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SEC Looking Out for Abuses of ‘Spring-Loaded Compensation’

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“Spring-loaded compensation awards.” It just sounds cool, right? And if you’re a corporate executive, it is indeed. Spring-loaded awards refer to executive pay sweeteners in which companies provide the recipients with stock options in the b...

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Securities and Exchange Commission Gets Active on Voting Rights

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With the most recent census and elections complete, legislatures in the 50 states have been digging into redistricting fights and other contentious voting rights matters. This month, the Securities and Exchange Commission decided to join th...

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Five Things Companies Still Don’t Know About the Vaccine Mandate

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When the White House announced its rule on COVID-19 vaccines in the workplace earlier this month, it all seemed so clear. Issued by the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) and applying to all businesses with 100 or more emp...

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Emboldened Workers Fight Back Over Wages, Job Conditions

Workers unite, demanding change regarding the great resignation

As the world digs out from the economic rubble of the COVID-19 pandemic, companies have found a reckoning awaiting them. Inflation, vaccine mandates, supply-chain disruptions – there are some heavy conversations taking place around corporat...

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Department of Justice Talks Tough on Corporate Crime

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As a joint project between the law schools of Duke University and the University of Virginia, the Corporate Prosecution Registry aims to maintain a comprehensive collection of information about federal organizational prosecutions in the Uni...

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