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Overview of Recent Legislative Initiatives Regarding Compensation Matters and Stockholder Rights |
September 16, 2009
Previously published on September 8, 2009
A wave of populist anger that surged during the economic downturn has resulted in several proposed federal legislative solutions to address what some have perceived as an issue of excessive executive compensation and risk taking. Each of these legislative proposals also includes one or more provisions that would require public companies to adopt corporate governance practices which some stockholders argue are long overdue, including stockholder access to the proxy statement and required "say-on-pay" stockholder votes. Five pieces of legislation have been filed to date.
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