Publications

• SEC Issues Third Round of Interpretive Guidance on Pay-versus-Performance Disclosures
  29 November 2023
  Lawrence K. Cagney
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  Simone S. Hicks
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  Eric T. Juergens
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  Meir D. Katz
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  Jonathan F. Lewis
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  Franklin L. Mitchell
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  J. Michael Snypes, Jr.
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  Alison E. Buckley-Serfass
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  Wendy D. Widman
• SEC Disclosure Requirements for Equity Grants: What You Need to Know for 2024
  27 November 2023
  Lawrence K. Cagney
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  Simone S. Hicks
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  Eric T. Juergens
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  Meir D. Katz
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  Jonathan F. Lewis
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  Franklin L. Mitchell
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  J. Michael Snypes, Jr.
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  Alison E. Buckley-Serfass
• Halloween 2023: DOL Fiduciary Rule Returns from the Dead
  6 November 2023
  Lawrence K. Cagney
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  Jonathan F. Lewis
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  Marilyn A. Lion
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  Gregory J. Lyons
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  Franklin L. Mitchell
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  Jeff Robins
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  Alison E. Buckley-Serfass
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  Douglas M. Hirn
• SEC Issues Additional Interpretive Guidance on Pay-versus-Performance Disclosures
  29 September 2023
  Lawrence K. Cagney
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  Simone S. Hicks
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  Meir D. Katz
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  Jonathan F. Lewis
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  Franklin L. Mitchell
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  J. Michael Snypes, Jr.
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  Alison E. Buckley-Serfass
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  Wendy D. Widman
• 2023 Private Equity Midyear Outlook
  27 July 2023
  Christopher Anthony
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  Katherine Ashton
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  Dominic Blaxill
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  Joe Binder
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  Ezra Borut
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  Geoffrey P. Burgess
  ,
  Andrew J. Ceresney
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  Jeffrey P. Cunard
  ,
  E. Drew Dutton
  ,
  Jane Engelhardt
  ,
  Andrew Ford
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  Andrew J. Gershon
  ,
  Mark P. Goodman
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  Jyotin Hamid
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  Ted Hassi
  ,
  Morgan J. Hayes
  ,
  Emily F. Huang
  ,
  Peter J. Irwin
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  Eric T. Juergens
  ,
  Robert B. Kaplan
  ,
  Rafael Kariyev
  ,
  Meir D. Katz
  ,
  M. Natasha Labovitz
  ,
  Maurizio Levi-Minzi
  ,
  Andrew M. Levine
  ,
  Sidney P. Levinson
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  Jonathan F. Lewis
  ,
  Timothy McIver
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  Franklin L. Mitchell
  ,
  Maura Kathleen Monaghan
  ,
  Edwin Northover
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  Brett M. Novick
  ,
  Marc Ponchione
  ,
  Julie M. Riewe
  ,
  Shannon Rose Selden
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  Steven J. Slutzky
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  Thomas Smith
  ,
  Kristin A. Snyder
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  J. Michael Snypes, Jr.
  ,
  Patrick Taylor
  ,
  Ramya S. Tiller
  ,
  Patricia Volhard
  ,
  Richard Ward
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  Erica S. Weisgerber
  ,
  Alison E. Buckley-Serfass
  ,
  Brett Adam Bush
  ,
  Zhiyan Cao
  ,
  Robert T. Dura
  ,
  Stuart Hammer
  ,
  Megan McGuiggan
  ,
  Sheena Paul
  ,
  Tricia Bozyk Sherno
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  Ulysses Smith
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  Jacob W. Stahl
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  Sergio Torres
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  Jennifer Wheater
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  Elie J. Worenklein
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  Adam Aukland-Peck
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  Colleen B. Bernaiche
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  Charles Cartiglia
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  Paul Eastham
  ,
  Jay E. Evans
  ,
  Sara Ewad
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  Christopher Gossage
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  Camila Isern
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  Yiran Ji
  ,
  Maryam Kanna
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  Rekha Korlipara
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  Adriana Kranjac
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  Samuel D. Krawiecz
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  Merryl Lawry-White
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  Megan MacDonald
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  Harshil Mehta
  ,
  Gianni Pizzitola
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  Stanley G. Seckler
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  Sheng Shao
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  Massy Vainshtein
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  Kimberly Anker
• New Bill Banning Noncompetes Could Soon Become Law in New York
  23 June 2023
  Jyotin Hamid
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  Ted Hassi
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  Meir D. Katz
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  Jonathan F. Lewis
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  Franklin L. Mitchell
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  J. Michael Snypes, Jr.
