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2012 Say on Pay Results (as of May 22, 2012) | Semler Brossy Consulting Group May 23, 2012

Pay Clawbacks Raise Knotty Issues | Wall Street Journal (subscription required) May 17, 2012

Dimon’s $23 Million Salary Isn’t the Problem | CNN May 17, 2012

CEO Pay Moves With Corporate Results | Wall Street Journal (subscription required) May 23, 2012

2012 Say on Pay (as of May 16, 2012) | Semler Brossy Consulting Group May 9, 2012

The Good Barbarian: How Icahn, Ackman, and Loeb Became Shareholder Heroes | Bloomberg Businessweek May 14, 2012

Realized Pay Disclosure Makes Steady Headway | Agenda (subscription required) May 14, 2012

When Does it Pay to Rebut ISS? | Agenda (subscription required) May 14, 2012

2012 Say on Pay (as of May 9, 2012) | Semler Brossy Consulting Group May 9, 2012

Furor Over Executive Pay Is Not The Revolt It Appears To Be | New York Times Dealbook May 1, 2012

The Problem with Relative Total Shareholder Returns | Workspan May 2012

Aligning Interests: Power of ‘Skin-in-the-Game’ Executive Warrants | Directorship May 4, 2012

2012 Say on Pay (as of May 2nd, 2012) | Semler Brossy Consulting Group May 2, 2012

A Public Power Play over CEO Pay | Politico April 24, 2012

ISS Changes Its Mind on Pay Seven Times | Agenda (subscription required) April 30, 2012

Proxy Season 2012: The Year of Pay for Performance | The Conference Board April 2012

2012 Say on Pay (as of April 25, 2012) | Semler Brossy Consulting Group April 26, 2012

Employees, Too, Want a Say on The Boss’s Pay | New York Times April 21, 2012

2012 Say on Pay (as of April 18, 2012) | Semler Brossy Consulting Group April 18, 2012

Say on Pay: Who is Watching the Watchmen? | Harvard Law School Forum on Corporate Governance and Financial Regulation April 11, 2012

Are the SEC’s Executive Clawback Suits Unconstitutional? | Corporate Counsel April 11, 2012

2012 Say On Pay (as of April 11, 2012) | Semler Brossy Consulting Group April 11, 2012

When Shareholders Make Their Voices Heard | New York Times April 7, 2012

High Hopes for Performance Based Equity | World at Work April 1, 2012

2012 Say on Pay (as of April 4, 2012) | Semler Brossy Consulting Group April 4, 2012

Pay Clawbacks Raise Knotty Issues | Wall Street Journal (subscription required) May 17, 2012

CEO Pay Moves with Corporate Results | Wall Street Journal (subscription required) May 23, 2012

Analysis: More U.S. Shareholders Call for Independent Chairmen | Reuters May 18, 2012

In U.K., Spats on Pay Escalate | Wall Street Journal (subscription required) May 15, 2012

Analysis Shows Which Execs Most Exposed to Margin Calls | CFO Journal (subscription required) May 14, 2012

Facing More Scrutiny, Corporate Boards Evolve | The Kansas City Star May 14, 2012

Shareholders Cut CEO Pay in Backlash | ABC News May 21, 2012

Realized Pay Disclosure Makes Steady Headway | Agenda (subscription required) May 14, 2012

When Does it Pay to Rebut ISS? | Agenda (subscription required) May 14, 2012

CEO Pay and the Top 1% | Economic Policy Institute May 2, 2012

Start-Up Staff Getting More Cash? | Wall Street Journal (subscription required) May 9, 2012

Say on Pay Mostly Steady in Year Two | Boardmember.com May 6, 2012

GMI Ratings’ 2012 Preliminary CEO Pay Survey | GMI Ratings May 3, 2012

First Failed Say-on-Golden Parachutes Vote Appears | Proxy Disclosure Blog (subscription required) May 6, 2012

Three More Companies Fail to Win Majority Support on Pay | ISS Governance Blog May 2, 2012

J.C. Penney, ISS Tussle Over Compensation | CFO Journal (subscription required) May 1, 2012

Britain to Bolster Investors’ Say on Pay | Financial Times (subscription required) May 7, 2012

Fewer Issues During Proxy 2012 | Corporate Secretary (subscription required) May 2, 2012

U.S. Needs Shareholders’ Rights | Huffington Post April 30, 2012

Small Banks Lead the Way in Executive Pay | American Banker (subscription required) April 27, 2012

Barclays Shareholders Vent on Pay | Wall Street Journal (subscription required) April 27, 2012

CEO Pay Booms in a Year When Stocks are a Bust | American Banker (subscription required) April 27, 2012

Proxy Season 2012 Spells Engagement | Corporate Secretary April 24, 2012

Performance Share Usage among S&P 1500 CEOs Continues to Grow | Equilar April 2012

