The SEC adopted the final “clawback rule” mandated by the Dodd-Frank Act requiring public companies to establish and enforce policies to recover excess incentive compensation from exe...
The SEC adopted the final rule implementing the “pay versus performance” disclosure requirement mandated by the Dodd-Frank Act, which is broader in scope than the 2015 proposed rule a...
On June 8, 2022, the SEC requested comments for the third time on its proposed clawback rule, which is required to be promulgated under the Dodd-Frank Act. As part of this reopening, the ...
On March 11, 2021, President Biden signed into law the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021 (“ARPA”), the $1.9 trillion stimulus bill adopted by Congress in response to the economic fallo...
On November 24, 2020, the SEC released proposed amendments and proposed temporary rules relating to the federal securities laws that govern the issuance of equity securities to service pr...
The SEC has shown its willingness to continue to take companies to task for not disclosing perquisites and personal benefits to executive officers in a manner that is consistent with the ...
On June 29, 2020, the U.S. Department of Labor (the DOL) issued a final regulation reinstating the original fiduciary rule under the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974. The D...
The coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, and our government’s responses to the pandemic (such as shelter-in-place orders and other mobility restrictions), have dramatically changed the natu...
