The proxy season is just around the corner for calendar year public companies. Ahead of the season, two major proxy advisory firms, Institutional Shareholder Services (ISS) and Glass Lewi...
On August 21, 2018, the IRS issued Notice 2018-68, which provides initial guidance on two aspects of the amendments to Section 162(m) of the Internal Revenue Code made by the Tax Cuts and...
On July 18, 2018, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) voted unanimously both to issue a final rule and to solicit public comment relating to the federal securities rules that gov...
On July 2, 2018, the SEC issued an order criticizing an issuer’s disclosure of executive perquisites and requiring the issuer to take measures to ensure that its future disclosures comp...
U.S. public companies recently began disclosing their CEO-to-median employee pay ratios, as required by the Dodd-Frank Act and Item 402(u) of Regulation S-K. It is still too early to dra...
On December 22, 2017, President Trump signed the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (TCJA), which generally went into effect for tax years beginning on or after January 1, 2018. The TCJA provisions a...
The Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (TCJA) significantly changes Section 162(m) of the Internal Revenue Code, effective for tax years beginning after December 31, 2017. While supplemental regulator...
On December 22, 2017, President Trump signed the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (the “TCJA”) into law. The TCJA adds a new Section 83(i) to the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, which allows elig...
The proposed tax reform bill, known as the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act, in its current form would significantly upend compensation practices, not only for senior executives, but also for broad-...
The New York City Commission on Human Rights (CCHR) enacted Local Law 67 in May 2017, which prohibits employers from inquiring into the salary history of job applicants when interviewing ...
