Carlos Juarez is Practice Administrator and former Summer Associate at Mayer Brown, and a current J.D. candidate at the Villanova University Charles Widger School of Law.
Delaware Governor Matt Meyer signed Senate Bill 21 (“SB 21”) into law Tuesday night, pushing forward a measure that has drawn strong criticism from shareholder and consumer advocacy groups.
The bill made its way to the governor’s desk after a debate in the House, where it passed with a 32 to 7 vote and two members…
During the Practising Law Institute’s 56th Annual Institute on Securities Regulation, Securities and Exchange Commission’s Division of Corporation Finance (the “Division”) Deputy Director for Disclosure Operations Cicely Lamothe shared valuable insights on implementation of the SEC’s pay versus performance (PvP) rules. The SEC adopted these rules in 2022, which require disclosure of five years of…
The Financial Accounting Standards Board (the “FASB”) recently completed an update to its Conceptual Framework for Financial Reporting (the “Framework”). The Framework is a body of interrelated objectives and fundamentals that provides the FASB with guidance as it sets standards for financial accounting and reporting. The update marks the end of a significant project that began…
On July 15, 2024, Governor Gavin Newsom proposed amendments that would, among other things, delay initial reporting deadlines for two of California’s recently enacted climate-related disclosure laws by two years.
Governor Newsom signed the two bills, Climate Corporate Data Accountability Act (California Senate Bill 253 (SB-253)), relating to greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions disclosures, and the…
Nasdaq’s 2024 Governance Pulse Survey is now live. The Survey gathers insights from board members, CEOs, general counsel, corporate secretaries, and other key leaders on governance practices and board priorities. The data and findings will be published in Nasdaq’s Global Governance Pulse Report this fall and featured and discussed at Nasdaq’s Global Governance Pulse Forum…
Compensation
The United States and Canada, for example, have the highest median total non-executive director compensation, both close to US$200,000, including cash, equity, and other benefits. In both countries, directors…
A REVIEW OF EXECUTIVE COMPENSATION SURVEYS: PART II
Private companies face unique challenges and opportunities when it comes to designing and implementing executive compensation plans. Unlike public companies, which are subject to extensive disclosure and regulatory requirements, private companies have more flexibility and discretion in determining how to reward and retain their key talent. Private…
A REVIEW OF COMPENSATION SURVEYS: PART I
Historically, public company directors served without pay and with light workloads. Even after 1969, when Delaware law first authorized directors to set their own compensation, pay remained nominal. Directors generally kept a low profile, with a mandate often limited to advising or cheering on the chief executive.
All…
