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Former CEO Sentenced in Historic Insider Trading Case Under Rule 10b5-1

McGlinchey Stafford on 7/10/2025

On June 23, 2025, U.S. District Judge Dale S. Fischer of the Central District of California sentenced a former Chairman and CEO of a behavioral healthcare company to 42 months in federal prison. This conviction represents the...more

[Podcast] Private Market Talks Episode 9: Demystifying ESG Benchmarking with Novata’s Alex Friedman

Proskauer - Private Market Talks Podcast on 6/21/2023

In this episode of Private Market Talks, CEO and co-founder of Novata, Alex Friedman helps contextualize the evolving conversation around ESG and demystifies how companies and their investors assess ESG compliance and goals....more

Renewed Focus on SOX 304 Compliance Stresses Need for Culture of Compliance, Executive Accountability

NAVEX on 11/14/2022

The Department of Justice and the Securities and Exchange Commission have signaled in recent months that they have reinvigorated their focus on executive compensation claw backs, urging companies to adopt compensation...more

A Senior Executive Is Seriously Ill. When Should a Company Disclose the News?

Fenwick & West LLP on 12/20/2019

The death of Oracle CEO Mark Hurd in October has highlighted a longstanding public company dilemma: whether and when to disclose the news that a senior leader has a serious health challenge. Not only is the topic sensitive...more

Corporate Governance & Executive Compensation Survey 2019

A&O Shearman on 9/11/2019

Concern for environmental and social issues has reached an inflection point. While traditional governance issues that have been a staple of investor advocacy and discussion (the “G” of ESG) continue to be important,...more

Skadden's 2019 Insights: US Corporate Governance Turning Up the Heat

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP on 1/23/2019

U.S. public companies face a wide array of challenges, from greater market volatility and increasing economic and geopolitical uncertainty to disruptive technologies, artificial intelligence, social media and cybersecurity...more

SEC Warns Companies of Potential Internal Accounting Control Violations with Business Email Compromise

Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP on 10/19/2018

• The SEC issued guidance in the form of a rare “21(a) report” this week after investigating a series of email frauds impacting 9 unnamed companies. • These email-based frauds, referred to as “CEO scams” or “vendor scams,”...more

Preparing for Tax Reform: The Current State of Play on Proposed Changes to Executive Compensation and Employee Benefits

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP on 11/20/2017

On November 16, 2017, the House of Representatives voted to approve its version of the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act. The Senate is expected to vote on its version of the bill following the Thanksgiving break, which would require a...more

Proposed UK Corporate Governance Reforms Target Executive Pay Justification, Employee Engagement

Jones Day on 9/15/2017

The Situation: The UK government has proposed several corporate governance reforms in an effort to improve transparency and accountability in private and public employers....more

SEC Adopts Final Pay Ratio Rule – A Comprehensive Summary

Stinson - Corporate & Securities Law Blog on 8/6/2015

The SEC has adopted a final “pay ratio” rule required by Section 953(b) of the Dodd-Frank Act. In general, the “pay ratio” rule requires public companies to disclose the median of the annual total compensation of all...more

Cybersecurity: Where Does the Buck Stop?

Zelle LLP on 6/23/2015

Over the last few months, we’ve been talking about cybersecurity issues for employers. We’ve discussed the responsibilities and risks associated with personally identifiable information and the wave of lawsuits resulting...more

And The Survey Says . . . GCs Need More Cybersecurity And Social Media Training

Blank Rome LLP on 6/8/2015

Becoming better versed in issues surrounding cybersecurity and social media risk would greatly benefit general counsel at publicly traded companies, according to a recent survey of executive leadership....more

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