Publications

• States Increase Scrutiny of Independent Contractor Usage
  26 November 2019
  Lawrence K. Cagney
  ,
  Jyotin Hamid
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  Meir D. Katz
  ,
  Jonathan F. Lewis
  ,
  Franklin L. Mitchell
  ,
  Elizabeth Pagel Serebransky
  ,
  Tricia Bozyk Sherno
• Final Federal Rule to Increase Overtime Salary Thresholds
  27 September 2019
  Lawrence K. Cagney
  ,
  Jyotin Hamid
  ,
  Meir D. Katz
  ,
  Jonathan F. Lewis
  ,
  Franklin L. Mitchell
  ,
  Elizabeth Pagel Serebransky
  ,
  Tricia Bozyk Sherno
• Proposed Increases to Federal Overtime Salary Thresholds Provide an Opportunity to Review FLSA Compliance
  13 March 2019
  Lawrence K. Cagney
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  Jyotin Hamid
  ,
  Meir D. Katz
  ,
  Jonathan F. Lewis
  ,
  Elizabeth Pagel Serebransky
  ,
  Tricia Bozyk Sherno
• Disclosure of Hedging Policies to Be Required in Proxy and Information Statements
  17 January 2019
  Paul M. Rodel
  ,
  Elizabeth Pagel Serebransky
• IRS Guidance on Navigating the $1 Million Executive Compensation Deduction Limitation under Section 162(m)
  5 September 2018
  Lawrence K. Cagney
  ,
  Meir D. Katz
  ,
  Jonathan F. Lewis
  ,
  Elizabeth Pagel Serebransky
  ,
  J. Michael Snypes, Jr.
• SEC Provides Greater Flexibility to Issue Equity to Employees, Seeks to Modernize Compensatory Securities Offerings
  1 August 2018
  Lawrence K. Cagney
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  Meir D. Katz
  ,
  Jonathan F. Lewis
  ,
  Elizabeth Pagel Serebransky
• Imminent New Laws to Combat Sexual Harassment in New York
  16 April 2018
  Lawrence K. Cagney
  ,
  Helen V. Cantwell
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  Jyotin Hamid
  ,
  Mary Beth Hogan
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  Meir D. Katz
  ,
  Elizabeth Pagel Serebransky
• How the Tax Reform’s Changes to Section 162(m) Executive Compensation Rules Impact You
  17 January 2018
  Lawrence K. Cagney
  ,
  Meir D. Katz
  ,
  Elizabeth Pagel Serebransky
• Tax Reform: The Impact on Management Incentive Programs for PE Sponsors
  13 November 2017
  Lawrence K. Cagney
  ,
  Meir D. Katz
  ,
  Jonathan F. Lewis
  ,
  Elizabeth Pagel Serebransky
  ,
  J. Michael Snypes, Jr.
• 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
  ,
  Meir D. Katz
  ,
  Jonathan F. Lewis
  ,
  Elizabeth Pagel Serebransky
  ,
  Alison E. Buckley-Serfass
• Proxy Flash: Say-on-Pay Frequency Vote
  8 December 2016
  Lawrence K. Cagney
  ,
  Matthew E. Kaplan
  ,
  Meir D. Katz
  ,
  Jonathan F. Lewis
  ,
  Elizabeth Pagel Serebransky
  ,
  Paul M. Rodel
  ,
  Steven J. Slutzky
  ,
  Joshua M. Samit
• The Outlook for Financial Regulatory Reform Under President Trump
  30 November 2016
  Kenneth J. Berman
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  Lawrence K. Cagney
  ,
  Matthew E. Kaplan
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  Satish M. Kini
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  Gregory J. Lyons
  ,
  Elizabeth Pagel Serebransky
  ,
  Julie M. Riewe
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  Paul M. Rodel
  ,
  Steven J. Slutzky
  ,
  Jonathan R. Tuttle
• New York State Department of Financial Services Issues Guidance on Incentive Compensation in the Banking Sector
  14 October 2016
  Satish M. Kini
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  Gregory J. Lyons
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  Elizabeth Pagel Serebransky
  ,
  Alison E. Buckley-Serfass
• SEC Adopts Final Rules Reflecting JOBS Act Changes to Registration Requirements
  10 May 2016
  Steven J. Slutzky
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  Matthew E. Kaplan
  ,
  Elizabeth Pagel Serebransky
• 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
