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  • Posted on February 4, 2019February 4, 2019

Key ISS Updates For Companies Seeking Shareholder Approval of an Equity Plan in 2019

Public companies seeking shareholder approval of a new or amended equity plan on or after February 1, 2019 should consider…

  • Posted on December 21, 2018December 21, 2018

Year-End Guidance on New Income Inclusion Deferral for Private Company Options and RSUs

On December 7th, the IRS issued Notice 2018-97 to provide initial guidance on the new private company…

  • Posted on December 12, 2018December 12, 2018

ISS Provides a Glimpse of its 2019 Compensation Policies

Institutional Shareholder Services (ISS) on November 21, 2018 issued “preliminary” FAQs addressing a few, but not insignificant,…

  • Posted on September 25, 2018October 15, 2018

“Will the Proxy Advisory Role be Changing? – SEC withdraws no-action letters from 2004”

Proxy advisors (e.g., Institutional Shareholder Services (“ISS”) and Glass, Lewis & Co (“Glass Lewis”)) have played a…

  • Posted on September 6, 2018September 7, 2018

Taking Stock of Grandfathered Compensation under Amended Code Section 162(m)

Now that we have had a couple of weeks to digest the IRS’s guidance in Notice 2018-68…

  • Posted on August 27, 2018September 7, 2018

IRS Issues Guidance on Section 162(m) Amendments

Last week, the IRS issued Notice 2018-68 containing initial guidance on the amendments to section 162(m) made…

  • Posted on March 1, 2018

FASB Approves More Favorable Accounting Treatment for Non-Employee Equity Awards

The Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB) recently approved the decision to apply ASC 718 — the accounting…

  • Posted on February 28, 2018

New Dismissal of Section 16 Officer Share Withholding Case

We have been following the progress of a number of plaintiff shareholder suits alleging Exchange Act Section…

  • Posted on January 16, 2018January 16, 2018

IRS Publishes 2018 Withholding Guidance Including Supplemental Withholding Rates

On January 11, 2018, the IRS issued Notice 1036, which provides the percentage method tables for income…

  • Posted on January 3, 2018January 3, 2018

Will Stockholder Approval of “Meaningful” Director Compensation Limits No Longer Serve as a Defense?

On December 13, 2017, the Delaware Supreme Court in In re Investors Bancorp, Inc. Stockholder Litigation issued…

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