CEO Pay Encourages Bigger Risks at Two of Top Four Banks | American Banker April 17, 2012

Shareholders Endorse Two Indy-Chair Proposals | Agenda (subscription required) May 21, 2012

Say-on-Pay Derivative Litigation Update | Latham & Watkins: The Working World May 17, 2012

Green Mountain Replaces Chairman After Margin Call | New York Times DealBook May 8, 2012

Midseason Update on Proxy Access | ISS Governance Blog May 10, 2012

Update on Proxy Access, Say on Pay and Neither Confirm Nor Deny | NACD Directorship May 14, 2012

Chesapeake Board Crimps CEO’s Power | Wall Street Journal May 1, 2012

The SEC Continues to File Compensation Clawback Lawsuits – Even Against Executives “Not At Fault” | Melbinger's Blog May 2, 2012

Tarp Laid Foundation for Exec Pay Changes, Special Master Says | American Banker (subscription required) May 1, 2012

Swiss Ready for Say-On-Pay Vote | Market Watch May 1, 2012

A Public Power Play over CEO Pay | Politico April 24, 2012

Institutions Wary of Full Disclosure on How They Vote | Financial Times (subscription required) April 29, 2012

Two Types of Shareholder Rights Make Gains | Agenda (subscription required) April 23, 2012

2012 Proxy Season Under Way | Proxy Monitor April 22, 2012

Citi’s $8 Billion Rejection | Wall Street Journal April 20, 2012

Succession Planning Can Cut Stock Volatility: Study | Agenda (subscription required) April 16, 2012

SEC Forms a New Investor Advisory Committee | ISS Governance Blog April 10, 2012

Should Directors Engage Investors Directly? | Corporate Secretary April 16, 2012

Obama Signs Bill Easing IPO Rules | Wall Street Journal (Subscription Required) April 5, 2012

CEO Pay at AIG, GM, Ally Won’t Rise This Year, Treasury Says | Bloomberg April 6, 2012

Congress Passes Bill to Exempt New Firms From Say-on-Pay Vote | ISS Governance Blog March 28, 2012

Banks in Spotlight Over Board Composition | Financial Times (subscription required) April 2, 2012

Boardroom Pay: Investors Urged to Step Up and Accept Their Responsibility | The Observer March 31, 2012

Boards Respond to Low 2011 SOP Votes | Agenda (subscription required) March 26, 2012

Senate Passes Bill to Exempt New Firms from Say-On-Pay Votes | ISS Governance Blog March 22, 2012

House Dems press SEC to implement CEO pay disclosure rule | The Hill March 12, 2012

Dimon’s $23 Million Salary Isn’t the Problem | CNN May 17, 2012

Jamie Dimon Stubs Dodd-Frank’s Toe | Wall Street Journal (subscription required) May 11, 2012

The Good Barbarian: How Icahn, Ackman, and Loeb Became Shareholder Heroes | Bloomberg Businessweek May 14, 2012

After $2 Billion Trading Loss, Will JPMorgan Claw Back Pay? | New York Times DealBook May 14, 2012

Bank Shareholders Unite — In Support of Executive Pay Packages | American Banker (subscription required) May 8, 2012

Watchdog Challenged Over Pay Benchmarks | CFO Journal (subscription required) May 8, 2012

Bosses Question Aims of Shareholder Revolutions | The Telegraph May 14, 2012

Should Carried Interest be Taxed as Ordinary Income, Not as Capital Gains? | Wall Street Journal (subscription required) May 14, 2012

Furor Over Executive Pay Is Not The Revolt It Appears To Be | New York Times Dealbook May 1, 2012

The Problem With Relative Total Shareholder Returns | Workspan May 2011

Aligning Interests: Power of ‘Skin-in-the-Game’ Executive Warrants | Directorship May 4, 2012

Perspectives on Citigroup’s Negative Say-on-Pay Vote | ON Securities May 1, 2012

Will ‘Say on Pay’ Votes Prompt Firms to Listen? | American Banker (subscription required) May 1, 2012

When Your 401(k) Provider Doesn’t Vote Your Interests | Bloomberg May 4, 2012

The Boss and Everyone Else | New York Times May 1, 2012

Anger Over Executive Pay Boils Over as Boards Face a ‘Shareholder Spring’ | The Observer May 5, 2012

The Market Rate for a CEO is Very Far From Clear | Financial Times (subscription required May 3, 2012

Irresistible Rise of The Angry Investor | Financial Times (subscription required) May 4, 2012

Bank Shareholders’ Executive Pay Revolt No Match for Big Returns | Huffington Post May 7, 2012

High CEO Pay is Here to Stay | Forbes May 2, 2012

ISS Changes Its Mind on Pay Seven Times | Agenda (subscription required) April 30, 2012

