December 7, 2021 SEC Looking Out for Abuses of ‘Spring-Loaded Compensation’ “Spring-loaded compensation awards.” It just sounds cool, right? And if you’re a corporate exe...
October 19, 2021 Executive Compensation: Clawback to the Future It may seem like only yesterday to politicians, lobbyists and bankers, but the Dodd-Frank Wall Stree...
January 16, 2020 Reg BI Headlines Four Securities Enforcement Priorities for 2020 It’s January, and around Washington, D.C., that means it’s time for government agencies to decla...
April 2, 2019 Could Compensation Clawbacks Make a Comeback? For the second time in less than three years, embattled financial services firm Wells Fargo & Co...
October 17, 2018 Motives Questioned in SEC Reissue of Swap Rules As a sign of their importance (or lack thereof) at the SEC, proposals for rules on securities-based ...
July 19, 2018 SEC Takes Aim at Big Whistleblower Awards It’s hard out there for a whistleblower. First, the Supreme Court issued a narrow reading of the S...