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Court Battles for Musk, Cook Highlight New Expectations for Executive Pay

Boxing gloves hanging from a hook

It was a tale of two verdicts recently for a pair of corporate heavyweights and their compensation. On January 30, a Delaware court put the kibosh on a $56 billion pay package for Elon Musk, the mercurial automotive innovator. Judge Kathale...

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Activist Investor Jockeys to ‘Restore Magic’ at Disney Amid Proxy Fight

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House of Mouse beware the machinations of Batman and Robin. Activist investor Nelson Peltz, CEO of Trian Fund Management and a longtime agitator of brand-name corporations, has launched a campaign to “restore the magic” at the Walt Disney C...

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Thirty Years After ‘Informant!’ Scandal, Inquiry Probes Executive Bonuses at ADM

A crop harvested in stripes

A Midwestern agribusiness may seem like an unlikely setting for million-dollar corporate intrigue, but that’s not for lack of trying on the part of Archer-Daniels-Midland Co. Roughly 30 years after the food-processing company endured a Holl...

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SEC Toughens Transparency Rules for SPACs

Gossiping children

We don’t hear much anymore in the compliance world about special purpose acquisition companies, more commonly known as SPACs. It tends to be bad when we do, such as last week’s news that the Securities and Exchange Commission slapped Northe...

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Exxon Bypasses SEC, Seeks Court Order to Block ESG Shareholder Proposal

Scenic Blue Ridge Highway bypass

As companies contemplate how best to respond to the rising number of environmental, social and governance (ESG) proposals from activist shareholders, Exxon Mobil has employed an unusual strategy to avoid such a vote. The oil giant is sidest...

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