanks to Liz Dunshee

Preparing for the 2023 Proxy Season in the Era of Universal Proxy

November 21, 2022  |  Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz

Musk’s $56 billion Tesla Pay Deal Goes To Trial Amid Twitter Overhaul

November 16, 2022  |  TechCrunch

Pay Versus Performance: What Public Companies Need To Know

November 14, 2022  |  IR Magazine

SEC Proxy Firm Rules Face New Legal Threat After Tech Glitch

November 9, 2022  |  Bloomberg Law

Sales Compensation – Fiscal Year 2023 Checklist

November 7, 2022  |  Thanks to David Chichelli

SEC Approves Executive Officer Incentive Compensation Clawback Rules

November 2, 2022  |  Thanks to Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner LLP

SEC’s New Pay Versus Performance Disclosure Rule

October 31, 2022  |  Cravath, Swaine & Moore LLP

Pay vs. Performance: Will Voluntary Graphs Disappear?

October 26, 2022  |  Thanks to Liz Dunshee

Tsunami On The Horizon: Activist Investors Are Back

October 24, 2022  |  Chief Executive Group

Planning for Tomorrow’s Public Company CFO

October 19, 2022  |  Russell Reynolds Associates

How to Help an Employee Figure Out Their Career Goals

October 17, 2022  |  Thanks to Dorie Clark

You Want Us To Ignore What? A Brief Analysis Of Anti-ESG Political Rhetoric

October 12, 2022  |  Thanks to The Shareholder Commons

How the SEC’s Executive Compensation Disclosure Rule Could Impact the 2023 Proxy Season

October 10, 2022  |  Teneo

6 Questions Companies Are Asking About Pay Equity

October 5, 2022  |  Perkins Coie LLP

SEC: The Watchdog Bares Its Teeth

October 3, 2022  |  White & Case LLP

Friday Night Dumpster Diving

September 28, 2022  |  Empire Financial Research

Don’t Read the Proxy Statement

September 26, 2022  |  Bloomberg

Peak ESG? Think Again.

September 21, 2022  |  Thanks to Lawrence Elbaum, Patrick Gadson, and Margaret Peloso

What to Consider When Strategically Implementing the SEC’s New Pay for Performance Rule

September 19, 2022  |  Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP

The Important Legacy of the Sarbanes Oxley Act

September 14, 2022  |  Thanks to Michael W. Peregrine (McDermott Will & Emery) and Charles W. Elson (University of Delaware)

California Legislature Passes Bill That Would Break New Ground on Pay Transparency Requirements

September 12, 2022  |  Ogletree Deakins

Raising Startup Funding Used to Be Easy—Not Anymore

September 8, 2022  |  WIRED

CEOs, Not Proxy Cards, Are What Fuel Activists

September 6, 2022  |  Reuters

Late Summer Surprise: SEC Adopts Pay Versus Performance Disclosure Requirement

August 31, 2022  |  Thanks to Dave Lynn

California Poised to Expand Pay Transparency, Reporting Obligations

August 29, 2022  |  Jackson Lewis

Tech’s Offshore Hiring Has Gone Into Overdrive

August 24, 2022  |  WIRED

Better Succession Planning Starts with Knowing Your CEO

August 22, 2022  |  NACD

Should Your Company Go Private?

August 17, 2022  |  Directorship

Board Effectiveness and the Chair of the Future

August 15, 2022  |  Deloitte LLP

Is Immigration Silicon Valley’s Secret Sauce for Success?

August 8, 2022  |  San Francisco Chronicle

Preparing for Severance Policy Proposals: Consider Policies That Limit Cash Severance

August 3, 2022  |  Thanks to Liz Dunshee of CompensationStandards and J.T. Ho and Bobby Bee of Orrick

Regulatory Instability for Proxy Advisory Firms

August 1, 2022  |  Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz

Global M&A Industry Trends: 2022 Mid-Year Update

July 27, 2022  |  PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP

Athersys’ Annual Bonus Plan Disclosure

July 25, 2022  |  CompensationStandards.com

Genuine Commitment and Explicit Net Zero Targets

July 20, 2022  |  Russell Reynolds Associates

That was quick! SEC Reverses Key Elements of 2020 Amendments to Rules for ISS, Glass Lewis and Other Proxy Advisors

July 18, 2022  |  Thanks to Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner LLP

Rising Interest Rates Could Mean Even More M&A Deals Structured with Cash and Equity

July 13, 2022  |  Foley & Lardner LLP

How Elon Musk Helped Lift the Ceiling on CEO Pay

July 11, 2022  |  The New York Times

Resetting Expectations (and Goals) on Stock Price Mega Grants

July 7, 2022  |  Cravath, Swaine & Moore LLP

"Skin in the Game"

July 5, 2022  |  Jamieson USA

When 9 is the Perfect Number

June 29, 2022  |  Russell Reynolds Associates

Thermon Group’s Short-Term Incentive Plan

June 27, 2022  |  CompensationStandards.com

Why Pay Rises For Your Company’s ‘Flight Risks’ Can Backfire

June 22, 2022  |  Financial Times

Policy Insights on Executive Compensation

June 20, 2022  |  Vanguard, Inc.