  ,
  Alison E. Buckley-Serfass
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  Tricia Bozyk Sherno
  ,
  Linda Lin
• Dodd-Frank Clawbacks: NYSE and Nasdaq Extend Effective Date to October 2
  12 June 2023
  Lawrence K. Cagney
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  Simone S. Hicks
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  Meir D. Katz
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  Jonathan F. Lewis
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  Franklin L. Mitchell
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  J. Michael Snypes, Jr.
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  Alison E. Buckley-Serfass
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  Kathleen M. Emberger
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  Douglas M. Hirn
• Dodd-Frank Clawbacks: A Model Policy to Prepare for a Summer Effective Date
  2 May 2023
  Lawrence K. Cagney
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  Simone S. Hicks
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  Meir D. Katz
  ,
  Jonathan F. Lewis
  ,
  Franklin L. Mitchell
  ,
  J. Michael Snypes, Jr.
  ,
  Alison E. Buckley-Serfass
  ,
  Kathleen M. Emberger
  ,
  Douglas M. Hirn
• SEC Issues Interpretive Guidance on Pay-versus-Performance Disclosures
  13 February 2023
  Lawrence K. Cagney
  ,
  Simone S. Hicks
  ,
  Meir D. Katz
  ,
  Jonathan F. Lewis
  ,
  Franklin L. Mitchell
  ,
  J. Michael Snypes, Jr.
  ,
  Alison E. Buckley-Serfass
  ,
  Douglas M. Hirn
• Private Equity Report: 2023 Outlook
  January 2023
  Catherine Amirfar
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  Christopher Anthony
  ,
  Katherine Ashton
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  Jason Auerbach
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  Dominic Blaxill
  ,
  Ezra Borut
  ,
  Kara Brockmeyer
  ,
  Geoffrey P. Burgess
  ,
  Lawrence K. Cagney
  ,
  Andrew J. Ceresney
  ,
  Jennifer L. Chu
  ,
  Alexander R. Cochran
  ,
  Eric Dinallo
  ,
  Christopher Dortschy
  ,
  E. Drew Dutton
  ,
  Jane Engelhardt
  ,
  Jyotin Hamid
  ,
  Ted Hassi
  ,
  Morgan J. Hayes
  ,
  Gareth Hughes
  ,
  Peter J. Irwin
  ,
  Mark Johnson
  ,
  Eric T. Juergens
  ,
  Rafael Kariyev
  ,
  Meir D. Katz
  ,
  Satish M. Kini
  ,
  M. Natasha Labovitz
  ,
  Henry Lebowitz
  ,
  Maurizio Levi-Minzi
  ,
  Andrew M. Levine
  ,
  Sidney P. Levinson
  ,
  Jonathan F. Lewis
  ,
  Marilyn A. Lion
  ,
  Timothy McIver
  ,
  John (Jay) Neukom
  ,
  Benjamin R. Pedersen
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  Marc Ponchione
  ,
  Nicholas F. Potter
  ,
  Ryan T. Rafferty
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  Julie M. Riewe
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  Samantha J. Rowe
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  Paul D. Rubin
  ,
  Scott B. Selinger
  ,
  Jane Shvets
  ,
  Steven J. Slutzky
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  Patricia Volhard
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  Erica S. Weisgerber
  ,
  Barbara N. Barath
  ,
  Alison E. Buckley-Serfass
  ,
  Zhiyan Cao
  ,
  Robert T. Dura
  ,
  Robert M. Fettman
  ,
  Samuel Fung
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  Caroline P. Geiger
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  Andrew J. Gershon
  ,
  Jin-Hyuk Jang
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  Stuart Hammer
  ,
  Kim T. Le
  ,
  Michael P. McGuigan
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  Sheena Paul
  ,
  Tricia Bozyk Sherno
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  Jennifer Wheater
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  John Young
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  Jeffrey P. Cunard
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  Ulysses Smith
  ,
  Jennifer R. Cestaro
  ,
  Paul Eastham
  ,
  Isabel Espinosa de los Reyes
  ,
  Jay E. Evans
  ,
  Christopher Gossage
  ,
  Berk Guler
  ,
  Yiran Ji
  ,
  Samuel D. Krawiecz
  ,
  Chaim Lapp
  ,
  Stacy S. Lee
  ,
  Lucy Litt
  ,
  Megan MacDonald
  ,
  Emily MacKay
  ,
  Alma M. Mozetič
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  Ezra Newman
