#MeToo may no longer dominate daily headlines but its indelible impression remains. Corporate boards’ mandate to act in their shareholders’ best interest includes not only overseeing ...
On June 28, 2018, the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) voted to propose amendments to the rules governing its whistleblower program. These changes include expanding the typ...
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 February 21, 2018, in Digital Realty Trust, Inc. v. Somers, [1] the Supreme Court held that the Dodd-Frank Act’s whistleblower anti-retaliation provisions only apply where a securiti...
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...
As discussed in a November post, ISS recently published its 2018 policy updates, effective for meetings held on or after February 1, 2018. Last week, the proxy advisory firm released furt...
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-...