• New Incentive Compensation Rules: Implications for Private Equity Firms
  Spring 2016
  Elizabeth Pagel Serebransky
• Minding the Gap: SEC Hands Down Final CEO Pay Ratio Rule
  11 August 2015
  Lawrence K. Cagney
  ,
  Meir D. Katz
  ,
  Jonathan F. Lewis
  ,
  Elizabeth Pagel Serebransky
• No Fault, No Relief: SEC Proposes New “No-Fault” Clawback Rules
  13 July 2015
  Lawrence K. Cagney
  ,
  Meir D. Katz
  ,
  Jonathan F. Lewis
  ,
  Elizabeth Pagel Serebransky
• Apples to Oranges: SEC Proposes Rules to Show “Relationship” Between CEO Pay and Company Performance
  4 May 2015
  Lawrence K. Cagney
  ,
  Meir D. Katz
  ,
  Jonathan F. Lewis
  ,
  Elizabeth Pagel Serebransky
• IRS Confirms Restricted Use of 162(m) IPO Transition Rule
  7 April 2015
  Elizabeth Pagel Serebransky
  ,
  Jonathan F. Lewis
  ,
  Meir D. Katz
• Another Modest Step to Easing SEC Registration Standards
  2 February 2015
  Matthew E. Kaplan
  ,
  Elizabeth Pagel Serebransky
  ,
  Meir D. Katz
• Be Timely or Else: SEC Imposes Sanctions Against Both Insiders and Issuers for Beneficial Ownership Reporting Failures
  2 October 2014
  Lawrence K. Cagney
  ,
  Matthew E. Kaplan
  ,
  Jonathan F. Lewis
  ,
  Elizabeth Pagel Serebransky
  ,
  Meir D. Katz
• Employee Classification: An Old Issue Getting Renewed Attention
  19 September 2014
  Lawrence K. Cagney
  ,
  Jonathan F. Lewis
  ,
  Elizabeth Pagel Serebransky
• Supreme Court Decision in Stock Drop Case: Are Fiduciaries Now Vulnerable or Bulletproof?
  12 August 2014
  Lawrence K. Cagney
  ,
  Jonathan F. Lewis
  ,
  Elizabeth Pagel Serebransky
• PBGC’s Weapon of Last Resort Brings Victory in St. Gobain
  24 April 2014
  Lawrence K. Cagney
  ,
  Elizabeth Pagel Serebransky
  ,
  Jonathan F. Lewis
• SEC Proposes Controversial CEO-To-Worker Pay Ratio Disclosure Rule
  23 September 2013
  Lawrence K. Cagney
  ,
  Jonathan F. Lewis
  ,
  Elizabeth Pagel Serebransky
• New Case Increases ERISA Controlled Group Liability Concerns of Private Equity Funds
  29 July 2013
  Lawrence K. Cagney
  ,
  M. Natasha Labovitz
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  Jonathan F. Lewis
  ,
  Elizabeth Pagel Serebransky
  ,
  Craig A. Bruens
• Independence Day for Compensation Committees: Advisor Independence Assessment Required as of July 1st
  10 June 2013
  Lawrence K. Cagney
  ,
  Jonathan F. Lewis
  ,
  Elizabeth Pagel Serebransky
• Upping the Ante: PBGC Initiates Pension Plan Termination in Leveraged Acquisition
  3 June 2013
  Lawrence K. Cagney
  ,
  Jonathan F. Lewis
  ,
  Elizabeth Pagel Serebransky
• Ray of Light—Recent Decision Rejects ERISA “Controlled Group” Liability for a Private Equity Fund
  5 November 2012
  Lawrence K. Cagney
  ,
  Elizabeth Pagel Serebransky
  ,
  Jonathan F. Lewis
• Proposed NYSE and NASDAQ Listing Standards for Compensation Committees
  31 October 2012
  Elizabeth Pagel Serebransky
• SEC Issues Final Rules on Listing Standards for Compensation Committees
  26 June 2012
  Elizabeth Pagel Serebransky
  ,
  Matthew E. Kaplan
• Oh, When Will They Ever Learn? Protecting Yourself from ERISA Fiduciary Liability
  8 May 2012
  Lawrence K. Cagney
  ,
  Jonathan F. Lewis
  ,
  Elizabeth Pagel Serebransky
• JOBS Act Requires Less Work: Scaled-Down Compensation Disclosure for “Emerging Growth Companies”
  18 April 2012
  Lawrence K. Cagney
  ,
  Elizabeth Pagel Serebransky
  ,
  Jonathan F. Lewis
• FATCA Compensation Reporting: New Rules May Require Reporting of Non-U.S. Sourced Compensation to the IRS
  22 March 2012
  Lawrence K. Cagney
  ,
  Jonathan F. Lewis
  ,
  Elizabeth Pagel Serebransky
• Reminder: ISO and ESPP Information Statements Due January 31, 2012
  25 January 2012
  Lawrence K. Cagney
  ,
  Elizabeth Pagel Serebransky
  ,
  Jonathan F. Lewis
• ISS 2012 U.S. Proxy Voting Guidelines: Are You Paying for Performance?
