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Stock Option Timing: The Scrutiny Intensifies
With the filing of civil and criminal complaints against executives of Brocade Communications Systems, Inc., the other widely-reported SEC and Department of Justice investigations ("DOJ"), and the SEC's adoption of new executive compensation disclosure rules, it is clear that the federal government...
Read MoreInnovative Approaches To Complex Restructurings: Creating A New Chapter For Kaiser Aluminum And USG
Precipitously declining liquidity, significantly underfunded pensions, crippling retiree medical obligations, widespread environmental liabilities and massive numbers of asbestos and tort claims topped the laundry list of complex restructuring issues Kaiser Aluminum Corporation and 25 of its...
Read More"Doing The Right Thing Is Its Own Reward"
Editor: Ms. Crawford, would you tell our readers something about your professional experience? Crawford: Prior to law school I was in the mechanical contracting business and vice president of an international mechanical contracting firm. I went to law school intending to stay with that firm as...
Read MoreJones Day Down Under: A Segment Of A Single Global Practice
Editor: Mr. Ahern, would you tell our readers something about your professional experience? Ahern: I have been a corporate lawyer in Australia for close to 18 years. My practice is focused on mergers and acquisitions, primarily in the technology space, where I have represented clients such as...
Read MoreJones Day's Labor And Employment Law Practice: A 25-Year Evolution
Editor: Would each of you gentlemen tell our readers something about your background and professional experience? Goldsmith: I graduated from law school in 1972 wanting to be a labor and employment lawyer. After a few years with the U.S. Department of Labor and in private practice in New York,...
Read MoreSEC's New Executive Pay Proposals
The SEC's comprehensive proposals for disclosure of executive compensation in the proxy statements of U.S. public companies (Rel. No. 33-8655, January 27, 2006) respond to 14 years of developments in executive compensation since the last major SEC overhaul in 1992. While nothing in the...
Read MoreThe Foreign Corrupt Practices Act: Effective Compliance
Enforcement of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act ("FCPA") has reached historically high numbers in the United States. That law prohibits United States persons and corporations from making corrupt payments to foreign government and political party officials. Other countries also are rapidly...
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