4 Traps Boards Should Avoid

June 15, 2022  |  Thanks to David Brown

The Multi-Trillion Dollar Greenwashing Industry

June 13, 2022  |  Thanks to Judd Legum

Corporate Governance Update: Solving the Board Composition Puzzle

June 8, 2022  |  Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz

The Use of New-Hire Awards in CEO and CFO Compensation

June 6, 2022  |  Equilar

Investors expect senior management pay to be linked to ESG

June 1, 2022  |  Investors Expect Senior Management Pay to be Linked to ESG

Happy Memorial Day from all of us at Veritas

May 30, 2022

Millennials are only partly a pain in the behind…

May 25, 2022  |  Deepest thanks to our friend and colleague Adam Epstein

Key Themes of Human Capital Management Disclosure

May 23, 2022  |  Aon

A Mid-Season Look at 2022 Shareholder Proposals

May 18, 2022  |  McDermott Will & Emery LLP

How To Stomach Volatility In Your Company's Stock Without Losing Your Mind

May 16, 2022  |  myStockOptions.com

How the Stock of an Iconic Brand Unwound

May 11, 2022  |  Deepest thanks to our friend and colleague Herb Greenberg

Back to Basics: Board Meetings

May 9, 2022  |  Thanks to Natalie Cooper, Robert Lamm, and Randi Val Morrison

How to Write a Comment Letter to the SEC on a Rulemaking: The Mechanics

May 4, 2022  |  Perkins Coie

How Investors are Assessing Directors on ESG Matters

May 2, 2022  |  Georgeson

How Interim CEOs Affect Stock Price and Shareholder Value

April 27, 2022  |  Thanks to Frank B. Glassner

CEOs and Sustainability

April 25, 2022  |  Russell Reynolds Associates

Trouble in Tech Land - Fun While it Lasted

April 20, 2022  |  Thanks to my old friend and colleague Herb Greenberg

New Universal Proxy Rule Will Democratize Director Elections

April 18, 2022  |  Olshan Frome Wolosky LLP

SEC Proposes New SPAC Rules

April 13, 2022  |  Thanks to Shearman & Sterling LLP

How Biden's Proposed Billionaire Tax Might Affect CEO Pay and Executive Compensation

April 11, 2022  |  Thanks to Frank Glassner

CEO Pay Heads for Record as Pandemic Recedes

April 6, 2022  |  The Wall Street Journal

E&S Metrics and Executive Compensation

April 4, 2022  |  Glass, Lewis & Co.

Proxy Season 2022: Early Trends in Executive Compensation

March 30, 2022  |  Equilar, Inc.

War in Ukraine: Is ESG at a Crossroads?

March 28, 2022  |  Thanks to Adam O. Emmerich

What Exactly Is an Independent Director?

March 23, 2022  |  Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP

Give a Good Hard Thought About the “E” in ESG

March 21, 2022  |  Thanks to Frank Glassner

BlackRock’s 2022 Engagement Priorities: Director Accountability For Long-Term Value

March 16, 2022  |  Thanks to Liz Dunshee

Investors Seek More Information About Companies’ Struggles to Hire, Retain Staff

March 14, 2022  |  The Wall Street Journal

DOJ Delivers Stark Message About Corporate Cooperation

March 9, 2022  |  Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz

TSR Modifiers Gain Popularity as a Gauge to Adjust Performance Grants

March 7, 2022  |  Thanks to MyLogIQ

Diversity Disclosure Ratings

March 2, 2022  |  Glass, Lewis & Co.

