Recently by Lisa K. Kunkle
What The SEC Wants Now On: Related Persons, Independence Of Directors, Executive Pay Disclosure
On November 7, 2006, the SEC's new executive compensation and corporate governance rules went into effect.1 This article reports on several of the real-world challenges these new rules are already presenting for U.S. public companies. U.S. public companies need to be prepared for these new rules...
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 MoreSEC Initiatives On Shareholder Access To Director Nominations
The SEC has begun to implement proxy rule changes that will fundamentally alter the balance between shareholders and directors of U.S. public companies. New rules mandating expanded disclosure about a company's nominating process became effective on January 1, 2004. In addition, the SEC has issued...
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