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Jury Verdict in “Spread Bet” Insider Trading Case: A Reminder of U.S....

Posted by Daniel M. Hawke, Arnold & Porter Kaye Scholer LLP, on Wednesday, January 4, 2017 Editor's Note: Daniel M. Hawke is a partner at Arnold & Porter Kaye Scholer LLP. This post is based on...

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Corporate Hedging and the Design of Incentive-Compensation Contracts

Posted by Sterling Huang, Singapore Management University, on Wednesday, February 1, 2017 Editor's Note: Sterling Huang is Assistant Professor of Accounting at Singapore Management University. This...

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2015 Short- and Long-Term Incentive Design Criteria Among Top 200 S&P 500...

Posted by James F. Reda, Arthur J. Gallagher & Co., on Friday, February 24, 2017 Editor's Note: James F. Reda is a Managing Director at Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. This post is based on an Arthur...

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Updated Hedging Disclosure Rules

Posted by John Newell, Goodwin Procter LLP, on Tuesday, January 29, 2019 Editor's Note: John Newell is Counsel and Manager of Public Company Practice at Goodwin Procter LLP. This post is based on a...

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Company Hedging Policies: Observations from New Proxy Disclosures

Posted by David Gordon, Dina Bernstein, and Andrew R. Lash, Frederic W. Cook & Co., on Saturday, November 9, 2019 Editor's Note: David Gordon is a managing director, and Dina Bernstein and Andrew...

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SEC Proposes Proxy Disclosure Rules for Hedging by Directors, Officers and...

Posted by Steven Rosenblum, Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz, on Thursday, February 12, 2015 Editor's Note: Steven Rosenblum is a partner in the Corporate Department of Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen &...

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Aligning the Interests of Company Executives and Directors with Shareholders

Posted by Luis A. Aguilar, Commissioner, U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, on Monday, February 16, 2015 Editor's Note: Luis A. Aguilar is a Commissioner at the U.S. Securities and Exchange...

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CEO Stock Ownership Policies—Rhetoric and Reality

Posted by June Rhee, Co-editor, HLS Forum on Corporate Governance and Financial Regulation, on Wednesday, April 29, 2015 Editor's Note: The following post comes to us from Nitzan Shilon at Peking...

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2016 Proxy Season Update

Posted by Laura D. Richman & Michael L. Hermsen, Mayer Brown LLP, on Tuesday, October 13, 2015 Editor's Note: Laura D. Richman is counsel and Michael L. Hermsen is partner at Mayer Brown LLP. This...

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Can Falling Interest Rates Increase a Company’s Financing Costs?

Posted by Meyer C. Dworkin, Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP, on Sunday, March 27, 2016 Editor's Note: Meyer C. Dworkin is a partner in the Corporate Department at Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP. This post...

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Standing out from the Crowd via Corporate Goodness: Evidence from a Natural...

Posted by Julie Wu, University of Nebraska, on Tuesday, March 21, 2017 Editor's Note: Juan (Julie) Wu is Assistant Professor of Finance at the University of Nebraska at Lincoln College of Business...

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Volcker Rule: Under Review Until Further Notice

Posted by Dan Ryan and Roberto Rodriguez, PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP, on Saturday, August 12, 2017 Editor's Note: Dan Ryan is Banking and Capital Markets Leader and Roberto Rodriguez is Director of...

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Proposed Amendments to the Volcker Rule

Posted by Robert J. Jackson, Jr., U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, on Thursday, June 7, 2018 Editor's Note: Robert J. Jackson, Jr. is a Commissioner at the U.S. Securities and Exchange...

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Statement on Proposed Revisions to Prohibitions and Restrictions on Propriety...

Posted by Kara M. Stein, U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, on Thursday, June 7, 2018 Editor's Note: Kara M. Stein is a Commissioner at the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. The following...

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Volcker Rule 2.0: A Significant but Unfinished Proposal

Posted by George Madison, William Shirley and Michael Lewis, Sidley Austin LLP, on Tuesday, September 11, 2018 Editor's Note: George Madison and Michael Lewis are partners and William Shirley is...

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Hedging Climate News

Posted by Robert F. Engle (NYU), Stefano Giglio (Yale University), Bryan T. Kelly (Yale University), Johannes Stroebel (NYU), and Heebum Lee (NYU), on Monday, April 8, 2019 Editor's Note: Robert F....

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Noteworthy Developments in 2018 Affecting Executive Pay

Posted by Joseph Bachelder, McCarter & English LLP, on Friday, April 12, 2019 Editor's Note: Joseph Bachelder is special counsel at McCarter & English LLP. This post is based on a memorandum by...

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New SEC Interpretation of Advisers Acts

Posted by Amran Hussein, Udi Grofman, Marco Masotti, Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP, on Thursday, June 27, 2019 Editor's Note: Amran Hussein, Udi Grofman, and Marco V. Masotti are...

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Finalized Changes to Volcker Rule

Posted by Lee Meyerson and Keith Noreika, Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP, on Thursday, September 12, 2019 Editor's Note: Lee Meyerson is head of Simpson Thacher’s Financial Institutions Practice,...

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Considerations for 2020 Proxy Statement Preparations

Posted by Elizabeth A. Ising and Gillian McPhee, Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP, on Thursday, February 20, 2020 Editor's Note: Elizabeth A. Ising is a partner and Gillian McPhee is of counsel at...

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