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Shareholders have their say: say on pay developments in U.S. and Canada

  • Osler, Hoskin & Harcourt LLP
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  • Canada
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  • February 10 2011

The Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act (Dodd-Frank Act) calls for mandatory say-on-pay votes at all annual meetings of U.S. issuers and certain foreign issuers that are subject to the Securities and Exchange Commission’s (SEC) proxy rules

Two U.S. issues in your stock unit plan

  • Osler, Hoskin & Harcourt LLP
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  • Canada
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  • December 6 2010

As an incentive arrangement, stock units are useful and easy to explain: cash payments are made at a future date, indexed to the value of the underlying employer stock

Executive compensation standards are changing for U.S. companies: dodd-frank act

  • Osler, Hoskin & Harcourt LLP
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  • Canada, USA
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  • July 22 2010

As described in a recent Osler Update, on July 21, 2010, sweeping financial reform was signed into U.S. law by President Obama. The

Financial services reform adopted in United States: sweeping new rules will affect all U.S. public companies

  • Osler, Hoskin & Harcourt LLP
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  • USA
  • -
  • July 21 2010

Earlier today President Obama signed into law the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act (the Act), which in various iterations has been the subject of intense debate on Capitol Hill for much of the past year

Why are corporate formalities important?

  • Osler, Hoskin & Harcourt LLP
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  • Canada, USA
  • -
  • March 5 2010

Many compensation and pension actions require the approval of a company's board of directors, or a committee of the board, and for good reason

SEC adopts final rules requiring enhanced compensation and corporate governance disclosure

  • Osler, Hoskin & Harcourt LLP
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  • USA
  • -
  • January 6 2010

On December 16, 2009, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) adopted amendments to its rules designed to improve the disclosure shareholders of public companies receive regarding compensation and corporate governance

Executive compensation - U.S. news

  • Osler, Hoskin & Harcourt LLP
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  • Canada, USA
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  • October 30 2009

Executive compensation continues to make headlines in the U.S

SEC proposes amendments to US compensation and corporate governance disclosure

  • Osler, Hoskin & Harcourt LLP
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  • USA
  • -
  • August 11 2009

The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has proposed new rules expanding compensation and corporate governance disclosure