  ,
  Melissa Runsten
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  Sergio Torres
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  George Tan
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  Tiffany Wu
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  Emma Macfarlane
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  Sarah Min
  ,
  Matthew Stromecki
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  Massy Vainshtein
• FTC Proposes Federal Rule to Ban Noncompetes with Employees
  9 January 2023
  Lawrence K. Cagney
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  Jyotin Hamid
  ,
  Ted Hassi
  ,
  Meir D. Katz
  ,
  Jonathan F. Lewis
  ,
  Franklin L. Mitchell
  ,
  John (Jay) Neukom
  ,
  Alison E. Buckley-Serfass
  ,
  Tricia Bozyk Sherno
• Public Company Planning: 2023 Executive Compensation To-Do List
  16 December 2022
  Lawrence K. Cagney
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  Simone S. Hicks
  ,
  Meir D. Katz
  ,
  Jonathan F. Lewis
  ,
  Franklin L. Mitchell
  ,
  J. Michael Snypes, Jr.
  ,
  Alison E. Buckley-Serfass
• SEC Adopts Significant Amendments Regarding 10b5-1 Trading Plans and Augmented Trading-Related Disclosure Requirements
  16 December 2022
  Morgan J. Hayes
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  Benjamin R. Pedersen
  ,
  Steven J. Slutzky
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  J. Michael Snypes, Jr.
  ,
  Alison E. Buckley-Serfass
  ,
  Amy Pereira
  ,
  Chris Gallucci
• The DOL Issues its Final Word on ESG and Proxy Voting (For Now)
  29 November 2022
  Lawrence K. Cagney
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  Jonathan F. Lewis
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  Franklin L. Mitchell
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  Alison E. Buckley-Serfass
  ,
  Douglas M. Hirn
• SEC Adopts Final Clawback Rules
  28 October 2022
  Lawrence K. Cagney
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  Simone S. Hicks
  ,
  Meir D. Katz
  ,
  Jonathan F. Lewis
  ,
  Franklin L. Mitchell
  ,
  J. Michael Snypes, Jr.
  ,
  Alison E. Buckley-Serfass
  ,
  Kathleen M. Emberger
• Final Pay-versus-Performance Disclosure Rules: Compliance Q&As
  29 August 2022
  Lawrence K. Cagney
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  Simone S. Hicks
  ,
  Meir D. Katz
  ,
  Jonathan F. Lewis
  ,
  Franklin L. Mitchell
  ,
  J. Michael Snypes, Jr.
  ,
  Alison E. Buckley-Serfass
  ,
  Kathleen M. Emberger
• Proposed QPAM Amendment Would Expand Criminal Disqualification Rules and Add Contractual Protections for Plans
  12 August 2022
  Lawrence K. Cagney
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  Jonathan F. Lewis
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  Franklin L. Mitchell
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  Alison E. Buckley-Serfass
  ,
  Douglas M. Hirn
• SEC Reminds Public Company Executives That Clawbacks Are a Priority
  17 June 2022
  Lawrence K. Cagney
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  Simone S. Hicks
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  Meir D. Katz
  ,
  Jonathan F. Lewis
  ,
  Franklin L. Mitchell
  ,
  J. Michael Snypes, Jr.
  ,
  Alison E. Buckley-Serfass
  ,
  Kathleen M. Emberger
• CLS Blue Sky Blog: Debevoise Discusses Shareholder Climate Activism and 401(k) Plans
  13 June 2022
  CLS Blue Sky Blog
  Alison E. Buckley-Serfass
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  Jonathan F. Lewis
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  Simone S. Hicks
  ,
  Eric T. Juergens
  ,
  Ulysses Smith
• Shareholder Climate Activism Comes for 401(k) Plans: Lessons Learned from Amazon and Comcast
  9 June 2022
  Lawrence K. Cagney
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  Simone S. Hicks
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  Eric T. Juergens
  ,
  Matthew E. Kaplan
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  Jonathan F. Lewis
  ,
  Peter J. Loughran
  ,
  Steven J. Slutzky
  ,
  Alison E. Buckley-Serfass
  ,
  Ulysses Smith
• Reopening of the Comment Period for Pay Versus Performance: Additional Disclosures May be on the Way
