Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC)

Investigations

Steven A. Tyrrell, Holly E. Loiseau, Adam Safwat, Matthew Driscoll | Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP

On August 29, 2014, the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) announced a whistleblower award of more than $300,000 for a company employee who performed audit and compliance functions.[1] The award, twenty percent of the amount the SEC collected in an enforcement action,...

Regulatory & Compliance

Edward H. Fleischman | Corporate Counsel Business Journal

Perhaps the most frequent criticism directed at government regulatory agencies, particularly on the federal level, is the likelihood of “regulatory capture” as a result of the perceived iniquity of the “revolving door” – that is, the insidiousness perceived by...

Compensation

Robyn Bew | National Association of Corporate Directors (NACD)

Editor: What trends is NACD seeing in executive compensation this proxy season? Bew: The say-on-pay vote results to date have been positive. Around 73 percent of Russell 3000 companies received greater than a 90 percent approval rating so far, which is slightly higher than what we saw for the...