Eliminate All Incentive Compensation | American Banker (subscription required) April 26, 2012

Are Executive Summaries a Must Before the CD&A? | Agenda (subscription required) April 30, 2012

‘No’ Vote on Citigroup’s Pay Should Spark CEO Compensation Reform | Huffington Post April 23, 2012

U.S. Needs Shareholders’ Rights | Huffington Post April 30, 2012

The Good Barbarian: How Icahn, Ackman, and Loeb Became Shareholder Heroes | Bloomberg Businessweek May 14, 2012

Watchdog Challenged Over Pay Benchmarks | CFO Journal (subscription required) May 8, 2012

When Does it Pay to Rebut ISS? | Agenda (subscription required) May 14, 2012

J.C. Penney, ISS Tussle Over Compensation | CFO Journal (subscription required) May 1, 2012

Perspectives on Citigroup’s Negative Say-on-Pay Vote | ON Securities May 1, 2012

Barclays Shareholders Vent on Pay | Wall Street Journal (subscription required) April 27, 2012

Citi’s $8 Billion Rejection | Wall Street Journal April 20, 2012

Analysis – Citi’s Pay Rejection A Wake-up Call to US Boards | Chicago Tribune April 18, 2012

Say on Pay: Who is Watching the Watchmen? | Harvard Law School Forum on Corporate Governance and Financial Regulation April 11, 2012

The Influence of Proxy Advisory Firm Voting Recommendations on Say-on-Pay Votes and Executive Compensation Decisions | The Conference Board March 2012

Boards Assail Proxy Advisors’ Peer Groups | Agenda (Subscription Required) March 19, 2012

Disney Takes on Proxy Advisor | Wall Street Journal March 12, 2012

Money managers increasing activisim on governance — but quiety | Pensions and Investments March 19, 2012

Disney Takes on Proxy Adviser | Wall Street Journal March 12, 2012

BlackRock Acts Ahead of Proxy Season | Financial News March 8, 2012

The Dirty Dozen: Shareholder Issues | January 26, 2012

What to Watch for this Proxy Season | Boardmember February 29, 2012

Glass Lewis And Equilar Partner to Improve Corporate Governance | MarketWatch February 9, 2012

MSCI unit employee accused of receiving kickbacks | Reuters February 13, 2012

Tightening the Pay-Performance Link | Agenda (Subscription Required) February 6, 2012

Corporate Governance: Proxy Advisory Guidelines and the Shifting Landscape of Benchmarking Executive Compensation | Reuters January 30, 2012

Summary Vs. Realized: The Pay Debate | Agenda (Subscription required) February 6, 2012

ISS’ New Pay-for-Performance Evaluation | Harvard Law School Forum on Corporate Governance and Financial Regulation January 14, 2012

Discussing ISS in the CD&A | Proxy Disclosure Blog January 6, 2012

2012 Proxy Season: Addressing ISS and Glass Lewis Institutional Investor Voting Guidelines | Georgeson, Latham & Watkins LLP January 11, 2012

Realized Pay Disclosure Makes Steady Headway | Agenda (subscription required) May 14, 2012

CEO Pay and the Top 1% | Economic Policy Institute May 2, 2012

The Problem With Relative Total Shareholder Returns | Workspan May 2011

Aligning Interests: Power of ‘Skin-in-the-Game’ Executive Warrants | Directorship May 4, 2012

Bank Shareholders’ Executive Pay Revolt No Match for Big Returns | Huffington Post May 7, 2012

Proxy Season 2012: The Year of Pay for Performance | The Conference Board April 2012

Does Your CEO Compensation Plan Provide the Right Incentives? | McKinsey Quarterly April 2012

As Bonus Bonanza Recedes, CEOs Expect Pay to Decline in 2012 | Wall Street Journal April 10, 2012

Bankruptcy Salary Roll Back Could Become a Trend | Corporate Secretary April 13, 2012

New York Takes Pharma Company to Task | aiCIO April 4, 2012

For CEOs, Pay Lags Behind Results | Wall Street Journal (subscription required) March 26, 2012

Linking Executives’ Compensation to Debt | Melbinger's Compensation Blog March 13, 2012

Boards Assail Proxy Advisors’ Peer Groups | Agenda (Subscription Required) March 19, 2012

Disney Takes on Proxy Advisor | Wall Street Journal March 12, 2012

Money managers increasing activisim on governance — but quiety | Pensions and Investments March 19, 2012

A New Vehicle Cruises Slowly Into LTI Plans | Agenda (subscription required) March 12, 2012

My Compensation Story: Implementing a Companywide Rewards Plan | WorldatWork March 1, 2012

Introduction to Realizable Pay | Equilar March 1, 2012

Bonuses Dip on Wall St., but Far Less Than Earnings | New York Times DealBook February 29, 2012