  9 February 2022
  Lawrence K. Cagney
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  Simone S. Hicks
  ,
  Jonathan F. Lewis
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  Franklin L. Mitchell
  ,
  J. Michael Snypes, Jr.
  ,
  Alison E. Buckley-Serfass
• The Supreme Court Holds Process Determines Prudence in 401(k) and 403(b) Fee Litigation
  26 January 2022
  Lawrence K. Cagney
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  Jonathan F. Lewis
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  Franklin L. Mitchell
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  Alison E. Buckley-Serfass
  ,
  Douglas M. Hirn
• Human Capital Management Disclosure: A Reminder
  13 January 2022
  Lawrence K. Cagney
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  Eric T. Juergens
  ,
  Matthew E. Kaplan
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  Jonathan F. Lewis
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  Peter J. Loughran
  ,
  Steven J. Slutzky
  ,
  Alison E. Buckley-Serfass
• A District Court Weighs in on Private Equity and Hedge Funds in 401(k) Plans: The January 2022 Intel Decision
  12 January 2022
  Lawrence K. Cagney
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  Jonathan F. Lewis
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  Franklin L. Mitchell
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  Alison E. Buckley-Serfass
  ,
  Douglas M. Hirn
• DOL Clarifies its Prior Guidance on Private Equity Investments in 401(k) Plans
  22 December 2021
  Lawrence K. Cagney
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  Jonathan F. Lewis
  ,
  Franklin L. Mitchell
  ,
  Alison E. Buckley-Serfass
  ,
  Douglas M. Hirn
• Columbia Blue Sky Blog: Debevoise Discusses the Labor Department’s Proposal on ESG and ERISA
  21 October 2021
  Columbia Blue Sky Blog
  Lawrence K. Cagney
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  Jonathan F. Lewis
  ,
  Douglas M. Hirn
  ,
  Alison E. Buckley-Serfass
• Return of the Clawback Rule
  20 October 2021
  Lawrence K. Cagney
  ,
  Simone S. Hicks
  ,
  Meir D. Katz
  ,
  Jonathan F. Lewis
  ,
  Franklin L. Mitchell
  ,
  J. Michael Snypes, Jr.
  ,
  Alison E. Buckley-Serfass
  ,
  Douglas M. Hirn
• The DOL Pendulum Swings on ESG, but How Far Remains to Be Seen
  15 October 2021
  Lawrence K. Cagney
  ,
  Jonathan F. Lewis
  ,
  Franklin L. Mitchell
  ,
  Alison E. Buckley-Serfass
  ,
  Douglas M. Hirn
• We’ll Know an Investment Advice Fiduciary When We See One
  11 January 2021
  Lawrence K. Cagney
  ,
  Meir D. Katz
  ,
  Jonathan F. Lewis
  ,
  Franklin L. Mitchell
  ,
  Alison E. Buckley-Serfass
  ,
  J. Michael Snypes, Jr.
  ,
  Simone S. Hicks
• IRS Releases Final Regulations on $1 Million Executive Compensation Deduction Limitation
  31 December 2020
  Lawrence K. Cagney
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  Meir D. Katz
  ,
  Jonathan F. Lewis
  ,
  Franklin L. Mitchell
  ,
  Alison E. Buckley-Serfass
  ,
  J. Michael Snypes, Jr.
  ,
  Simone S. Hicks
  ,
  Spencer J. Mizerak
• Thanksgiving 701 and S-8 Revisions: Tasty Treats and a Turducken
  1 December 2020
  Lawrence K. Cagney
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  Meir D. Katz
  ,
  Jonathan F. Lewis
  ,
  Franklin L. Mitchell
  ,
  Alison E. Buckley-Serfass
  ,
  J. Michael Snypes, Jr.
  ,
  Simone S. Hicks
• DOL’s Third Bite at the Fiduciary Apple: The BIC Light(er)
