Dodd-Frank Executive Compensation
Director Discretionary Compensation Awards Tested by Entire Fairness Standard According to Delaware Supreme Court
Employment, Executive Compensation, Litigation, Public Companies and Securities In a recent decision by the Delaware Supreme Court in In re Investors Bancorp Stockholders Litigation, the court found that director equity grants based on director discretion are subject to an entire fairness standard of review irrespective of whether stockholders have previously approved the equity incentive plan. According to the court, “when stockholders have approved […] Read more →
ISS Seeks Comment on Updated Policies Including Gender Pay Gap
Employment, Executive Compensation, Public Companies and Securities ISS has made available for public comment certain proposed changes to ISS’ benchmark voting policies for 2018 that could generally become effective for the upcoming proxy... Read more →
ISS Policy Application Survey Highlights Director Pay and Gender Pay Gap
Executive Compensation, Public Companies and Securities This year ISS conducted two surveys. One was a high-level survey covering a small number of fundamental and high-profile topics. We reported the results here. ISS has now... Read more →
SEC Issues Guidance on Pay Ratio Rule
Executive Compensation, Public Companies and Securities Two major pieces of guidance emerged from the SEC on September 21, 2017, with respect to the pay ratio rule. First, the Commission issued interpretive guidance on the rule. ... Read more →