Executive Pay Votes Spur Shifts in Policies | Wall Street Journal March 1, 2012

Tightening the Pay-Performance Link | Agenda (Subscription Required) February 6, 2012

Summary Vs. Realized: The Pay Debate | Agenda (Subscription required) February 6, 2012

Potential Shareholder Disconnect Calls for Added Attention to 2011/2012 Incentive Decisions | Towers Watson December 19, 2011

ISS’ New Pay-for-Performance Evaluation | Harvard Law School Forum on Corporate Governance and Financial Regulation January 14, 2012

Money for Nothing? | The Economist January 14, 2012

CEO Pay Moves with Corporate Results | Wall Street Journal (subscription required) May 23, 2012

Shareholders Cut CEO Pay in Backlash | ABC News May 21, 2012

Say on Pay Mostly Steady in Year Two | Boardmember.com May 6, 2012

The Problem With Relative Total Shareholder Returns | Workspan May 2011

GMI Ratings’ 2012 Preliminary CEO Pay Survey | GMI Ratings May 3, 2012

The Boss and Everyone Else | New York Times May 1, 2012

High CEO Pay is Here to Stay | Forbes May 2, 2012

Performance Share Usage among S&P 1500 CEOs Continues to Grow | Equilar April 2012

CEO Pay Encourages Bigger Risks at Two of Top Four Banks | American Banker April 17, 2012

The Original Sin of Executive Pay | Washington Post (subscription required) April 17, 2012

As Bonus Bonanza Recedes, CEOs Expect Pay to Decline in 2012 | Wall Street Journal April 10, 2012

Cash Balance Plans Gain Popularity in US | Financial Times (subscription required) April 15, 2012

Bankruptcy Salary Roll Back Could Become a Trend | Corporate Secretary April 13, 2012

Moneyball and the HR Department | Wall Street Journal April 16, 2011

Analysis: U.S. CEOs’ Take-Home Pay Climbs on Stock Awards | Chicago Tribune April 2, 2012

Female CFOs in U.S. Paid Less Than Men, Study Finds | Bloomberg April 2, 2012

Changes Due to 2011 Say on Pay Voting Results | Equilar March 2012

For CEOs, Pay Lags Behind Results | Wall Street Journal (subscription required) March 26, 2012

A Mirror Can be a Dangerous Tool for Some CEOs | New York Times DealBook March 6, 2012

A Remedy for Soaring Executive Pay: Focus Less on it | Harvard Business Review March 8, 2012

Corporate Governance Practices and Trends | Fenwick, LLP

Introduction to Realizable Pay | Equilar March 1, 2012

Bonuses Dip on Wall St., but Far Less Than Earnings | New York Times DealBook February 29, 2012

Executive Pay Votes Spur Shifts in Policies | Wall Street Journal March 1, 2012

Post-Crisis Trends in U.S. Executive Pay | The Harvard Law School Forum on Corporate Governance and Financial Regulation February 27, 2012

Green Mountain Replaces Chairman After Margin Call | New York Times DealBook May 8, 2012

Chesapeake Board Crimps CEO’s Power | Wall Street Journal May 1, 2012

Proxy Season 2012: The Year of Pay for Performance | The Conference Board April 2012

Two Types of Shareholder Rights Make Gains | Agenda (subscription required) April 23, 2012

Employees, Too, Want a Say on the Boss’ Pay | New York Times April 21, 2012

2012 Proxy Season Under Way | Proxy Monitor April 22, 2012

Citi’s $8 Billion Rejection | Wall Street Journal April 20, 2012

Giving Shareholders a Voice | New York Times Dealbook April 19, 2012

Succession Planning Can Cut Stock Volatility: Study | Agenda (subscription required) April 16, 2012

Should Directors Engage Investors Directly? | Corporate Secretary April 16, 2012

Nonbinding? Not Totally | Directors & Boards April 1, 2012

The Seven Bad Habits of Poorly Governed Companies | American Banker March 29, 2012

Banks in Spotlight Over Board Composition | Financial Times (subscription required) April 2, 2012

The Case Against Staggered Boards | New York Times DealBook March 20, 2012

Repealing Classified Boards in S&P 500 Companies | Harvard Law School Forum on Corporate Governance and Financial Regulation March 22, 2012

Harvard’s Shareholder Rights Project is Wrong | Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz March 21, 2012

A Director Writes: We Pay FTSE Executives Far Too Much | Financial Times March 25, 2012

Boards Respond to Low 2011 SOP Votes | Agenda (subscription required) March 26, 2012

Two Years After the SEC Mandated Disclosure on Board Oversight of Risk, What Insight Have Investors Gained? | ValueBridge Advisors February 28, 2012