  2 July 2020
  Lawrence K. Cagney
  ,
  Meir D. Katz
  ,
  Jonathan F. Lewis
  ,
  Franklin L. Mitchell
  ,
  Jeff Robins
  ,
  Alison E. Buckley-Serfass
  ,
  J. Michael Snypes, Jr.
• The Bell Tolls for ESG Investments in ERISA Plans
  26 June 2020
  Lawrence K. Cagney
  ,
  Jonathan F. Lewis
  ,
  Meir D. Katz
  ,
  Franklin L. Mitchell
  ,
  Alison E. Buckley-Serfass
  ,
  J. Michael Snypes, Jr.
• DOL Provides 401(k) Plans a Path to Private Equity Investments
  10 June 2020
  Lawrence K. Cagney
  ,
  Meir D. Katz
  ,
  Jonathan F. Lewis
  ,
  Franklin L. Mitchell
  ,
  Alison E. Buckley-Serfass
  ,
  J. Michael Snypes, Jr.
• The More Things Change, the More They Stay the Same: Compensation-Related Guidance from ISS and Glass Lewis in Light of COVID-19
  15 April 2020
  Lawrence K. Cagney
  ,
  Meir D. Katz
  ,
  Jonathan F. Lewis
  ,
  Franklin L. Mitchell
  ,
  Alison E. Buckley-Serfass
  ,
  J. Michael Snypes, Jr.
• Legal Considerations for Layoffs, Furloughs, and Reduction of Workforce in the Wake of COVID-19
  31 March 2020
  Lawrence K. Cagney
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  Jyotin Hamid
  ,
  Meir D. Katz
  ,
  Jonathan F. Lewis
  ,
  Franklin L. Mitchell
  ,
  Tricia Bozyk Sherno
  ,
  Alison E. Buckley-Serfass
  ,
  J. Michael Snypes, Jr.
• Administering to Equity Compensation Programs Impacted by COVID-19
  20 March 2020
  Lawrence K. Cagney
  ,
  Meir D. Katz
  ,
  Jonathan F. Lewis
  ,
  Franklin L. Mitchell
  ,
  Alison E. Buckley-Serfass
  ,
  J. Michael Snypes, Jr.
  ,
  Tricia Bozyk Sherno
• New York Adopts Sick Leave and Job Protections for Employees under Quarantine and Isolation Orders Due to COVID-19
  20 March 2020
  Jyotin Hamid
  ,
  Alison E. Buckley-Serfass
  ,
  Tricia Bozyk Sherno
  ,
  Ashley V. Hahn
• Pay Equity Update: Taking into Account Salary History in Setting Pay
  9 March 2020
  Lawrence K. Cagney
  ,
  Jyotin Hamid
  ,
  Meir D. Katz
  ,
  Alison E. Buckley-Serfass
  ,
  Tricia Bozyk Sherno
• Additional Flexibility for Upcoming CEO Pay Ratio Compliance
  16 October 2017
  Lawrence K. Cagney
  ,
  Meir D. Katz
  ,
  Jonathan F. Lewis
  ,
  Elizabeth Pagel Serebransky
  ,
  Alison E. Buckley-Serfass
• 2017 Public Company Compensation Checklist: A Look at What’s New, Interesting (and Uncertain) for 2017
  12 January 2017
  Lawrence K. Cagney
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  Meir D. Katz
  ,
  Jonathan F. Lewis
  ,
  Elizabeth Pagel Serebransky
  ,
  Alison E. Buckley-Serfass
• New York State Department of Financial Services Issues Guidance on Incentive Compensation in the Banking Sector
  14 October 2016
  Satish M. Kini
  ,
  Gregory J. Lyons
  ,
  Elizabeth Pagel Serebransky
  ,
  Alison E. Buckley-Serfass
• New Incentive Compensation Rules: Implications for Private Equity Firms
  2 May 2016
  Kenneth J. Berman
  ,
  Michael P. Harrell
  ,
  Elizabeth Pagel Serebransky
  ,
  Alison E. Buckley-Serfass
• Compensation Practices at Financial Institutions Targeted: Proposed Incentive Compensation Rules Aim To Curb Excessive Risk-Taking
  26 April 2016
  Kenneth J. Berman
  ,
  Michael P. Harrell
  ,
  Satish M. Kini
  ,
  Elizabeth Pagel Serebransky
  ,
  Alison E. Buckley-Serfass