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U.S. Supreme Court: does SOX protect employees of a public company’s private contractor?
- Fenwick & West LLP
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- USA
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- June 14 2013
The United States Supreme Court agreed to review whether the Sarbanes-Oxley Act whistleblower protections apply to employees of a public company's
Tis the season: proxy statements and litigation challenges to compensation disclosures
- Fenwick & West LLP
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- USA
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- December 3 2012
Over the past several months, plaintiffs' lawyers have stepped up attacks on executive compensation disclosures in proxy statements
SOX not applicable to employee of privately-owned employer that contracts with SOX-covered company
- Fenwick & West LLP
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- USA
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- March 13 2012
In Lawson v. FMR LLC, the federal First Circuit Courts of Appeal held that the Sarbanes-Oxley Act (“SOX”) does not protect alleged whistleblowers employed by privately-owned employers even though the employer contracts with a publicly-traded company covered by SOX
SEC moves more toward annual-based reporting approach to compensation disclosures
- Fenwick & West LLP
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- USA
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- May 12 2011
The staff of the Securities and Exchange Commission ("the Staff") is engaged in a general movement away from taking an event-based reporting approach to compensation disclosures on Form 8-K in favor of taking an annual-based reporting approach
SEC proposes new rules for compensation committees and compensation consultants
- Fenwick & West LLP
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- USA
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- April 6 2011
The SEC has proposed rules to implement Dodd- Frank Act Section 952, requiring national securities exchanges to prohibit the initial or continued listing of any stock of a company that does not satisfy Compensation Committee member independence criteria and Compensation Committee adviser independence criteria
Executive compensation alert: new IRS filing and reporting requirements for ISO exercises and ESPP stock transfers
- Fenwick & West LLP
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- USA
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- December 6 2010
This Client Alert is intended to remind you of certain year-end reporting requirements under Section 6039 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the "Code"), with respect to stock issued to employees (or former employees) upon exercise of an incentive stock option (an "ISO") or transferred under a tax-qualified employee stock purchase plan (an "ESPP") and inform you of new Internal Revenue Service ("IRS") filing requirements for transactions that occurred in 2010
New financial services reform law rewards whistleblowing and offers greater protection against retaliation
- Fenwick & West LLP
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- USA
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- August 11 2010
Provisions of the recently enacted Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act create private retaliation causes of action as well as monetary awards for individuals who blow the whistle on public companies to the SEC
Senate passes corporate governance reform legislation affects public company executive compensation and corporate governance
- Fenwick & West LLP
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- USA
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- May 26 2010
On May 20, 2010, the Senate passed the Restoring American Financial Stability Act of 2010 ("RAFSA"
New legislation would fundamentally alter public company executive compensation and corporate governance
- Fenwick & West LLP
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- USA
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- March 19 2010
On March 15, 2010, Senator Chris Dodd introduced the Restoring American Financial Stability Act of 2010, now commonly referred to as the "Dodd Bill."
Executive compensation: action required for 2010 162(m) performance pay
- Fenwick & West LLP
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- USA
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- November 24 2009
Section 162(m) of the Internal Revenue Code (the "Code") denies a tax deduction to a public company if compensation paid to certain individuals (known as "covered employees") exceeds one million dollars for the taxable year
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