Start- ups and HR: choose a little pain now or a lot later *

USA - February 12 2013
Of the many pleasures of working with start-up companies, their boundless creativity and resistance to traversing roads already traveled are at the…

Section 409A document correction relief: take the final bite of the apple before December 31st *

USA - October 23 2012
Section 409A of the Internal Revenue Code regulates the payment of non-qualified deferred compensation.

Co-authors: Thomas M. Greene.

Pay for the chief: the shareholders speak out *

USA - April 24 2012
Among the many elements of the comprehensive reform applicable to public companies in the Dodd-Frank Consumer Fraud and Protection Act, shareholders were given new and additional powers with respect to compensation paid to companies’ executives, the so-called “say-on-pay” rules.

Co-authors: Andrew J. Bernstein.

Unpaid intern: the unpaid employee? *

USA - February 9 2012
Unpaid interns: They are as ubiquitous as taxis in New York and suntans in Los Angeles, especially in the entertainment, media, and fashion industries.

Co-authors: H. Andrew Matzkin, Richard H. Block.