BlackRock Acts Ahead of Proxy Season | Financial News March 8, 2012

The Dirty Dozen: Shareholder Issues | January 26, 2012

PCAOB Butts in on Executive Compensation? | Melbinger's Compensation Blog March 7, 2012

Are Executives Overboarded? | Wall Street Journal February 29, 2012

Corporate Governance Practices and Trends | Fenwick, LLP

Is Say on Director Pay Gathering Steam? | Agenda (subscription required) January 30, 2012

Investors Need to Target Bank Bonus Pools | Financial Times (subscription required) April 23, 2012

As Bonus Bonanza Recedes, CEOs Expect Pay to Decline in 2012 | Wall Street Journal April 10, 2012

U.S. Is Asked to Review Bankruptcy Bonuses | Wall Street Journal February 13, 2012

Bonuses are Good, But Clawbacks Make them better | Harvard Business Review February 2, 2012

Forget the Big Bonuses: A Pay Squeeze is Coming | Financial Times (subscription required) January 30, 2012

The CEO Bankruptcy Bonus | Wall Street Journal January 27, 2012

Revealed: Huge Increase in Executive Pay for America’s Top Bosses | The Guardian December 14, 2011

Modest Bonus Year on Wall St., But Stock Could Yield Fortunes | New York Times December 3, 2011

IRS Dives into the Bonus Pool | CFO Magazine November 29, 2011

No, Wall Street Bonuses Aren’t Destroying the Economy | The Atlantic November 8, 2011

Chief Operating Officers Got More Bonuses, Bigger Paychecks in 2010, Study Finds | Huffington Post November 4, 2011

Fannie, Freddie Execs Face Questions on Bonuses, Expenses | Bloomberg November 3, 2011

Tough Second Half Sours 2011 Bonus Projections, Says Report | Pensions & Investments

US Banks Defer 60% of Executive Bonuses | Financial Times (subscription required) October 5, 2011

Banks Should Disclose More Pay and Bonus Details, Basel Says | Bloomberg July 1, 2011

Bonus Cuts, Pay Raises, Then Layoffs | New York Times DealBook June 21, 2011

Lloyds May Clawback Bonuses | New York Times DealBook May 19, 2011

Retirees Take on Verizon Senior Management Over Compensation & Bonuses | Bloomberg March 29, 2011

The Good Barbarian: How Icahn, Ackman, and Loeb Became Shareholder Heroes | Bloomberg Businessweek May 14, 2012

After $2 Billion Trading Loss, Will JPMorgan Claw Back Pay? | New York Times DealBook May 14, 2012

Bank Shareholders Unite — In Support of Executive Pay Packages | American Banker (subscription required) May 8, 2012

Watchdog Challenged Over Pay Benchmarks | CFO Journal (subscription required) May 8, 2012

Bosses Question Aims of Shareholder Revolutions | The Telegraph May 14, 2012

Should Carried Interest be Taxed as Ordinary Income, Not as Capital Gains? | Wall Street Journal (subscription required) May 14, 2012

When Your 401(k) Provider Doesn’t Vote Your Interests | Bloomberg May 4, 2012

The Seven Bad Habits of Poorly Governed Companies | American Banker March 29, 2012

Loeb Tries to Win A Yahoo Proxy Battle One Blog Post at a Time | New York Time DealBook April 2, 2012

The Case Against Staggered Boards | New York Times DealBook March 20, 2012

Repealing Classified Boards in S&P 500 Companies | Harvard Law School Forum on Corporate Governance and Financial Regulation March 22, 2012

Harvard’s Shareholder Rights Project is Wrong | Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz March 21, 2012

Cole Says Financial Watchdogs Need More Bite | Financial Times March 25, 2012

A Director Writes: We Pay FTSE Executives Far Too Much | Financial Times March 25, 2012

Dismay on Pay | CFO Magazine March 1, 2012

PCAOB Butts in on Executive Compensation? | Melbinger's Compensation Blog March 7, 2012

Senate Floor Speech on Facebook and the Stock Option Tax Loophole | Website of Senator Carl Levin (D; Michigan) February 29, 2012

What to Watch for this Proxy Season | Boardmember February 29, 2012

My Compensation Story: Implementing a Companywide Rewards Plan | WorldatWork March 1, 2012

The Optics of CEO Pay | Boardmember February 28, 2012

The Incentive Bubble | Harvard Business Review February 23, 2012

Ex-Citigroup CEO Says Volcker Rule Needs ‘Severe Penalities’ | Bloomberg February 14, 2012

Too Much Cash in the Corner Office | BusinessWeek February 15, 2012

Earning a Real Return on Real Investment | Huffington Post January 17, 2012

Money for Nothing? | The Economist January 14, 2012

Does Your CEO Compensation Plan Provide the Right Incentives? | McKinsey Quarterly April 2012

The Incentive Bubble | Harvard Business Review February 23, 2012

When Incentive Pay for Agency Performance Doesn’t Work | Advertising Age December 29, 2011

The Performance Metrics Menu Gets Longer | Agenda December 19, 2011

What Would it Take to Jumpstart a Transformation of Management? | Forbes December 11, 2011

Many Employers Continue to Set Higher Targets for Executive Pay, Survey Says | International Business Times December 5, 2011

CEO Safety Net Invites Risk-Taking Study Says | Wall Street Journal December 5, 2011

Why Taxing Executives’ Bonuses Fosters Risk-Taking Behavior | Harvard Law School Forum on Corporate Governance and Financial Regulation November 1, 2011

Companies must look closer to home to solve high pay problems | The Guardian November 30, 2011

Corporate Succession Issues Underlie Gaps in Executive Pay | Law.com November 18, 2011

2011 CEO New Hire Compensation Trends | Equilar November 1, 2011

A Model for Focusing Executives on Long-term Value Creation | Harvard Business Review October 21, 2011

CEOs Compensated Correctly, Vast Majority of Shareholders Say | Huffington Post October 24, 2011

Companies Disclose How They Considered Prior Say-on-Pay Votes In Setting Compensation | ON Securities October 6, 2011

Aligning CEO Incentives with a Company’s Long-Term Agenda | Harvard Business Review October 11, 2011

Asian Executives Earn More Than Western Peers: Mercer | Economic Times of India October 11, 2011

Making A Profit, But How Are You Really Doing? Four Performance Gauges | Forbes August 9, 2011

Global Survey Reveals Companies Still Fail to Communicate Strategy, Nurture Top Performers, or Accurately Align Pay for Performance | WorldatWork April 5, 2011

The SEC Continues to File Compensation Clawback Lawsuits – Even Against Executives “Not At Fault” | Melbinger's Blog May 2, 2012

SEC Forms a New Investor Advisory Committee | ISS Governance Blog April 10, 2012

Two Years After the SEC Mandated Disclosure on Board Oversight of Risk, What Insight Have Investors Gained? | ValueBridge Advisors February 28, 2012

Watchdog–Auditors Should Review Exec Pay Deals | Reuters February 28, 2012

Companies ‘Forgot’ Say-On-Pay Filings: SEC | Wall Street Journal February 27, 2012

SEC Delays Rulemaking on Executive Compensation Yet Again | Compliance Week January 5, 2012

Verizon Details $20 Million More in Pay | Wall Street Journal January 5, 2012

2012 Proxy Season Developments: SEC Legal Bulletin and ISS Guidelines | Sullivan & Cromwell LLP November 23, 2011

Directors Dread the Pay Ratio Rule | Agenda (subscription required) November 7, 2011

Reacting to Shareholder Proxy Access Proposals | Reed Smith LLP October 10, 2011

Sharper Claws: Expanding the SEC’s ‘Clawback’ Authority | Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton October 10, 2011

Pay for Regulator Performance | Boston University of Law/University of Chicago – Law School August 24, 2011

SEC Under Shapiro Struggles to Turn Around Amid Political, Financial Head Winds | Washington Post October 7, 2011

AFL-CIO Supports Internal Pay Comparisons | The Advisor's Blog May 5, 2011

A New Tool to Design Executive Compensation Packages | Washington University in St. Louis May 5, 2011

Investor Bulletin: Say-on-Pay and Golden Parachute Votes | SEC March 31, 2011

Harsco: Named Executive Officer Compensation Advisory Vote (Harsco’s presentation response to ISS “against” vote) | SEC April 12, 2011

Schapiro Says Budget Stalemate Endangers Dodd-Frank Implementation | Pensions & Investments April 8, 2011

Judges Question the SEC’s Proxy Access Rule | ISS April 7, 2011

Dodd-Frank Provisions Delayed As Much As 6 Months | Compliance Week April 11, 2011

Dodd-Frank Rulemaking Progress Report | The Harvard Law School Forum on Corporate Governance April 14, 2011

Compensation Consultants are Focus of SEC Proposal | Pensions & Investments March 30, 2011

SEC Proposes Listing Standards for Compensation Committees | Dodd-Frank Blog March 31, 2011

SEC Approves Two Dodd-Frank Rule Proposals | Compliance Week March 30, 2011

SEC Votes 5-0 to Seek Comment on Compensation Committee Rule | Bloomberg March 30, 2011

Fewer New Directors Get an Initial Grant | Agenda (Subscription Required) April 9, 2012

Are Executives Overboarded? | Wall Street Journal February 29, 2012

Corporate Governance Practices and Trends | Fenwick, LLP

Directors Pare Their Deferred Comp Plans | Agenda (subscription required) February 21, 2012

Is Say on Director Pay Gathering Steam? | Agenda (subscription required) January 30, 2012

Why aren’t shareholders revolting over excessive boardroom pay? | The Guardian January 9, 2012

The 2011 U.S. Director Compensation and Board Practices Report | Harvard Law School Forum on Corporate Governance and Financial Regulation November 11, 2011

Company Directors See Pay Skyrocket | USA Today October 26, 2011

Director Compensation Trends | Equilar October 1, 2011

Staying on Boards After Humble Exit | Wall Street Journal (subscription required) June 6, 2011

Directors Still Shy About Giving Themselves Raises | Boardmember April 27, 2011

Board of Directors Rake in Perks, Too | USA Today April 13, 2011

Pay Clawbacks Raise Knotty Issues | Wall Street Journal (subscription required) May 17, 2012

After $2 Billion Trading Loss, Will JPMorgan Claw Back Pay? | New York Times DealBook May 14, 2012

The SEC Continues to File Compensation Clawback Lawsuits – Even Against Executives “Not At Fault” | Melbinger's Blog May 2, 2012

Are the SEC’s Executive Clawback Suits Unconstitutional? | Corporate Counsel April 11, 2012

Lloyds to Claw Back Bonuses | Wall Street Journal February 20, 2012

Clawback Provisions Go Mainstream, Add Reach | MSNBC February 10, 2012

On ‘Bleak’ Street, Bosses in Cross Hairs | Wall Street Journal February 8, 2012

Bonuses are Good, But Clawbacks Make them better | Harvard Business Review February 2, 2012

Tougher Wall Street Clawbacks are Needed, New York City Comptroller Says | Bloomberg December 21, 2011

Another SEC Clawback Settlement | Harvard Law School Forum on Corporate Governance and Financial Regulation December 13, 2011

More on Compensation Clawbacks from NASPP | Winston & Strawn, LLP November 8, 2011

Considering the Clawback | CFO World November 11, 2011

Sharper Claws: Expanding the SEC’s ‘Clawback’ Authority | Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton October 10, 2011

Compensation Clawback Policy Issues | Winston & Strawn January 18, 2011

Clawbacks Under Dodd-Frank and Other Federal Statutes | Harvard Law School Forum on Corporate Governance June 9, 2011

Lloyds May Clawback Bonuses | New York Times DealBook May 19, 2011

Clawbacks Revisited | CFO Magazine May 12, 2011

Real-World Example of the Nuances of Clawback Provisions | Melbinger's Compensation Blog May 4, 2011

The Boss and Everyone Else | New York Times May 1, 2012

SEC Forms a New Investor Advisory Committee | ISS Governance Blog April 10, 2012

Congress Passes Bill to Exempt New Firms From Say-on-Pay Vote | ISS Governance Blog March 28, 2012

Senate Passes Bill to Exempt New Firms from Say-On-Pay Votes | ISS Governance Blog March 22, 2012

House Dems press SEC to implement CEO pay disclosure rule | The Hill March 12, 2012

U.S. Says It Lacks Data on Bankruptcy Bonuses | Wall Street Journal March 14, 2012

Senate Floor Speech on Facebook and the Stock Option Tax Loophole | Website of Senator Carl Levin (D; Michigan) February 29, 2012

Senators Target Facebook With Bill That Would Close Stock-option Loophole | Washington Post February 29, 2012

Ex-Citigroup CEO Says Volcker Rule Needs ‘Severe Penalities’ | Bloomberg February 14, 2012

Federal Law to Target Executive Bonuses | The Australian February 22, 2012

Hart-Scott-Rodino Act: Not Just About M&A Activity | CFO Magazine February 13, 2012

Has Dodd-Frank already gutted Wall Street? | Washington Post February 6, 2012

“Sue-on-Pay” Litigation Update: The Good News and the Bad for Boards | ON Securities January 26, 2012

Biz groups: Mandate to compare pay of CEOs with employees ‘unnecessary’ | The Hill January 19, 2012

Wall Street pay is down. Are new regulations partly responsible? | The Washington Post January 10, 2012

Not Just a Tax Issue: Lawsuits Crop Up over IRS 162(m) | CFO Magazine January 12, 2012

SEC Delays Rulemaking on Executive Compensation Yet Again | Compliance Week January 5, 2012

Executive Compensation in the 2012 Proxy Season | Latham & Watkins LLP January 10, 2012

Volcker Conundrums Fuel Confusion Over Rules | Financial Times December 19, 2011

Banks Still Waiting On Most Dodd-Frank Rules | Washington Post December 25, 2011

The Case against the Dodd-Frank Act’s Living Wills | Harvard Law School Forum on Corporate Governance and Financial Regulation December 5, 2011

UK Could Legislate to Curb Executive Pay | Reuters November 14, 2011

Federal Regulators Bent Rules to let Banks Repay TARP Money Early | Los Angeles Times September 30, 2011