Private-Equity Firms Boost Pay as They Jockey for Talent

February 28, 2022  |  The Wall Street Journal

2021: A Spectacular Year for SPACs

February 24, 2022  |  White & Case LLP

Private Equity: 2021 Year in Review and 2022 Outlook

February 22, 2022  |  Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz

Amazon, Apple, Google: Restricted Stock Grants Evolve To Retain Top Talent

February 16, 2022  |  Forbes

Investors Press for Progress on ESG Matters

February 14, 2022  |  Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP

M&A Predictions for 2022

February 9, 2022  |  Thanks to Ethan Klingsberg

Bonuses Rain on Wall Street Bankers in Biggest Payout in Decade

February 7, 2022  |  Bloomberg

Theranos: The Limits of the “Fake It Till You Make It” Strategy

February 2, 2022  |  Morrison & Foerster LLP

4 Trends Shaping Corporate Governance in 2022

January 31, 2022  |  PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP

Preparing for the Shareholder Proposal Season

January 26, 2022  |  Thanks to Marc Gerber

The SPAC Ship Is Sinking. Investors Want Their Money Back.

January 24, 2022  |  The Wall Street Journal

Key Proxy Statement Disclosure Trends: Board Evaluation

January 20, 2022  |  Thanks to Richard Fields (Russell Reynolds Associates) and Iain Poole (Argyle)

Compensation Season 2022

January 18, 2022  |  Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz

Cash-Strapped 9/11 Museum Gave out Bonuses to Highest-Paid Executives

January 12, 2022  |  New York Post

Some Thoughts for Boards of Directors in 2022

January 10, 2022  |  Thanks to Martin Lipton

The Lasting, Positive Impact of Sarbanes-Oxley

January 5, 2022  |  McDermott, Will & Emery LLP

Taking Board Governance from Good to Great

January 3, 2022  |  PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP

Making ESG Second Nature in Asset Allocation

December 29, 2021  |  AllianceBernstein

BlackRock’s 2022 Executive Compensation Policies: Director Accountability for Pay-for-Performance

December 27, 2021  |  CompensationStandards.com

SEC Continues Its Focus on Executive Compensation

December 20, 2021  |  Thanks to the National Law Review

Silicon Valley and S&P 100: A Comparison of 2021 Proxy Season Results

December 15, 2021  |  Fenwick & West LLP

ISS Updates FAQs on Pandemic-Related Pay Adjustments

December 13, 2021  |  Thanks to Liz Dunshee

2021 Annual Corporate Directors Survey

December 8, 2021  |  PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP

ESG Continues to Find its Way into Incentive Compensation Plans

December 6, 2021  |  Shearman & Sterling LLP

SEC Enforcement: New Perk Case Provides Primer on What Not to Do

December 1, 2021  |  Thanks to Liz Dunshee

Shareholders Begin to Discuss Fairness in Proxy Voting Guidelines

November 29, 2021  |  Thanks to Rosanna Weaver

Of Owners and Ownership

November 22, 2021  |  Thanks to Paul Singer

Elizabeth Holmes and The Mythology of Silicon Valley

November 17, 2021  |  Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer LLP

Insurance Co’s: Accounting Change May Affect LTIPs

November 15, 2021  |  Thanks to Liz Dunshee

Carbon Zero and the Board

November 10, 2021  |  Thanks to Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz

Navigating the Landscape of ESG-Related Shareholder Litigation

November 8, 2021  |  Thanks to Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP

2022 Proxy Season: A Look Ahead to Executive Compensation Issues and Considerations

November 3, 2021  |  Thanks to Winston & Strawn LLP

SEC Revives Proposal to Claw Back Executive Pay

November 1, 2021  |  Wall Street Journal

Board Refreshment and Succession Planning in the New Normal

October 27, 2021  |  Russell Reynolds Associates

Director Pay Trends 2021

October 25, 2021  |  Equilar

IPO Impact On Equity Grants Of Private Equity Portfolio Companies

October 20, 2021  |  Jamieson

Proxy Season Climate-Related Voting Trends Report

October 18, 2021  |  Thanks to Subodh Mishra, Institutional Shareholder Services, Inc.

ISS Policy Survey Results: Lots of Support for a Longer-Term Pay-for-Performance Screen

October 13, 2021  |  Thanks to Liz Dunshee

SPACs: A New Frontier for Shareholder Activism

October 11, 2021  |  Sidley Austin LLP

The Audit Committee’s Role in Sustainability/ESG Oversight

October 6, 2021  |  PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP

How Democratic Legislature and the Biden Administration Are Changing Corporate Taxes and Executive Pay

October 4, 2021  |  Politico

The Role of the CEO in Mergers and Acquisitions

September 29, 2021  |  Thanks to PJ Neal, Russell Reynolds Associates

Wall Street Pay Clawback Rule to Get New Push at SEC

September 27, 2021  |  Bloomberg

How the Best Boards Approach CEO Succession Planning

September 22, 2021  |  PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP