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United States US 2012-05 Facebook Employees Face $4 Billion Tax Bite

United States US 2012-05 Struggling California expecting $1.5B in taxes from Facebook IPO

United States US 2012-05 JPMorgan Said to Weigh Bonus Clawbacks After $2 Billion Loss

United States US 2012-05 How 137 Ventures Hacked the Stock Option Tax Code

United States US 2012-05 Divorce & Stock Options: Valuations, Exercised Options and Taxes Oh My!

United States US 2012-05 Backdating Stock Options Still a Risky Play

United States US 2012-05 A lesson from Howard Stern: Say what you mean and mean what you say

United States US 2012-05 9th Circuit Affirms SEC's Win in Backdating Case Against Maxim CFO

United States US 2012-05 Allstate's 'Say on Pay' Draws Some Dissenters

United States US 2012-04 Startup Companies Get Stock Transfer Advice

United States US 2012-04 Performance Share Usage among S&P 1500 CEOs Continue to Grow

United States US 2012-04 Towers Watson Analysis: CEO Pay Showed a Moderate Increase in 2011

United States US 2012-04 Executive Compensation and Benefits Alert: Continuing Developments in the 2012 Proxy Season

United States US 2012-04 Howard Stern Loses Sirius Stock Option Case

United States US 2012-04 Government's Case Against Former Vitesse Executives Ends in Mistrial

United States US 2012-04 Claims Against Sovereign Stock Options Truncated

United States US 2012-04 CEO of MEMC gives up $3.8 Million Stock Award

United States US 2012-04 The Original sin of Executive Pay

United States US 2012-04 Top 10 Compensation Committee Agenda Items for 2012

United States US 2012-04 Mercury Interactive GC Says SEC Mishandled Millions of Documents

United States US 2012-04 Regional Banks Feeling Citi Pay Pain

United States US 2012-04 Citi's Pay Rejection a Wake-up Call to Boards

United States US 2012-04 Analysis: U.S. CEOs' Take-home Pay Climbs on Stock Awards

United States US 2012-04 Fourth Circuit Upholds Expiration Terms of Stock Option grants

United States US 2012-04 Stock Option Claim May go Forward Despite Release of Claims on Termination

United States US 2012-04 Zuckerberg’s Approved Transaction Said to Be Stock Options

United States US 2012-04 SEC Sues Two Executives in Texas to Recover Bonuses and Stock Profits Received During Accounting Fraud

United States US 2012-03 Say on Pay – Early Lessons From the 2012 Proxy Season

United States US 2012-03 Stock Options Becoming More Common in NY’s Tech Scene

United States US 2012-03 Why Is Silicon Valley So Clueless About Stock Options?

United States US 2012-03 FATCA Compensation Reporting: New Rules May Require Reporting of Non-U.S. Sourced Compensation to The IRS

United States US 2012-03 Don’t “Defer” Compensation in Times of Trouble

United States US 2012-03 Texas Appellate Court Voids, As Contrary to Fundamental Texas Law, Incentive Compensation Contract Imposing A Substantial Penalty For Post-Employment Competition With The Ex-Employer

United States US 2012-03 Worker Attitudes Towards Employee Owernship, Profit Sharing and Variable Pay

United States US 2012-03 The Influence of Proxy Advisory Firm Voting Recommendations on Say-on-Pay Votes and Executive Compensation

United States US 2012-03 McLaine vs. IRS - Tax Court Sustains levy to Collect Tax on Cashless Exercises of Options

United States US 2012-03 Sheedy vs. IRS - Tax Court Denies Refund for Option Exerciser Whose Stock Became Worthless in Future

United States US 2012-03 RADFORD REVIEW: Capped Options to Collar Volatility

United States US 2012-03 Why Facebook Is Paying These People's Tax Bills

United States US 2012-03 Section 162(m): Actions that Generally Should be Taken by March 31, 2012, and/or in this Year's Proxy to Avoid the $1,000,000 Deduction Limitation

United States US 2012-03 Say-On-Pay Plaintiffs Strike Out Again in Jacobs Engineering Suit

United States US 2012-03 Negotiating Small Business Stock Options

United States US 2012-03 Facebook (FB) to Boost $2.5B Credit Line; Will Cover Employee RSU Taxes

United States US 2012-03 Sharing the Wealth: How to Spread Your Startup's Equity Among Employees and Partners

United States US 2012-03 Senator Proposes Closing Facebook Tax Loophole

United States US 2012-03 Options and Taxes: Tax Treatment of Incentive Stock Options

United States US 2012-03 The Optics of CEO Pay

United States US 2012-03 Strong Incentives for Moynihan (Bank Moves to Equity)

United States US 2012-03 Mattersight Provides Update Regarding Tax Withholdings for Equity Awards

United States US 2012-03 Fortune Brands CEO Compensation Surges On Spinoff Stock Awards

United States US 2012-03 Options Trading vs. Employee Stock Options – What’s the Difference?

United States US 2012-03 How to Fix Executive Compensation

United States US 2012-03 Senators Target Facebook With Bill That Would Close Stock-Option Loophole

United States US 2012-03 Watchdog—Auditors Should Review Exec Pay Deals

United States US 2012-03 Using Stock Options and Other Equity Incentives to Retain and Attract Talent

United States US 2012-03 CME Group Seeks To Tie Executive Pay More Closely To Performance

United States US 2012-03 Tesla Employee Claims Stock Options Were Not Vested on First Day of Employment as Promised

United States US 2012-03 Polsky: Fixing Section 409A

United States US 2012-03 Allowing Employee Investment in an ESOP or 401(k) Employer Stock : Pfeil v. State Street

United States CH & DE & US 2012-03 No More A-bonuses for Investment Bankers as Credit Suisse, Deutsche Bank, JPMorgan Cut Pay by up to 40%

United States US & EU 2012-02 Conflicts Arise When Complying With U.S. and E.U. Laws

United States US 2012-02 Everything You Need to Know on Tech Stock Options & Tax Implications

United States US 2012-02 SEC Staff Issues Global No-Action Relief From Exchange Act Registration For Restricted Stock Units

United States US 2012-02 Zynga saved millions on its taxes

United States US 2012-02 SEC Issues Final Rules and Interpretive Guidance on Say-on-Pay and Say-on-Frequency Advisory Votes

United States US 2012-02 ‘Say on Pay’ Changes Ways

United States US 2012-02 Another Unexpected Surprise for International Assignees: Section 457A (No, Not 409A!) of the U.S. Tax Code

United States US 2012-02 Facebook Law Firm Fenwick & West Wins SEC Exemption on Shares Distribution

United States US 2012-02 Should employees own more company stock or less?

United States US 2012-02 Facebook's Graffiti Artist David Choe Says Life Unchanged by $200 Million

United States US 2012-02 Former Brocade CEO takes his case to U.S. Supreme Court

United States US 2012-02 How to pass stock options to the next generation

United States US 2012-02 Lawsuit alleges that Visible Measures yanked first employee's stock options after he left

United States US 2012-02 Second Circuit Rules in Favor of Retirement Plan Administrators Where Plan Requires Investments in Company Stock

United States US 2012-02 Ex-McAfee GC Will Pay Fees To End Backdating Battle

United States US 2012-02 Do Incentives Skew Management Priorities?

United States US 2012-02 Litigation over unexercised options that expired

United States US 2012-02 Employees with stock ownership were 4X less likely to lose jobs

United States US 2012-02 Make Millions More From Your Employee Stock Options

United States US 2012-02 Sale of Private Company Stock to Employees and Other Parties

United States US 2012-02 US Delays Bonus Rules; Banks Adopt Changes Anyway

United States US 2012-02 Warning To Executives: Reinvestment Of Dividends In Your 401(k) And Vesting Of Stock Awards May Trigger HSR Filing Requirements

United States US 2012-02 BofA Paying Bonuses With More Of Its Beaten-Down Shares

United States US 2012-02 Executive Turnover in the Stock-Option Backdating Wave: The Impact of Social Context

United States US 2012-02 The Perils of High CFO Incentive Pay

United States US 2012-02 Bonuses Flourish For CEOS at Firms Even in Distress

United States US 2012-01 Dodd-Frank clawback requirements

United States US 2012-01 Managing withholding for a mobile workforce: special treatment of deferred compensation and stock options

United States US 2012-01 Aon employees face tax hit in HQ move to London

United States US 2012-01 IRS Stock Option Reports Are Due Jan. 31

United States US 2012-01 Wall Street Pay Gets Even Trickier to Figure

United States US 2012-01 Meridian makes incentive changes after shareholder objects

United States US 2012-01 The Invisible Hand Behind Bonuses on Wall Street

United States US 2012-01 CEO fined $500,000 for HSR Act violation upon acquisition of stock-based compensation

United States US 2012-01 PORKERT v. CHEVRON CORPORATION

United States US 2012-01 Tax Reporting Deadline Rapidly Approaching for Incentive Stock Options and Employee Stock Purchase Rights

United States US 2012-01 Giving Employees a Stake in the Outcome

United States US 2012-01 Delaware Chancery Court clarifies standard for pleading bad faith claims in challenge to stock repurchase

United States US 2012-01 Not Just a Tax Issue: Lawsuits Crop Up over IRS 162(m)

United States US 2012-01 Annual Notices for ISOs and ESPPs due January 31, 2012

United States US 2012-01 Calif. Stands to Reap Windfall From Facebook IPO

United States US 2012-01 Using employer stock in qualified plans

United States US 2012-01 Response to NY Times Article on Stock Options

United States US 2012-01 Banker Pay Heads to Ballot

United States US 2012-01 Guidelines for Executives Receiving Company Shares in Light of Recent HSR Act Enforcement Action

United States US 2012-01 Guilty though proven innocent: the rise of no-fault executive claw-backs

United States US 2012-01 Potential Windfalls Loom for Some Top Executives

United States US 2012-01 When Companies Write Off Stock Options Is It an Unfair Tax Break?

United States US & WW 2011-12 International transfers: implications for employee benefits

United States US 2011-12 In Re: Citigroup ERISA litigation: has the death knell sounded for stock drop cases?

United States US 2011-12 SEC Reaffirms the Broad Reach of Rule 10b-5 to Private Companies

United States US 2011-12 $500,000 Fine Underscores Importance of Individual Investors Complying with HSR Rules

United States US 2011-12 Netflix CEO Hastings’ Yearly Stock Option Allowance Cut 50%

United States US 2011-12 New ISS Guidance on Say on Pay Requires Ramping up Now

United States US 2011-12 When Companies Write Off Stock Options Is It an Unfair Tax Break?

United States US 2011-12 Tax Benefits From Options as Windfall for Businesses

United States US 2011-12 $500,000 Fine for CEO Highlights Risk of Vesting Shares

United States US 2011-12 General Cable adopts clawback policy

United States US 2011-12 Reminder to prepare for annual ISO/ESPP reporting in January 2012

United States US 2011-12 Stock Compensation Planning for Foreign Executives Transferring to Work in the U.S.

United States US 2011-12 Netflix CEO’s Stock Options Slashed After Bad Year

United States US 2011-12 Rambus Settles Stockholder Suit Related to Past Stock Option Backdating

United States US 2011-12 Judge challenges SEC settlement with Koss

United States US 2011-12 Pay gap a $740bn threat to US recovery

United States US 2011-12 SEC claims GlaxoSmithKline subsidiary defrauded its employee shareholders

United States US 2011-12 Jefferies adjusts employee compensation plan

United States US 2011-12 Ryder to Buy Back Shares to Avoid Dilution From Stock Awards

United States US 2011-12 Wealth after an IPO can cause employees to go

United States US 2011-12 Stock awards plan revised after spinoff

United States US 2011-12 Stock Options Aren’t What They Used to Be

United States US 2011-12 Warren Buffett's Opinion on Executive Compensation

United States US 2011-12 Many Employers Continue to Set Higher Targets for Executive Pay, Survey Says

United States US 2011-12 Granting Restricted Stock in the U.S.? 83(b) Election News

United States US 2011-12 Crisis PR Guru Michael Sitrick Settles Employee Stock Option Suit

United States US 2011-12 The Third Dimension in Executive Pay Benchmarking: Incorporating Strategy

United States US 2011-12 Facebook IPO sparks dreams of riches, adventure

United States US 2011-12 'Say on Pay' Compensation Reform Working Better Than Expected

United States US & EU 2011-12 U.S. vs. Europe, European Crisis, Executive Pay.

United States US 2011-12 Are Zynga employees miserable, ready to bail after IPO?

United States US 2011-12 Granting Restricted Stock in the U.S.? 83(b) Election News

United States US 2011-12 Small Businesses Make Stock Options a Preferred Employee Reward

United States US 2011-12 Former executive sues KV Pharmaceutical over options

United States US 2011-12 Highlights from the 2011 NCEO Private Company Equity Compensation Survey

United States US 2011-11 Stock Ownership Guidelines Hard-Wired Into the Plan?

United States US 2011-11 The Real 'Scandal' Over Zynga Stock Options Is Over Misleading Reporting

United States US 2011-11 Trends in Executive Compensation

United States US 2011-11 Saving face and almost losing stock option value

United States US 2011-11 Corporate Succession Issues Underlie Gaps in Executive Pay

United States US 2011-11 Safe at Home? Not in a 401(k)

United States US 2011-11 Private Markets Offer Valuable Service but Little Disclosure

United States US 2011-11 Compensation Committee must know Company say-on-pay response

United States US 2011-11 IPOs reward tech companies with instant wealth - and lots of headaches

United States US 2011-11 Your employer's stock: How much is too much?

United States US 2011-11 BNY Mellon employees sue alleging fiduciary breaches in 401(k), ESOP

United States US 2011-11 Zynga: A Case of Too Many Shares

United States US 2011-11 Lower tax hit on nonqualified stock options

United States US 2011-11 Nevada mining companies losing some tax deductions, including share plan for terminated employees

United States US 2011-11 Investigation on Behalf of MF Global Employees regarding share plans

United States US 2011-11 Zynga weathers stock "scandal"

United States US 2011-11 Illegal backdating: Small firms get a free pass

United States US 2011-11 McAfee Defeats Ex-GC's Malicious Prosecution Claim

United States US 2011-11 SEC grants no-action relief for Twitter’s RSU program

United States US 2011-11 Employer Stock Issues In Qualified Plans

United States US 2011-11 Killing the SEC's 500-shareholder rule

United States US 2011-11 Clawbacks and Startups Don’t Mix

United States US 2011-11 Apple's Stock Awards: Well, At Least They're Not Backdating Options Again

United States US 2011-11 Annual Conference Board Survey Shows the Emergence of New Compensation Practices/Adoption of Formal Policies on Board-Shareholder Engagement

United States US 2011-11 Are Audit Committee Stock Options, Non-Option Equity, and Compensation Mix Associated with Financial Reporting Quality?

United States US 2011-11 How to craft an executive compensation plan

United States US 2011-11 Sharper claws: Expanding the SEC’s 'clawback' authority

United States US 2011-11 Paying Top Talent after the IPO

United States US 2011-11 The pitfalls of stock options for start-up companies

United States US 2011-11 Greg Reyes, Former CEO of Brocade, Was Betrayed

United States US 2011-10 Texas Noncompete Attorney Explains Recent Change to Texas Noncompete Law

United States US 2011-10 Citigroup wins in workers' 401(k) stock drop appeal

United States US 2011-10 Ex-KLA-Tencor, Juniper Executive Settles With SEC Over Backdating

United States US 2011-10 Appeals court upholds backdating conviction of former Brocade CEO eye

United States US 2011-10 The Top Five Employee Benefits and Executive Compensation Traps in M&A Transactions

United States US 2011-10 Meridian Study Identifies Changing Landscape of Executive Compensation and Corporate Governance Practices

United States US 2011-10 More Companies Turning to Performance-Based Shares

United States US 2011-10 Compensation Paid to Outside Directors Continues Increasing at Largest Public Companies

United States US 2011-10 General Counsel Charged with Backdating at Two Companies, Settles With SEC

United States US 2011-10 Ex-Brocade Chief Has Conviction for Backdating Upheld During Appeal

United States US 2011-10 The End of an Era for Option Backdating Scandals

United States US 2011-10 Stock options vs. restricted stock vs. RSUs

United States US 2011-10 Comverse workers must exercise options

United States US 2011-10 Defense contractors may face compensation cap for all executives

United States US 2011-10 7 Common Questions About Startup Employee Options

United States US 2011-10 Investing for College: Employee Stock Purchase Plans Get an "A"

United States US 2011-10 WorldCom Stock Losses Not Considered Theft - Court of Claims Rules

United States US 2011-10 Public Companies Need to Review Equity Compensation Arrangements ASAP

United States US 2011-10 Consultant Compensation Traps: 4 Ways to Avoid Them

United States US 2011-10 HP’s New CEO Takes $1 Annual Salary and Lots of Stock Options

United States US 2011-10 IRS Proposes Regulations Regarding Performance-Based Compensation Exemption

United States US 2011-09 Twitter Gets Leeway From SEC in Issuing Restricted Stock Units

United States US 2011-09 Fraud Exclusion Triggered and Partial Rescission Permitted Due to Backdating Guilty Plea

United States US 2011-09 Stock awards, bonuses add up to big pay packages for CIOs

United States US 2011-09 Stock Options: Creating Incentive Plans That Actually Incent Employees

United States US 2011-09 Stock Options: Companies Protect Share Value By Splashing Out On Stock Repurchases

United States US 2011-09 CEO stock options can lead to increased risk taking, finds new study

United States US 2011-09 One-year incentive plans questioned

United States US 2011-09 Clawbacks without claws

United States US 2011-09 Apple's New CEO Receives $384 Million in Stock

United States US 2011-09 Tribune seeks approval from Bankruptcy Court for management incentive plan

United States US 2011-09 United States v. Fletcher : Through the Lens of Section 83 Applied to Restricted Stock Accounts

United States US 2011-09 BNY Mellon 2011 Proxy Season Study Results

United States US 2011- 08 Say on Pay in 2011: Lessons and Coming Attractions

United States US 2011-08 Does it benefit companies to give stock options to every employee?

United States US 2011-08 CNO Board Narrows Window For CEO's Options, With Some Underwater

United States US 2011-08 Vigilent Option Program to Incent Healthier Employee Lifestyles

United States US 2011-08 SEC Considering Settlement with Berry in Backdating Case

United States US 2011-08 SEC Further Delays Planned Rulemaking Schedule to Implement Certain Provisions of the Dodd-Frank Act

United States US 2011-08 Ex-Brocade CEO Agrees to Pay $845,000 to Settle Backdating Claims by SEC

United States US 2011-08 Proposed regulations on 162(m) deduction limitation

United States US 2011-08 OFCCP Takes Initial Steps to Require Burdensome Reporting of Compensation Data

United States US 2011-08 What About the Compensation of Workers?

United States US 2011-08 General Counsels Find Options Never Go Out of Style

United States US 2011-08 Make every effort to retain good employees

United States US 2011-08 The New Pressures on Executive Comp

United States US 2011-08 Texas Law on Noncompete Agreements Changes Dramatically

United States US 2011-08 Public Companies May Need to Amend Option Plans Soon to Qualify for Exception to $1 Million Deduction Limit

United States US 2011-08 What Are The Advantages of A Great Stock Option Formula?

United States US 2011-08 Five 'Say-on-Pay' Lessons

United States US 2011-08 Say On Pay Makes its Debut in the 2011 Proxy Season

United States US 2011-08 Daredevil Execs? Why Options Lead to More Risk

United States US 2011-08 SEC Delays Planned Implementation for Dodd-Frank Executive Compensation Requirements

United States US 2011-08 ISS Corporate Services Releases Executive Compensation Study

United States US 2011-08 5 Things to Know About Company Stock Plans

United States US 2011-08Pay Starts to Bend to Advisory Votes

United States US 2011-08 Frivolous Say on Pay Lawsuits: Another Unintended Consequence

United States US 2011-08 Is Your Change-in-Control Protection Safe?

United States US 2011-08 Stock Options Now Valid Consideration for Noncompete Agreements in Texas

United States US 2011-08 Questioning Pay-for-Performance

United States US 2011-07 Clawback Requirement Removes Board Discretion

United States US 2011-07 “Say on Pay”: Shareholder “No” Votes Now Leading to Derivative Actions Challenging Executive Compensation

United States US 2011-07 Senate Floor Statement on Closing the Corporate Stock Option Loophole

United States US 2011-07 Fidelity Survey Finds Many Stock Plan Participants Sold Stock Grants to Pay Down Bills, with Little Understanding of Tax Implications

United States US 2011-07 A surprising lawsuit over Section 162(m) disclosure

United States US 2011-07 Why Dodd-Frank Hasn't Fixed CEO Pay

United States US 2011-07 IRS Proposes New Regulations To Clarify Section 162(M) Performance-Based Compensation Exemption

United States US 2011-07 Texas Supreme Court Holds Options Award to Valuable Employee Provides Necessary "Nexus" to Protection of Company's Goodwill

United States US 2011-07 Why Silicon Valley's Love Affair With Options Is Hitting The Skids

United States US 2011-07 US shareholders grab chance for ‘say on pay’

United States US 2011-07 IRS Issues Proposed Rules On Performance-Based Pay

United States US 2011-07 Daredevil CEO: Why Options Lead to More Risk Taking

United States US 2011-07 Zynga wastes no time taking advantage of stock-option tax break

United States US 2011-07 Implementing Mandatory Clawback Provisions in Executive Employment Agreements Under the Dodd-Frank Act

United States US 2011-07 IRS Clarifies 162(m) Deduction Requirement

United States US 2011-07 Options offer valid in Marsh noncompete dispute: Texas high court

United States US 2011-07 Skype's stock situation: All about the disconnect

United States US 2011-06 Stock awards and bonuses push up compensation totals

United States US 2011-06 Within the Industry, an Urge to Cash Out

United States US 2011-06 “Cheap Stock” and Section 409A Considerations for Pre-IPO Companies

United States US 2011-06 Employers feel more responsible for employees' financial future

United States US 2011-06 States Vie for Their Share of Equity Comp

United States US 2011-06 Talent Grab: Employee Stock Plan Lures Entrepreneurs To Insurance Startup

United States US 2011-05 Companies tie more of workers’ pay to performance

United States US 2011-05 Proxy Advisory Firms and Option Exchanges

United States US 2011-05 S.F. OKs tax break on options

United States US 2011-05 How Startups Should Deal With Cliff Vesting For Employees

United States US 2011-05 Wall Street Journal / Hay Group CEO Compensation 2010 Study

United States US 2011-05 Appeals court weighs former Brocade CEO's backdating convictions

United States US 2011-05 Questcor drops option-pricing plan that drew fire

United States US 2011-05 SEC Proposes New Rules Calling For Greater Independence Standards for Compensation Committees and Their Advisors

United States US 2011-05 Sifting through Stock-based Compensation

United States US 2011-05 N.J. Supreme Court finds in favor of Clifton Savings on share plans

United States US 2011-05 Alignment of Performance Goals with Shareholder Value Top Compensation Challenge in 2011

United States US 2011-05 The Compensation Silly Season

United States US 2011-05 Firms Feel 'Say on Pay' Effect

United States US 2011-05 Federal Agencies Propose Rules on Dodd-Frank Incentive Compensation Requirements for Financial Institutions

United States US 2011-05 Clawback Provisions in Executive Employment Agreements

United States US 2011-05 Options Given During Crisis Spell Large Gains for CEOs

United States US 2011-05 Court to hear pleas for initial approval of class action settlement on option plan

United States US 2011-04 E&Y Fails to Gain Dismissal in Broadcom Case

United States US 2011-04 Companies implement ‘say-on-pay' requirements of Dodd-Frank

United States US 2011-04 Proxy firm’s options advice hurt investors: study

United States US 2011-04 GE ties CEO's options to stock price, cash flow

United States US 2011-04 Microsoft boosts cash compensation for employees

United States US 2011-04 Misery (Taxes) Acquaints A Court With Strange Bedfellows (Sections 83 and 16(b))

United States US 2011-04 Employers have options beyond awarding workers ‘real’ equity

United States US 2011-04 Stock option tax a way to lose city business

United States US 2011-04 Equity Compensation for Private Equity Investors and Entrepreneurs – Ten Current Topics

United States US 2011-04 SEC Continues to Regulate and Claw Back Incentive-Based Compensation

United States US 2011-04 A business trap: the “carve back” for employee shareholder claims

United States US 2011-04 San Francisco Approves Twitter Tax Holiday on options

United States US 2011-04 Juniper Ex-General Counsel Ordered to Answer SEC's Backdating Questions

United States US 2011-04 U.S. Eyes New Stock Rules

United States US 2010-04 Companies should be reviewing the impact of 409A on international arrangements

United States US 2010-04 More stock-option tax breaks coming to the table in San Francisco

United States US 2010-04 Defendants in Broadcom lawsuit reach settlement

United States US 2010-04 Written agreements supersede others

United States US 2010-04 Smart Balance Completes Option Exchange Program

United States US 2010-04 SEC Proposes Rules Requiring Listing Standards for Compensation Committees and Compensation Consultants

United States US 2011-03 Benefit and compensation programs: focus on more than disclosures

United States US 2011-03 Rite Aid offers stock option swap

United States US 2011-03 Howard Stern sues Sirius XM over shares

United States US 2011-03 Twitter seeks tax break on options to stay in San Francisco

United States US 2011-03 State supreme court ruled in Clifton bank's favor

United States US 2011-03 Green Mountain insiders miss big option gain

United States US 2011-03 New case emphasises the importance of careful drafting for equity-based award plans in the US

United States US 2011-03 UNH study: Bank executives profited at expense of shareholders

United States US 2011-03 The Employment Law Implications of the Dodd-Frank Act

United States US 2011-03 Dodd-Frank’s hatchet men: SEC & others go after incentive-based compensation

United States US 2011-03 Inclusive Capitalism for the American Workforce

United States US 2011-03 Bonuses drop 9% on Wall St. as more companies hand out stock options instead of cash

United States US 2011-03 Employers Subject To New Payroll Reporting Requirements In 2011

United States US 2011-03 Pay for Risk-Appropriate Performance

United States Us 2011-03 San Francisco Tax On Options

United States US 2011-03 Court Rejects Claim for Refund Based on Overvaluation of Employee Stock

United States US 2011-03 Did the SEC Drop the Ball in Backdating Fraud Probe of a Former General Counsel?

United States US 2011-03 KB Home exec gets probation in backdating case

United States US 2011-02 11 Another Reason to Cut Executives’ Stock Options

United States US 2011-02 11 Things To Know In 2011 - Employee Benefits And Executive Compensation

United States US 2011-02 Court: SEC Dropped Ball on Backdating Probe

United States US 2011-02 U.S. to force Wall Street to defer half of bonuses

United States US 2011-02 Stock-Hedging Lets Bankers Skirt Efforts to Overhaul Pay

United States US 2011-02 Bonus Deferrals and Clawbacks: Sign or Decline?

United States US 2011-02 Kentucky Bank Announces Settlement of IRS Tax Issue For Option-related deduction

United States US 2011-02 New Reporting Rules One More IRS Tool for Finding Corporate Revenue Sources

United States US 2011-02 As Pay Votes Loom, Some Set Sights on Adviser Firms

United States US 2011-02 Revised determination letter procedures issued by IRS

United States US 2011-02 ESOP participant did not state an imprudent investment claim based on his employer's product-related actions

United States US 2011-02 Does Equity-Based Compensation Really Have a 'Dark Side'? The Influence of Regulatory Discretion

United States US 2011-02 Why you should care about 409A valuations

United States US 2011-02Employee Stock Purchase Plans: Building a Retirement Fund That Works for You

United States US 2011-02 Five Areas of Incentive Plan Change in 2011

United States US 2011-02 SEC, in Split Vote, Adopts 'Say on Pay' Rule

United States US, CA 2011-02 IBM to Give Hundreds of Thousands of Workers $1,000 in Stock

United States US, CA 2011-01 Organizations are focusing on measuring performance aligned with pay, Mercer survey shows

United States US 2011-01 ISOs and ESPPs—IRS Information Statements and Information Returns under Section 6039 Final Regulations

United States US 2011-01 The Economic Consequences of Accelerated Vesting of Employee Stock Options

United States US 2011-01 FDIC to take on bank pay

United States US 2011-01 ISS publishes FAQs for policies on proxy voting recommendations

United States US 2011-01 New Relief Under §409A Correction Programs

United States US 2011-01 Remuneration Rumination

United States US 2011-01 8th Circuit tosses ERISA appeal over employees’ stock losses

United States US 2011-01 Compensation Consultant Independence and CEO Pay

United States US 2011-01 US draws up new rules on bankers’ pay

United States US 2011-01 2010 had many legal changes for human resources professionals

United States US 2011-01 An analysis of recently adopted clawback provisions

United States US 2011-01 'Say on pay' votes by shareholders no simple matter

United States US 2011-01 Employer Reporting of ISO Exercises and ESPP Stock Transfers Required in Early 2011

United States US 2011-01 The Valuation Differences Between Stock Option and Restricted Stock Grants for U.S. Firms

United States US 2011-01 Reporting Requirements for 2010 ISO Exercises and ESPP Transfers

United States US 2011-01 Goldman To Play Down Risk Taking in new comp plans

United States US 2011-01 Qwest execs get millions in tax breaks

United States US 2011-01 Executive Compensation Update: IRS Issues Guidance Expanding and Modifying 409A Correction Program and New Reporting Requirements for Stock Transfers under ISOs and ESPPs

United States US 2011-01 Facebook, Twitter And The Shadow Stock Market

United States US 2011-01 Hot Trade in Private Shares of Facebook

United States US 2010-12 California’s Phantom Stock Plan Exemption

United States US 2010-12 What will shareholders say on executives' pay?

United States US 2010-12 IRS modifies Section 409A correction procedures

United States US 2010-12 Say on Pay: Will U.S. Shareholders Give Executives the Thumbs Up on Compensation?

United States US 2010-12 Year-end reporting requirements for ISO exercises and ESPP stock transfers occurring during 2010

United States US 2010-12 Eleventh Circuit Rules on Valuation of RSUs Under Section 409A Plan

United States US 2010-12 IRS Improves §409A Correction Procedures

United States US 2010-12 Reporting to IRS Required for 2010 Incentive Stock Option Exercises and ESPP Stock Transfers

United States US 2010-12 Did New Rules Worsen Pay Situation?

United States US 2010-12 Important reminder: Section 162(m) performance-based compensation plans may need reapproval to avoid the deduction limitations

United States US 2010-12 Bonuses Trickling Down

United States US 2010-12 A New Fund Helps Facebook Employees Exercise Stock Options

United States US 2010-12 Examples of effective say-on-pay disclosures

United States US 2010-12 $53 Million Backdating Settlement for Former Comverse CEO

United States US 2010-11 The Wall Street Journal/Hay Group CEO Compensation Study

United States US 2010-11 CEO perks dwindle, but pay holds up

United States US 2010-11 IRS issues incentive stock option reporting form

United States US 2010-11 Backdating Scandal Ends With a Whimper

United States US 2010-11 Wall St banks push bonus shares over cash

United States US 2010-11 Towers Watson Data Services Releases the 2010/2011 Report on Long-Term Incentives, Policies & Practices

United States US 2010-11 Bank of America May Limit Cash Bonuses If Company Misses Asset-Sale Goal

United States US 2010-11 Employee equity: The stock option price

United States US 2010-11 National Survey of U.S. CFOs finds nearly one-third targeting healthcare cutbacks for their workforce

United States US 2010-11 ERISA does not protect employees from misstatements involving non-ERISA stock option plans

United States US 2010-11 Are Stock Options Wages?

United States US 2010-11 SEC releases proposed rules on say-on-pay and say-on-parachute provisions of the Dodd-Frank Act

United States US 2010-11 Citadel Responds To Court Challenge Of Employee Stock Awards

United States US 2010-11 SEC proposes rules on executive compensation shareholder votes under Dodd-Frank

United States Us 2010-11 New Golden Handcuffs Safeguard Firm Equity

United States US 2010-10 Private Equity Compensation Survey Sets Industry Benchmarks

United States US 2010-10 Facebook, Zynga slap fees on share sales

United States US 2010-10 In Reducing Sentence, Judge Notes Former Company VP's Contrition in Backdating Case

United States US 2010-10 Occidental overhauls pay structure

United States US 2010 New rules on broker non-votes and executive compensation

United States US 2010-10 GM extends employee share program

United States US 2010-10 Executive Compensation Oversight after the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act

United States US 2010-10 Citigroup Increases Stock Compensation for Senior Executives

United States US 2010-09 IRS’s Employment Tax National Research Project Just Getting Started

United States US 2010-09 What is Rule 701 and do I need to worry about it?

United States US 2010-09 The SEC Releases a Timetable for Dodd-Frank Rulemaking

United States US 2010-09 How Public Companies Should Respond to the Dodd-Frank Act

United States US 2010-09 Rataj and Yeanoplos provide some practical guidelines for calculating reasonable compensation

United States US 2010-09 Court finds that traditional limits on restrictive covenants does not apply to employee stock option agreement

United States US 2010-09 Performance-based pay as a tax-advantaged strategy for compensating hospitality industry employees

United States US 2010-09 Fed and banks wrangle over scope of pay oversight

United States US 2010-09 Execs may face outcry over 'rebound pay'

United States US 2010-09 How to Handle CEO Pay Before Dodd-Frank Hits

United States US 2010-09 HR Hell at Pfizer: Retiree’s Stock Options Are Cancelled in a Paperwork Error

United States US 2010-09 U.S. financial reform: corporate governance and executive compensation provisions for public companies

United States US 2010-09 The Real Say on Pay

United States US 2010-09 Ford settles lawsuit over employee stock losses

United States US 2010-09 Best Companies Don't Waver on Employee Benefits

United States US 2010-09 IPO could lead to payday for GM employees

United States US 2010-08 Majority of Companies Don’t Audit Executive Comp

United States US 2010-08 Laying Claim to Options Expense Deductions

United States US 2010-08 Should I Grant ISOs or NQOs?

United States US 2010-08 Legislation Would Align Financial Accounting for Stock Options with Federal Tax Code

United States US 2010-08 Foreign Private Issuers and the Dodd-Frank Act

United States US 2010-08 Wall Street Reform Legislation Requires Public Companies to Revise Clawback Policies

United States US 2010-08 New Study on Pay Advocates More Cash, Less Stock

United States US 2010-08 Hewitt Study Shows Long-Term Incentives in Executive Compensation Packages Are Back--but With a Catch

United States US 2010-08 Dodd-Frank and Executive Compensation: what's a public company and its compensation committee to do?

United States US 2010-08 Say What? Pay What? Real World Approaches to Executive Compensation Reform

United States US 2007-07 SEC Reviewing Proxy Process

United States US 2010-07 Executive Compensation, Corporate Governance and Other Securities Disclosure Provisions in the Dodd-Frank U.S. Financial Regulatory Reform Act

United States US 2010-07 Law Sharpens 'Clawback' Rules for Improper Pay

United States US 2010-07 Reputation Penalties for Poor Monitoring of Executive Pay: Evidence from Option Backdating

United States US 2010-07 Wall Street Reform Legislation Includes New Executive Compensation and Corporate Governance Standards

United States US 2010-07 SEC Issues Concept Release on "Proxy Plumbing"

United States US 2010-07 $1.58M backdating settlement at Trident

United States US 2010-07 'Mega-grants' pad CEO stock profits, report says

United States US 2010-07 Billionaire Anschutz Loses Capital Gains Ruling Over $144 Million Tax Bill

United States US 2010-07 Health Care Reform: New Deduction Limit on Compensation Paid by Certain Health Insurers

United States US 2010-07 Should You Participate in the Section 409A Document Corrections Program in 2010?

United States US - 2010-07 Dodd-Frank: What It Means for Comp and Governance

United States US 2010-07 Court rules against employee seeking $849,000 in stock options

United States Us 2010-07 Disappearing perk: Employee stock options

United States US 2010-07 Financial firms boost salaries, cut bonuses: Survey

United States US 2010-07 Unvested Stock Options: Left Behind?

United States US 2010-07 What's Wrong with Stock Option Backdating

United States US 2010-06 Executive who lost his job at Fidelity suing over options

United States US 2010-06 US regulatory guidance for compensation structures snubs FDIC proposal

United States US 2010-06 AIG Ties Some Pay to Debt, Part of Effort to Retain Executives

United States US 2010-06 Fed finds bank pay schemes ‘deficient’

United States US 2010-06-21 Court Ruling Endorses SEC’s Power to Seek Clawback of Incentive Compensation from CEO not Accused of Wrongdoing

United States US 2010-06-21 US study reveals $52 bln stock option tax break

United States US 2010-06-21 FEI Study: Pay Freeze Continues for Majority of Finance Execs

United States US 2010-06-04 American Business Law Journal, Volume 47 Issue 2 (Summer 2010) Rule 10b5-1 Trading Plans and Insiders' Incentive to Misrepresent (p 313-359)

United States US 2010-06-13 Required Disclosure under Nasdaq Listing Rule 5635 Regarding Inducement Grants

United States US 2010-06-13 Performance Link Takes Bite Out of Execs’ Pay

United States US 2010-06-13 ASU 2010-13 Effect of Denominating the Exercise Price of a Share-Based Payment Award in the Currency of the Market in Which the the Underlying Equity Security Trades

United States US 2010-06-07 Stock vesting: Why is four the magic number?

United States US 2010-06-07 Tax Savings Expand For Some Stock Options

United States CA US 2010-06-07 Rescuing Drowning Stock Options

United States US 2010-06-07 Executive Compensation Outlook

United States US 2010-05-25 Guidance on Auditing Executive Pay and Perks

United States US 2010-05-25 IRS Addresses Section 409A Document Corrections

United States Us 2010-05-25 Texas Supreme Court to Address Employee Stock Options as Consideration for Covenants Not to Compete

United States US 2010-05-25 The Relation Between Corporate Governance and CEOs’ Equity Grants

United States US 2010-05-16 Stock Options: Just a Ticket for a Unicorn Ride?

United States US 2010-05-16 Ways to Cash in Stock Options Before an IPO

United States US 2010-05-16 Required Disclosure Under NASDAQ Listing Rule 5635 Regarding Inducement Grants

United States CA, US 2010-05-16 New rules for employee perks

United States CA, US 2010-05-16 Quantifying the Benefits of Backdating: A Canada - US Comparison

United States US 2010-05-09 A Compensation Committee’s Most Difficult Task— Finding the Right Path to Connect Pay With Performance

United States US 2010-05-09 Lawyers Ask For Leniency On Exec Taxes

United States US 2010-05-09 Officials at Zions grab up stock: Compensation allows firm to adhere to federal bailout rules.

United States US 2010-05-02 Boston Company Faces Class Action Suit over Violations of ERISA Plan

United States Us 2010-05-02 Pfizer shareholders reject ban on stock options

United States US 2010-04-25 KB Home’s Bruce Karatz Guilty in Backdating Trial

United States US 2010-04-25 Why Bosses Should Worry When Employees Trade Pre-IPO Stock Options

United States US 2010-04-25 'Wizard of Spin' Sitrick Sued by Ex-Employee regarding option plan

United States US 2010-04-18 Fired RIM executive scores partial win in huge lawsuit

United States US 2010-04-18 Don’t Put Your Employer’s Eggs In Your 401(k) Basket

United States US 2010-04-18 The Impact of SFAS No. 123(R) on Financial Statement Conservatism

United States US 2010-03-28 Firms Use Outside Adviser to Judge Executive Pay

United States US 2010-03-28 Appeals Court Reverses Xilinx Ruling

United States US 2010-03-21 Shareholder Reapproval of Plans Exempt from $1 Million Limit

United States US 2010-03 Ten Tax Tips For Stock Options

United States US 2010-03-14 Options Trial to Take New Tack Prosecutors Focus on How Backdating Benefited Former KB Home Chief Executive

United States US 2010-03-14 Calif. High Court Gives Guidance on Post-Employment Sales Commissions

United States US 2010-03-07 Removal of Tax Gross-Ups Results in Heightened Sensitivity to Golden Parachute Rules in Corporate Transactions

United States US 2010-03-02 Despite Downturn, Top Tech Firms Awarded Big Restricted-Stock Grants

United States US 2010-02-21 Exercising Options Ahead Of Tax Hikes

United States US 2010-02-21 ASU 2010-05 – Escrowed Share Arrangements and the Presumption of Compensation

United States US 2010-02-16 Accounting: BPM establishes ESOP; Brotemarkle creates Web site to share its ‘passion’

United States US 2010-02-16 Five compensation-related mistakes startups make (and should avoid)

United States US 2010-02-16 Unexpected Tax Consequences of Buying Employer Stock with Loan Proceeds

United States US 2010-02-07 Bankers Use Derivatives Trades To Cash Bonus Stock

United States US 2010-02-07 Equity Compensation Update: New Rules for ESPPs and Reporting ISO and ESPP Share Transactions

United States US 2010-02-07 Wall Street bonuses being paid in stock rather than cash affects businesses that rely on midwinter surge

United States US 2010-01-31 Tech Executive Compensation Turning Around

United States US 2010-01-31 First Horizon shifts compensation strategy

United States US 2010-01-31 Investors can try new claims vs Apple execs related to share plan per court

United States US 2010-01-31 Stock backdating investigations changed Silicon Valley

United States US 2010-01-24 Bonuses lack one thing: cash

United States US 2010-01-24 As Wall Street Defers Bonuses, Others Suffer

United States US 2010-01-24 FAS 123R Reporting: Recodified and Explained

United States US 2010-01-24 Let Me Tell Your Fortune: Executive Pay Projections for 2010

United States US 2010-01-25 IRS Releases Guidance For Correcting Deferred Compensation Documents That Fail To Meet Code Section 409A Requirements

United States US 2010-01-17 More Boards Opting for Independent Pay Advisers

United States US 2010-01-13 Spending Bonus Cash Becomes Risky as Clawbacks Spread

United States US 2010-01-13 Backdating case dismissal raises hopes for accused execs

United States Us 2010-01-13 Valley takes a new look at stock options

United States US 2010-01-03 AIG Sets Method of Stock Payment for Top Execs

United States US 2010-01-03 Happy Holidays from the SEC! New Rules Require Enhanced Compensation and Governance Disclosure — But Wait, There's More . . . Our Top Ten Tips For the Upcoming Proxy Season

United States US 2010-01-03 Workers sue ex-bank execs over losses

United States US 2010-01-03 Morgan Stanley looking to overhaul pay plan

United States US 2009-12-13 Value of New Stock Option Grants Dropped Nearly 10 Percent in 2008, Watson Wyatt Survey Finds

United States US 2009-12-13 Top Goldman Execs to Get Only Stock in Bonuses

United States US 2009-12-09 Companies urged to review executive pay practices

United States US 2009-12-09 Tyco employee class action nets $72.5m settlement

United States US 2009-12-09 Goldman looks to quell anger on bonuses

United States US 2009-11-29 Time to kill stock options

United States US 2009-11-29 Compliance, Executive Compensation, and Option Dating

United States US 2009-11-22 Taming the Stock Option Game

United States US 2009-11-22 Korn/Ferry Executive Compensation Index Shows Declining Pay for Newly Placed Senior Executives in 2009

United States US 2009-11-15 Bye Bye Backdating

United States US 2009-11-15 Windfall Seen as Bank Bonuses Are Paid in Stock

United States US 2009-11-15 It's bonus time at Starbucks; top executives receive stock units worth millions

United States US 2009-11-15 Companies Enhancing Stock Plan Offerings, According to Charles Schwab Study

United States US 2009-11-15 9th Circuit Stands Firm on Prosecutors' Misconduct in Reyes Backdating Case

United States US 2009-11-15 To Retain Its Bankers, Citi Offers Option Plan

United States US 2009-11-08 California Court Upholds Legality of Restricted Stock Plan

United States US 2009-10-24 Range of Firms Alter Executive-Pay Policies

United States US 2009-10-30 U.S. to audit 6,000 companies on employment issues

United States US 2009-10-28 Some Stock Plans See Scant Supply

United States US 2009-10-25 Pay Czar to Slash Compensation at Seven Firms

United States US 2009-10-25 Fed Hits Banks With Sweeping Pay Limits

United States US 2009-10-25 National survey of senior financial executives finds majority to reduce bonuses

United States US 2009-10-18 A simplified explanation and example of SFAS 123R's calculated value method

United States US 2009-10-18 Keeping the Pay Police at Bay

United States US 2009-10-18 Global Recession Hit US Salaries Hardest and Accelerated Equity Program Changes at Technology Companies, Says Aon Consulting's Radford

United States Us 2009-10-18 Xilinx answers commissioner for Internal Revenue

United States US 2009-10-18 Option Grants Draw Scrutiny

United States US 2009-10-11 Pay Czar Targets Salary Cuts

United States US 2009-10-11 Related Parties Must Share Employee Stock Option Costs

United States US 2009-10-04 Privilege Didn't Apply to Former Broadcom Executive, 9th Circuit Rules

United States USA 2009-09-25 Boards Face Expanded Responsibilities

United States USA 2009-09-25 Microsoft Lets Shareholders Vote on Executive Pay

United States USA 2009-09-25 Microsoft Say-On-Pay Is Pressure-On-Tech-Firms

United States US 2009-09-27 Cash-Strapped California Adjusts Tax Withholding Requirements for Share Gains

United States US 2009-09-19 Bankers Face Sweeping Curbs on Pay

United States UK 2009-09-07 FirstGroup employees give almost £5,000 from stock plans to charity

United States US 2009-09-07 Valuation of stock options in divorce

United States US 2009-08-30 90% of Tech Stock Options Underwater

United States US 2009-08-30 McAfee seeks Gag on Executive Ousted Over Options

United States US 2009-08-30 Internal Revenue Service Targets Tax Deductions for Discounted & Backdated Options

United States US 2009-08-30 Expensing Stock Options: The Controversy

United States US 2009-08-22 Shares Transferred to New Parent DC Plan Considered "Securities of the Organization"

United States US 2009-08-22 Restless Workers in Silicon Valley Seek Ways to Cash In Early

United States US 2009-08-22 Backdating Likely More Widespread Than Originally Believed

United States US 2009-08-16 New Option for Employee Options

United States US 2009-08-16 Deferred Compensation Plans can Handcuff Key Employees

United States US 2009-08-16 SEC Clawback Action Sets Off Alarms

United States US 2009-08-16 Economy Finally Turning Corner

United States US 2009-08-03 Former presidential candidate Introduces Options Deduction Bill

United States US 2009-08-03 House Approves Limits on Executive Pay

United States US 2009-08-03 IRS Rejects Firms on Tax-Backdate Effort

United States US 2009-08-03 Accounting Anomalies: Actual value of stock holdings may be a fraction of their list price

United States US 2009-08-03 Application of Anti-trust law to Officer and Director Equity Compensation

United States US 2009-07-30 "Say on pay" rolls forward, but some investors wary

United States US 2009-07-30 SEC Orders Ex-CEO to Return Pay under clawback rule

United States CA/US 2009-07-30 U.S.-Canada Tax Treaty Will Affect Mobility

United States CA/US 2009-07-30 U.S.-Canada Tax Treaty Will Affect Mobility

United States US 2009-07-20 Bills changing corporate governance await Corzine’s signature

United States US 2009-07-20 Internal Revenue Service Claims Greater Rights Than Option Holders - OK To Garnish and Levy on Nontransferrable Options

United States US 2009-07-11 Dividends Paid on Unvested Share Awards May Impact Earnings Per Share

United States US 2009-07-11 Proxy Disclosure & Solicitation Enhancements

United States US 2009-07-11 White House Rethinks How Best to Pay the Pros

United States US 2009-07-11 Stiefel Accused of Cheating Employees on Stock Buyback

United States US 2009-07-11 Economists Raise U.S. Outlook as Recession Fades

United States US 2009-07-06 Executive Compensation: Major Changes On The Way

United States US 2009-07-06 Sources: SEC considers changes to stock-option disclosures

United States US 2009-07-06 Washington Push on Executive Pay Has Unintended Consequences

United States US 2009-06-24 Compensation Committees Work to Achieve Correct Mix

United States US 2009-06-24 Reining in Executive Compensation

United States US 2009-06-24 Stock Options Opened for 'Call Writing'

United States US 2009-06-24 Treasury Department and SEC Announce New Executive Compensation Initiatives

United States US 2009-06-08 Insurance Giant Seeks Return of Stock Sold by Its Former CEO

United States US 2009-06-02 UPS Revises Guidelines for Employee Stock Sales

United States US 2009-06-02 Starbucks Bails Out Some Employee Options

United States US 2009-06-02 Crazy Compensation and the Crisis

United States US 2009-06-02 Xilinx Loses Tax Ruling on Option Cost Sharing

United States US 2009-05-26 Huron Retools Stock Plan after Outcry

United States US 2009-05-26 Stock Options Might be Losing their Allure

United States US 2009-05-26 Survey: Corporate Pay-for-Performance

United States US 2009-05-26 iOptions Goes Where Others May Have Feared to Tread: Using Vested employee options as collateral

United States US 2009-05-26 CalSTRS Issues Executive Compensation Policy Guidelines

United States US 2009-05-19 Obama Wants Shareholders to Have Bigger Say on Pay

United States US 2009-05-19 Selected International Tax & Legal Consequences

United States US 2009-05-12 Proxy Scorecard: 30% of Firms Pass "Say on Pay"

United States US 2009-05-12 Directors Believe Executive Pay Programs Need to Change, Watson Wyatt Survey Find

United States US 2009-05-12 Cardinal Health Proposes Option Exchange Program

United States US 2009-05-12 Tying CEO pay to stock is a blunt instrument

United States US 2009-05-12 Federal Reserve's Economic Outlook Brightens

United States US 2009-05-05 Caution Urged as Workers and Management Look to Buy Failing Firms

United States US 2009-05-05 New Bill to Target Boards, 'Say on Pay'

United States US 2009-05-05 Intellon Announces Stock Option Exchange Offer

United States US 2009-05-05 Employee stock fund unloads all GM stock

United States US 2009-04-27 Google Amends Transferable Stock Option Program

United States US 2009-04-27 Executive Pay Getting Investor Vote

United States US 2009-04-27 A tech company lesson in non-cash compensation options

United States US 2009-04-20 Alternatives to Cash Bonuses Gaining Favor

United States US 2009-04-20 Government probing Tribune ESOP

United States US 2009-04-13 WSJ/Hay 2008 CEO Compensation Study Reveals Firms Dialed Back Pay Levels in 2008

United States US 2009-04-13 Survey Finds Companies Changing Executive Pay

United States US 2009-04-13 Tribune Co. Subpoenaed Over Stock Plan

United States US 2009-04-13 Finally, Economic Optimism, Thanks to Wells Fargo

United States US 2009-04-03 Intel board approves new "outperformance" options

United States US 2009-04-03 Worthless options worry companies

United States US 2009-04-01 Economic Optimism Contributes To Continued Strength On Wall Street

United States US 2009-04-01 A Lift for Employees As Share Values Sink Shareholders Decry Shifts on Options

United States US 2009-04-01 KLA-Tencor cuts employee discount through stock purchase plan

United States US 2009-04-01 Merck Loses Challenge to Company Stock Fiduciary Claims

United States US 2009-04-01 401(k) investments in employer stock jump

United States US 2009-03-24 Option Repricing Lets Employees Sidestep Crash

United States US 2009-03-24 Dwindling Share Price Causes Need for More Shares for Employees at Citi, Morgan

United States US 2009-03-24 Options are Adjusted After Many Share Prices Fall

United States US 2009-03-24 Electronic Arts Extends Stock Awards for Senion Executives

United States US 2009-03-24 Economic Pessimism Eases; Confidence at 2009 High

United States US 2009-03-16 eBay to Pursue Program Exchanging Options for Restricted Stock

United States US 2009-03-16 Capital One Shifts Bonuses from Cash to Stock

United States US 2009-03-16 Critics Say Stock Option Exchanges Unfair

United States US 2009-03-16 Participants in 401(k) Plans See Safety in Employer Shares

United States US 2009-03-16 Poll Reveals Growing Economic Optimism

United States US 2009-03-16 Google Employees Swap 93% of Underwater Options

United States SE/US 2009-03-16 Ericsson Board proposes Long-Term Variable Remuneration Program

United States US 2009-03-16 Grant Thornton Survey on 2009 Salary Reductions, underwater options

United States US 2009-03-16 Vail Resorts To Cut Wages in Exchange for Stock Plan

United States US 2009-03-16 Capital One Shifts Bonuses from Cash to Stock

United States US 2009-03-16 The Implications of Treasury's New Guidelines on Executive Pay at Bail-out Firms

United States US 2009-03-09 When Shares Lose Value After Exercising an Option

United States US 2009-03-09 Ten Areas For Enhanced Board Focus In 2009: Spotlight On Risk Oversight

United States US 2009-03-09 Will Executive Compensation Restrictions Hinder Recovery?

United States US 2009-03-09 Motorola has plan to swap options, boost employee morale

United States US 2009-03-09 Is Option Repricing Making a Comeback?

United States US 2009-03-09 Let the Options Re-Pricing Stimulus Begin

United States US 2009-03-02 US Banks Tackle 2008 Bonus Conundrum

United States US 2009-03-02 US Banks Tackle 2008 Bonus Conundrum

United States US 2009-03-02 Ford Motors and Union Agree to Stock Contribution to Healthcare Porgram

United States US 2009-03-02 Ford Motors and Union Agree to Stock Contribution to Healthcare Porgram

United States US 2009-03-02 Its stock plan facing defeat, Keynote adjourns meeting to drum up more votes

United States US 2009-03-02 Its stock plan facing defeat, Keynote adjourns meeting to drum up more votes

United States US 2009-02-24 The Outlook for ERISA 'Stock-Drop' Litigation

United States US 2009-02-24 “Say On Pay” A Losing Battle with Tech Firms According to BDO Seidman Survey

United States US 2009-02-24 New Section 409A Guidance Alert

United States US 2009-02-24 Google Shareholders Lose that Loving Feeling Due To Repricing

United States US/CA 2009-02-16 OSC and SEC: Different Views on Option Backdating

United States US 2009-02-16 Shareholders Demand Executive Exclusion, Value Neutrality in Underwater Option Exchange Proposals

United States US/CA 2009-02-16 OSC and SEC: Different Views on Option Backdating

United States US 2009-02-16 Loopholes Sap Potency of Obama's Pay Limits, Including Shares

United States US 2009-02-16 Treasury Announces New Restrictions On Executive Compensation

United States US 2009-02-16 Limiting, Clawing Back Executive Pay In The Wake Of Financial Bailout

United States US 2009-02-09 Market Leaves Firms Running out of Stock Options

United States US 2009-02-09 Could Obama's Executive Salary Cap Cause More Problems than it Solves?

United States US 2009-02-02 Opinion: Expensing Options Is No Option

United States US 2009-02-02 Limiting, Clawing Back Executive Pay in the Wake of Financial Bailout

United States US 2009-02-02 Option Exchange Programs – Issues To Consider

United States US 2009-02-02 Stock-Drop Suit Passes First Hurdle

United States US 2009-02-02 Deferred Compensation and Options Could Put Some Companies in a 409A Bind

United States US 2009-01-26 IRS Tax Notice For Incentive Stock Options and Employee Stock Purchase Plans

United States US2009-01-26 Inside Entrepreneurship: Tips for Valuing Startup Stock Options

United States US 2009-01-26 Google to Rewrite Stock Option Terms

United States US 2009-01-26 Others could follow Google's move to reset options

United States US 2009-1-26 Starbucks Ties CEO Pay to Stock, Seeks Shareholder OK for Options Exchange

United States US 2009-01-26 Bailout Triggers Executive Pay Worries

United States US 2009-01-19 RiskMetrics’ Updated Compensation Guidelines For 2009 Proxy Season

United States US 2009-01-19 Citigroup cuts back Exec Comp, more focus on deferred stock

United States US 2009-01-19 Red Robin Makes Tender Offer for Stock Options

United States US 2009-01-19 Goldman Sachs Eases Limits on Employee Stock Grants

United States US 2009-01-19 Cross-Examining Executive Comp Experts Under New, Evolving Rules

United States US 2009-01-19 The Conference Board Finds Changes Underway in CEO Compensation

United States US 2009-01-19 IRS Program Permits Avoiding Sec. 409A´s Penalty For Certain Violations, Including Discounted Options

United States US 2009-01-12 2008 ISO and ESPP Information Statements Due

United States US 2009-01-12 Avoid Taxation Pitfalls in US Equity Compensation Programs

United States US 2009-01-05 Shareholders Likely to Resist Underwater Option Exchanges

United States US 2009-01-05 Tech Firm Exchanging Restricted Stock for Stock Options

United States US 2009-01-05 Firms Jump to Salvage Underwater Stock Options

United States US 2008-12-15 Companies breathe life into options : Governance specialists sound alarm over exchange programs

United States US 2008-12-15 Ohio Court Tax Ruling on Deferred Equity Compensation

United States US 2008-12-15 What Can Companies Do About Underwater Options?

United States US 2008-12-15 Opinion: The problem with performance-based compensation

United States US 2008-12-08 Citigroup Chairman Says New Share Plans Aren’t ‘Magic Bullet

United States US 2008-12-01 Employees who exercised options this year should act soon to avoid a big tax bill later

United States US 2008-12-01 Ban on GM employee stock purchases is extended

United States US 2008-12-01 As Layoffs Spread, Innovative Alternatives May Soften the Blow

United States US 2008-12-01 Are option exercises driven by private information?

United States US 2008-12-01 Guidelines urge curbs on chief executive's pay

United States US 2008-11-24 Steven Hall Survey on Option Losses at Fortune 200

United States US 2008-11-24 Volatile Times for Executive Comp

United States US 2008-11-24 Underwater options drive top executives turnover

United States US 2008-11-24 EMCORE Announces 409A Tender Offer for Employee Options

United States US 2008-11-24 'Underwater’ stock options and ‘repricing’– The next dilemmas

United States CH/US 2008-11-24 UBS Announces New Compensation Model For Executives

United States US 2008-11-24 Section 409A Year-End Reminder: Action May Be Required Now

United States US 2008-11-24 PayDay Survey

United States US 2008-11-24 Pearl Meyer Survey: Executive bonuses and share plans may shrink

United States US 2008-11-17 Proposal to Ban Option Share Sales Until After Retirement

United States WW/US 2008-11-17 US Tax Section 409A: International Implications

United States US 2008-11-17 Rescue bill offers AMT relief

United States US 2008-11-17 The Emergency Economic Stabilization Act´s Effect On Employee Benefits And Executive Compensation

United States US 2008-11-17 Option Passes Tough to Complete

United States US 2008-11-10

United States CH/US 2008-11-10 Credit Suisse To Revise Proposed Broker Pay Plan

United States US 2008-11-10 Wall Street Compensation Backlash

United States IN/US 2008-11-10 Americans' Equity Comp In India & Impact Of FBT Tax

United States US 2008-11-10 Survey on Compensation Trends at Emerging Tech Firms

United States US 2008-11-10 Key Tax Provisions Of The Emergency Economic Stabilization Act Of 2008

United States CH/US 2008-11-10 Credit Suisse To Revise Proposed Broker Pay Plan

United States US 2008-11-10 Fewer stock options lead to higher profits

United States IN/US 2008-11-10 Americans' Equity Comp In India & Impact Of FBT Tax

United States US 2008-11-04 Future of 'Say on Pay' in Current Economic Times

United States US 2008-11-04 Securities Firms Tackle Pay Issue

United States US 2008-11-04 Bailout Related Tax Changes and Impacts

United States US 2008-11-04 IRS to Waive 409A Code Y Reporting for 2008

United States US 2008-11-04 Banks Owe Billions to Executives

United States US 2008-10-26 Employment Law Risks In The Current Financial Crisis

United States US 2008-10-26 Market drop puts squeeze on option pay

United States US 2008-10-26 Bailout Law has AMT relief for ISO options

United States US 2008-10-26 Are option exercises driven by private information?

United States US 2008-10-26 Bailout Bill has limits on exec pay

United States US 2008-10-26 Syzygy Survey on Private Firms Slashing Executive Pay & Option Grants

United States UK/US 2008-10-26 New tax regime for expatriate share options

United States US 2008-10-26 Deloitte Survey on Firms Trying to Shore Up Incentive Pay

United States US 2008-10-26 High pay brings little reward

United States US 2008-10-26 Stock option backdating probes winding down

United States US 2008-10-26 The Problem of Forced Insider Stock Sales

United States US 2008-10-26 Bonuses and Deferred Stock on Wall Street:

United States US 2008-10-04 Survey Finds Firms Responding to Shareholder Pressure on Governance Practices

United States US 2008-10-04 Mercer survey on director pay including shares

United States US 2008-10-04 General Motors suspends stock purchases in employee plans

United States US 2008-09-27 Financial Reporting Standards May Prompt Revamp of Pay Plans

United States Impending December 31, 2008 Deadline: Mandatory Compliance With Section 409A

United States US 2008-09-27 Lehman Employees Face $10 Billion in Losses

United States US 2008-09-27 When Is a Dividend Deductible for ESOP?

United States US 2008-09-27 Wall Street Turmoil Tainting Option Plans

United States US 2008-09-14 Advice for underwater options

United States WW/US 2008-09-14 Firm to buyback options

United States US 2008-09-14 Senate obtains IRS commitment to suspend ISO AMT tax

United States US/UK 2008-09-14 Does shared capitalism work in UK?

United States US 2008-09-14 Exchanging ESOPs & Restricted Stock for Underwater ESOPs

United States US 2008-09-14 Survey says 92% of Companies State ESOP firms are Good Business

United States US 2008-09-14 IPS Study on how US tax law subsidizes excessive pay

United States WW/US 2008-08-27 Sample of a performance-based RSU Plan

United States US 2008-08-27 ESOP and Firm's Cash Payout: Role of Shareholders' tax-related payout preferences

United States WW/US 2008-08-27 Limit Shares of Employer

United States US 2008-08-27 Proposed regulations on Sec. 423 ESPPs

United States US 2008-08-27 Fidelity Study on need for more employee share plan education

United States US 2008-08-17 Confirmed: Facebook to let employees sell some stock

United States US 2008-08-08 Chron.com Salary Survey

United States US 2008-07-14 New Jersey Court Holds Deferred Comp Plans With Forfeiture Provisions Lawful

United States US 2008-07-14 Firms let workers pick salary, inclluding shares

United States US 2008-07-14 Options Revisited: A Renewed Focus On Net Exercise Provisions

United States US 2008-07-14 Troubled Bank Sets Stock Bonus for Employees

United States US 2008-07-14 Bank's ‘Golden Handcuffs’ for Equity Receive Court Approval

United States US 2008-07-14 One of first backdating cases settled for $900 million

United States US 2008-06-28 S&P 500 firms and restricted shares

United States US 2008-06-28 Pre-Initial Public Offering use of share plans

United States US 2008-06-28 Tax audits may focus on compensation

United States US 2008-06-28 Accounting Standards Board Rules on Share Payments

United States US 2008-06-28 IRS changes reporting requirements for ESOP dividends

United States US 2008-06-28 Deferred Compensation Section 409A rule and Foreign Plans/Foreigners in USA

United States US 2008-06-18 ClawBacks More Popular At Firms

United States US 2008-06-17 Say What? The Battle over Executive Comp

United States US 2008-06-17 SEC Updates Executive Compensation Reporting Guidance

United States US 2008-06-17 Facing Backdating Claims: Pick Your Strategy

United States US 2008-06-17 California Urges Taxpayers to Resolve Option Tax Shelters

United States CA/US 2008-06-17 10 Key Differences In Canadian, US Employment Law (including share plans)

United States US 2008-06-17 Firm settles stock class action (including amount of option expense)

United States US 2008-06-17 In Stock Plan, Employees See Stacked Deck

United States CA/US 2008-06-18 Firm finds that some options were granted at less than fair value

United States US 2008-06-17 Executive Compensation: Public vs. Private-Equity-Controlled Companies

United States US 2008-05-28 Judge Rejects Two Stock Option Settlements

United States US 2008-05-28 Coalition for Tax Fairness and Reform Praise Passage of ISO AMT Correction

United States US 2008-05-28 'Say on Pay' May Be Here To Stay

United States US 2008-05-28 Measured Support for Share Tax Loophole Crackdown

United States US 2008-05-28 As prices stumble, options leave top employees unsatisfied

United States US 2008-05-28 Presidio Survey Finds IPO firms Bypassing Public Shareholder Approval of Plans

United States US 2008-05-28 Court Rejects Revival of Company Stock Case

United States US 2008-05-28 Senate Would Impose Greater Restrictions On Executive Comp

United States US 2008-05-28 General Counsel Problems over Backdating

United States US 2008-05-28 Backdating action ebbing for enforcers

United States US 2008-05-28 Backdating settlements less than expected per study

United States US 2008-05-28 Tax Court finds employee share losses are not result of "theft"

United States US 2008-05-28 Indiana helps employees take over firms

United States US 2008-03-05 Performance-Accelerated Options Align Management With Private Equity

United States US 2008-04-30 Another indictment over backdating options

United States US 2008-04-30 Hay Group/WSJ Survey on CEO Pay including Shares

United States US 2008-04-30 Firm mistakenly reloads options

United States US 2008-04-30 Panel says option deductions "inflated" by $61 Billion

United States US 2008-04-14 Reform Option Reports

United States US 2008-04-14 S&P 500 Firms Compensation Survey by Equilar

United States US 2008-04-14 Investment Bank rejiggers exec compensation/shares

United States US2008-03-25 Wall Street employee owners shudder as Bear Stearns implodes

United States US 2008-03-25 Financial Services Execs Drowning in Underwater Options

United States US 2008-03-25 Executive gets prison in option backdating case

United States US 2008-03-25 Firm discloses theft of employee share plan data

United States US 2008-03-25 Is Executive Compensation Reform Really on the March?

United States US 2008-03-25 Impact of Bear Stearns Collapes on employee shareholders

United States US 2008-03-25 Bank urges Board to approve more options (not cash) for employees

United States US 2008-03-25 Survey: Employees at Fortune 500 drowning in underwater options

United States US 2008-03-25 Employee-ownership plans increasingly common

United States US 2008-03-20 Consider Your Options (state of option plans in US)

United States US /NL 2008-03-11 ING rebalances hedge portfolio for employee options

United States US 2008-03-11 Law Firms Ask Tax Agency to Soften Pay Stance; Agency Delays 409A's Implementation

United States US 2008-03-11 Study Says Gifts of Stock by Employees Precede Sharp Price Dips

United States US/GLOBAL 2008-03-11 Option repricing making a comeback

United States US 2008-03-11 One of earliest Backdating cases is settled

United States US 2008-03-05 ESOPs Grow Significantly in 2007

United States US 2008-03-05 Apple shareholders OK 'Say on Pay' approach

United States US 2008-03-05 CFOS at Tech Firms believe shareholders should have more say on pay including shares

United States US 2008-03-05 Impact of Tax Status on Relation between Options and Debt

United States US 2008-3-05 Whom Do Consultants On Pay Work For? (Congress Hearing)

United States US 2008-03-05 Executive Stock Option Valuation

United States US 2008-03-05 Option reprice wave builds

United States US 2008-03-05 Tale of Underwater Options at a Large US Firm

United States US 208-03-05 Option Acceleration in Response to SFAS 123(R)

United States US 2008-02-11 California Court Upholds Optional Compensation Plan with Restricted Stock Options

United States US 2008-02-07 AmEx Does Options Right (new approach for CEO Options)

United States US 2008-02-07 Equilar Study on CEO Equity Awards in Late 2007

United States US 2008-02-07 Former CFO Sent to Prison for Backdating

United States US 2008-02-07 $65 Million Settlement Options Backdating Case

United States US 2008-02-07 Banks revamp cash bonus to give more stock

United States US 2008-01-30 Firm to Pay $65 Million in Option Case

United States US 2008-01-01 Brocade ex-CEO sentenced for options backdating

United States US 2008-01-15 Qualified ISO options vs Nonqualified Options

United States US 2008-01-01 Securities Agency Unveils Internet Tool with Comparisons of Executive Pay including Options Securities Agency Unveils Internet Tool with Comparisons of Executive Pay including Options Jan 08

United States US 2008-01-01 Prosecutors want Former Brocade CEO To Pay $90 Million in Backdating Case

United States US 2008-01-01 Commentary on Employee Stock Ownership Plans