On July 2, 2018, the SEC issued an order criticizing an issuer’s disclosure of executive perquisites and requiring the issuer to take measures to ensure that its future disclosures comp...
Last week, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit, in a 2-1 decision, vacated the DOL fiduciary rule in its entirety. The lawsuit was brought by the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, SI...
U.S. public companies recently began disclosing their CEO-to-median employee pay ratios, as required by the Dodd-Frank Act and Item 402(u) of Regulation S-K. It is still too early to dra...
On December 22, 2017, President Trump signed the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (TCJA), which generally went into effect for tax years beginning on or after January 1, 2018. The TCJA provisions a...
The Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (TCJA) significantly changes Section 162(m) of the Internal Revenue Code, effective for tax years beginning after December 31, 2017. While supplemental regulator...
On December 22, 2017, President Trump signed the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (the “TCJA”) into law. The TCJA adds a new Section 83(i) to the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, which allows elig...
As expected, the DOL has officially delayed the applicability date of the full requirements of the Best Interest Contract (BIC) Exemption, Principal Transactions Exemption and PTE 84-24 b...
The proposed tax reform bill, known as the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act, in its current form would significantly upend compensation practices, not only for senior executives, but also for broad-...
The New York City Commission on Human Rights (CCHR) enacted Local Law 67 in May 2017, which prohibits employers from inquiring into the salary history of job applicants when interviewing ...
On September 21, 2017, the SEC issued guidance to assist companies in their efforts to comply with the pay ratio disclosure requirement mandated by the Dodd-Frank Act. Overall, the guidan...
