Employee Benefits & Executive Compensation

Publications

July 27, 2010	SEC Issues Concept Release on Changes to U.S. Proxy System
July 26, 2010	SEC Staff Issues Guidance on Use of Credit Ratings in Securities Offerings
December 22, 2009	SEC Adopts Changes to Corporate Governance Disclosure Requirements
December 22, 2009	SEC Adopts Changes to Compensation Disclosure Rules
December 17, 2009	SEC Approves Enhanced Disclosure About Risk, Compensation and Corporate Governance
October 23, 2009	Federal Reserve Board and TARP Special Master Take Action on Compensation Practices
July 27, 2009	SEC Proposes Changes to Compensation and Corporate Governance Disclosures and Proxy Solicitation Rules
July 2, 2009	SEC Proposes Enhanced Compensation and Corporate Governance Disclosures for U.S. Public Companies
July 1, 2009	SEC Proposes Rules Implementing "Say-On-Pay" Requirement for TARP Recipients
June 26, 2009	Interim Final Rule on TARP Standards for Compensation and Corporate Governance
June 16, 2009	Code Section 457A: Deadline Alert and Review
June 12, 2009	New Principles and Proposals on Executive Compensation Likely to Serve as the Basis for New Requirements for All U.S. Public Companies
May 28, 2009	The Shareholder Bill of Rights Act of 2009
April 15, 2009	Second Circuit Decision Improves PBGC’s Position in Chapter 11
October 31, 2008	Final Warning! December 31, 2008 Deadline for Section 409A Compliance
October 20, 2008	New Internal Revenue Code Section 457A
October 20, 2008	Treasury/IRS Issue Rules Implementing EESA Restrictions on Executive Compensation on Institutions Participating in the Troubled Asset Relief Program
February 1, 2008	IRS Reverses 162(m) Position, Jeopardizing Deductions for Some Public Company Performance Pay Plans. . . Financial Statement Impact Ahead?
December 10, 2007	SEC Adopts New Exemptions From Exchange Act Registration for Compensatory Employee Stock Options
October 31, 2007	Mitch Berg and Andy Bates Publish Article in the New York Law Journal
August 1, 2007	SEC Proposes New Exemptions From Exchange Act Registration for Compensatory Employee Stock Options
July 27, 2007	Delaware Chancery Court Addresses the Cancellation Value of Employee Stock Options in Mergers
February 7, 2007	SEC Provides Guidance on New Executive Compensation Rules
Januray 24, 2007	New Tax Bill Would Put a Dollar Limit on Nonqualified Deferred Compensation under Section 409A, Broaden Section 162(m)’s $1 Million Deduction Limit
12/26/2006	SEC Issues New Interim Final Rule on Stock Compensation Disclosures: Affects Early 2007 Filings and Can Change Who Is Reported as a “Named Executive Officer”
12/11/2006	Alert Highlighting Important Changes To The SEC’s Executive Compensation Disclosure Rules
10/18/2006	SEC Approves Amendments to Best Price Rules
10/6/2006	IRS Extends Most Section 409A Deadlines to December 31, 2007; Discount Stock Options Still at Risk
8/17/2006	SEC Adopts New Executive Compensation and Related Party Disclosure Rules
8/4/2006	New Pension Law Relaxes ERISA’s 25% Test for Investment Funds, Makes Other Changes
2/8/2006	SEC Proposes New Executive Compensation and Related Party Disclosure Rules
10/19/2004	American Jobs Creation Act of 2004 Changes the Rules for Nonqualified Deferred Compensation Plans
10/12/2004	The American Jobs Creation Act of 2004

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