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Executive does the right thing - and gets screwed for it!

  • Winston & Strawn LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • June 14 2013

A case decided last month in federal court in North Carolina, Yarber v. Capital Bank Corporation, involved a factual situation that many private

Congress passes finalized financial reform bill

  • Baker & Hostetler LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • July 19 2010

On July 15, 2010, the Senate passed the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act (the "Dodd-Frank bill") by a vote of 60 to 39

SEC proposes rules requiring disclosure of incentive-based compensation arrangements at financial institutions

  • Holland & Knight LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • March 14 2011

On March 2, 2011, the SEC proposed rules that require certain financial institutions to disclose the structure of their incentive-based compensation practices and prohibit such institutions from maintaining compensation practices that encourage inappropriate risks

Credit checks in California now tougher than ever

  • Fisher & Phillips LLP
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  • USA
  • -
  • October 12 2011

Effective January 1, 2012, California employers will have to avoid yet another potential legal hazard that haunts businesses with the threat of costly penalties: the unauthorized use of consumer credit reports regarding job applicants and current employees

New executive compensation guidance and legislative proposals

  • Fried Frank Harris Shriver & Jacobson LLP
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  • USA
  • -
  • June 16 2009

Yesterday, Treasury published an interim final rule (the "Rule") that provides long-awaited guidance on the executive compensation and corporate governance standards imposed by the Emergency Economic Stabilization Act of 2008 ("EESA"), as amended by the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 ("ARRA"

Executive compensation: using long-term incentive compensation plans to focus executives on the correct fundamentals

  • Bricker & Eckler LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • September 30 2009

A common theme among the Obama administration, Congress, investors, and regulators is that executive compensation must refocus on different fundamentals: Long-term value rather than short-term profits; financial stability, and management of risks

Compensation by formulaic rule or by director oversight?

  • Bricker & Eckler LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • October 27 2009

On October 22, 2009, the US Department of Treasury’s Office of Special Master for executive compensation of companies receiving TARP funds made public letters issued to seven companies (AIG, Citigroup, Bank of America, Chrysler, General Motors, GMAC, and Chrysler Financial), and the Board of Governance of the Federal Reserve issued proposed guidance on incentive compensation policies

Executive compensation - U.S. news

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

Executive compensation continues to make headlines in the U.S

House passes Pay for Performance Act for recipients of direct capital investments under TARP and Housing and Economic Recovery Act

  • Seyfarth Shaw LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • April 6 2009

On April 1, 2009, the House of Representatives approved H.R. 1664, the Grayson-Himes Pay for Performance Act, (the “Act”) and it was received by the Senate for consideration on April 2, 2009

U.S. House of Representatives approves "say on pay" bill

  • Stikeman Elliott LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • August 5 2009

On July 31, the U.S. House of Representatives approved the "Corporate and Financial Institution Compensation Fairness Act of 2009", which deals with say-on-pay and compensation committee independence

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