Dodd-Frank Overreaches on Pay | Pensions & Investments (subscription required) June 27, 2011

Banks Should Disclose More Pay and Bonus Details, Basel Says | Bloomberg July 1, 2011

First Failed Say-on-Golden Parachutes Vote Appears | Proxy Disclosure Blog (subscription required) May 6, 2012

Value of “Golden Parachute” Payments Increased by 32 Percent in Past Two Years | Alvarez & Marsal Taxand January 9, 2012

Twenty-One U.S. CEOs with Golden Parachutes of More Than $100 Million | GMI Ratings January 1, 2012

How CEO “Golden Parachutes” Hurt Shareholders | CBS Money Watch January 13, 2012

Mergers Open ‘Golden Parachutes’ | Wall Street Journal November 1, 2011

El Paso CEO Douglas Foshee Set for $91 Million in Exit Pay | WSJ October 18, 2011

Rewarding CEOs Who Fail | New York Times September 30, 2011

Outsize Severance Continues for Executives, Even after Failed Tenures | New York Times September 29, 2011

Bank Exec Golden Parachutes Tangled Up | American Banker (subscription required) May 19, 2011

Strauss-Kahn Severance Revisits CEO Pay Dilemma | Reuters May 20, 2011

Boards Prepare for a Vote-on-Parachute World | Agenda May 2, 2011

Investor Bulletin: Say-on-Pay and Golden Parachute Votes | SEC March 31, 2011

Shareholder Approval of Executive Compensation and Golden Parachute Compensation | SEC April 1, 2011

When Your 401(k) Provider Doesn’t Vote Your Interests | Bloomberg May 4, 2012

More Tech Companies Paying for CEOs to ‘Super Commute’ From Homes in Other States | Peninsula Press April 19, 2012

Are Vanishing Pensions Just Another Case of Corporate Greed? | Huffington Post October 18, 2011

Second Largest Public Pension Fund Targets CEO Pay | CNBC October 14, 2011

Understanding the Pensions Benefits Table | Proxy Disclosure Blog June 29, 2011

Executive Jet Use, ‘Gross Ups’ Alive, Well | Post-Gazette May 22, 2011

Say-on-Pay Derivative Litigation Update | Latham & Watkins: The Working World May 17, 2012

The Good Barbarian: How Icahn, Ackman, and Loeb Became Shareholder Heroes | Bloomberg Businessweek May 14, 2012

Bank Shareholders Unite — In Support of Executive Pay Packages | American Banker (subscription required) May 8, 2012

Watchdog Challenged Over Pay Benchmarks | CFO Journal (subscription required) May 8, 2012

Bosses Question Aims of Shareholder Revolutions | The Telegraph May 14, 2012

Update on Proxy Access, Say on Pay and Neither Confirm Nor Deny | NACD Directorship May 14, 2012

When Does it Pay to Rebut ISS? | Agenda (subscription required) May 14, 2012

CEO Pay and the Top 1% | Economic Policy Institute May 2, 2012

Say on Pay Mostly Steady in Year Two | Boardmember.com May 6, 2012

Furor Over Executive Pay Is Not The Revolt It Appears To Be | New York Times Dealbook May 1, 2012

Three More Companies Fail to Win Majority Support on Pay | ISS Governance Blog May 2, 2012

J.C. Penney, ISS Tussle Over Compensation | CFO Journal (subscription required) May 1, 2012

Britain to Bolster Investors’ Say on Pay | Financial Times (subscription required) May 7, 2012

Swiss Ready for Say-On-Pay Vote | Market Watch May 1, 2012

Perspectives on Citigroup’s Negative Say-on-Pay Vote | ON Securities May 1, 2012

Will ‘Say on Pay’ Votes Prompt Firms to Listen? | American Banker (subscription required) May 1, 2012

Anger Over Executive Pay Boils Over as Boards Face a ‘Shareholder Spring’ | The Observer May 5, 2012

Irresistible Rise of The Angry Investor | Financial Times (subscription required) May 4, 2012

Bank Shareholders’ Executive Pay Revolt No Match for Big Returns | Huffington Post May 7, 2012

2012 Say on Pay (as of May 9, 2012) | Semler Brossy Consulting Group May 9, 2012

2012 Say on Pay (as of May 2nd, 2012) | Semler Brossy Consulting Group May 2, 2012

U.S. Needs Shareholders’ Rights | Huffington Post April 30, 2012

2012 Say on Pay (as of April 25, 2012) | Semler Brossy Consulting Group April 25, 2012

US CEO Pay Gains Slow Amid Investor Discontent – Study | Reuters April 19, 2012

Two Types of Shareholder Rights Make Gains | Agenda (subscription required) April 23, 2012