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Executive Compensation Provisions in Dodd-Frank: Part 12

Executive Compensation Provisions in Dodd-Frank: Part 12

Section 954(b) Disclosure and Adoption of Mandatory Recoupment Policies 954 (b) also requires, by rule, that publicly traded companies disclose the issuer’s policy on incentive-based compensation.   This requirement attaches, specifically, in the event the issuer is...
Executive Compensation Provisions in Dodd-Frank: Part 12

Executive Compensation Provisions in Dodd-Frank: Part 7

Section 951: Shareholder Vote on Executive Compensation Disclosures The other major executive compensation provision within the Act is Section 951: Shareholder Vote on Executive Compensation Disclosures.   The major premise behind this is section is that no less...
Executive Compensation Provisions in Dodd-Frank: Part 12

Executive Compensation Provisions in Dodd-Frank: Part 6

Legislative Intent Behind Dodd-Frank Section 953 While, on its face, this section may seem to add be a noble measure of transparency to a corporate world filled with executive excess and greed, in actuality, this measure is misplaced and ineffective.  That is to say,...
Jeffrey Skilling and the Enron Debacle: Part 15

Jeffrey Skilling and the Enron Debacle: Part 15

Regulatory Response Continues: The Bankruptcy of Morals & The Homestead Exemption after Enron For instance, as public outrage increased over the devastating pension losses for Enron employees, more attention was paid to the personal financial gains (and losses) of...
Jeffrey Skilling and the Enron Debacle: Part 15

Jeffrey Skilling and the Enron Debacle: Part 14

Regulatory & Public Policy Response: The Sarbanes-Oxley Act (aka Sarbox or SOX) After the wave of scandals that swept through Corporate America following Enron’s collapse, the confidence of both investors and ordinary Americans outside of the markets were...