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PCAOB, auditors and executive compensation

Leonard, Street and Deinard
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USA
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May 8 2013

The Public Company Accounting Oversight Board, or PCAOB, has reproposed a new auditing standard, Related Parties, and certain other amendments to its

The only four good reasons to put arbitration in your contract

Leonard, Street and Deinard
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USA
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January 4 2013

Let's say you are considering updating your form contract, or you are in the midst of negotiating a new contract with someone. Should you include

What does a clawback policy look like?

Leonard, Street and Deinard
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USA
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August 9 2010

Section 954 of the Dodd-Frank Act requires national securities exchanges (meaning for instance, the NYSE, Amex and Nasdaq) to adopt rules as directed by the SEC, which rules will require issuers to develop and implement a policy providing:for disclosure of an issuer's policy on incentive compensation that is based on financial information required to be reported under securities laws; and that, if an accounting restatement is prepared, the issuer will recover any excess incentive-based compensation from any current or former executive officer who received such incentive-based compensation in the three preceding years

Dodd-Frank executive compensation overview

Leonard, Street and Deinard
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USA
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June 25 2012

The Dodd-Frank Act looks like it will affect compensation and benefits law in three main areas

SEC issues report on Regulation D offerings

Leonard, Street and Deinard
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USA
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April 10 2012

The SEC staff has issued a report entitled “Capital Raising in the U.S.: the Significance of Unregistered Offerings Using the Regulation D Exemption.”

ISS, notices of exempt solicitation and HP

Leonard, Street and Deinard
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USA
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March 13 2013

Pursuant to these definitive additional materials, ISS recently changed course and recommended a vote for HP's say-on-pay this year. HP apparently

CFTC General Counsel clarifies application of “swap” definition to energy transportation and storage contracts

Leonard, Street and Deinard
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USA
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November 15 2012

The CFTC Office of General Counsel (“OGC”) issued an interpretation today regarding application of the “swap” definition (and forward contract exclusion thereunder) to energy transportation and storage contracts, in response to numerous industry comments

Mandatory clawbacks are on the waya checklist of items to consider

Leonard, Street and Deinard
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USA
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December 30 2010

Section 954 of the Dodd-Frank Act requires the SEC to direct national securities exchanges to prohibit the listing of public companies that, among other things, do not develop and implement a policy providing for the recovery of erroneously paid incentive-based compensation following a required accounting restatement