  5 January 2012
  Elizabeth Pagel Serebransky
• Proposed SEC Rules Could Limit Carried Interest and Incentive Compensation Paid by Private Equity Firms
  27 November 2011
  Harvard Business Law Review
  Michael P. Harrell
  ,
  Jonathan F. Lewis
  ,
  Elizabeth Pagel Serebransky
• The Private Equity Report
  Spring 2011
  Franci J. Blassberg
  ,
  Michael P. Harrell
  ,
  Satish M. Kini
  ,
  Lawrence K. Cagney
  ,
  Jonathan F. Lewis
  ,
  Matthew E. Kaplan
  ,
  Gregory V. Gooding
  ,
  Jonathan E. Levitsky
  ,
  Paul D. Brusiloff
  ,
  Elizabeth Pagel Serebransky
  ,
  Maurizio Levi-Minzi
  ,
  E. Drew Dutton
  ,
  Andrew L. Bab
  ,
  Jonathan Adler
  ,
  Anne-Lise Quach
• Wage And Price Controls in Private Equity?
  June
  The M&A Journal
  Michael P. Harrell
  ,
  Jonathan F. Lewis
  ,
  Elizabeth Pagel Serebransky
• SEC Issues Proposed Rules Regarding Listing Standards for Compensation Committees
  May 2011
  The M&A Lawyer
  Matthew E. Kaplan
  ,
  Elizabeth Pagel Serebransky
  ,
  Steven J. Slutzky
• SEC Issues Proposed Rules Regarding Listing Standards for Compensation Committees
  15 April 2011
  Matthew E. Kaplan
  ,
  Elizabeth Pagel Serebransky
  ,
  Steven J. Slutzky
• Wage and Price Controls in Private Equity? Proposed SEC Rules Would Apply Incentive Compensation Limitations to Private Equity Firms
  14 March 2011
  Michael P. Harrell
  ,
  Elizabeth Pagel Serebransky
  ,
  Jonathan F. Lewis
• The Financial Institutions Report
  Volume 5, Number 3, March 2011
  Elizabeth Pagel Serebransky
  ,
  Gregory J. Lyons
  ,
  Paul M. Rodel
  ,
  Nicholas F. Potter
• Shareholders Get Their Say: A Divided SEC Adopts Final “Say-On-Pay” Rules
  31 January 2011
  Lawrence K. Cagney
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  Matthew E. Kaplan
  ,
  Jonathan F. Lewis
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  Peter J. Loughran
  ,
  Elizabeth Pagel Serebransky
  ,
  Steven J. Slutzky
• SEC Gives Shareholder Guidance on Post-IPO Rules
  9 December 2010
  International Financial Law Review
  Matthew E. Kaplan
  ,
  Elizabeth Pagel Serebransky
  ,
  Jeffrey J. Rosen
• A Little Gift in Time for the Holidays: The IRS Modifies Its § 409A Corrections Program—Again
  6 December 2010
  Lawrence K. Cagney
  ,
  Elizabeth Pagel Serebransky
  ,
  Jonathan F. Lewis
• SEC Staff Provides Welcome Guidance on Post-IPO Stockholder Arrangements
  18 November 2010
  Elizabeth Pagel Serebransky
  ,
  Jeffrey J. Rosen
  ,
  Matthew E. Kaplan
• Halloween Horror: DOL’s Expanded Definition of “Investment Advice” May Turn You into a Fiduciary
  28 October 2010
  Lawrence K. Cagney
  ,
  Jonathan F. Lewis
  ,
  Elizabeth Pagel Serebransky
• Speaking of Your Proxy: SEC Proposes “Say-On-Pay” Rules
  27 October 2010
  Alan H. Paley
  ,
  Elizabeth Pagel Serebransky
• All Public Companies Subject to Additional Compensation Requirements Included in Final Financial Reform Bill
  30 June 2010
  Elizabeth Pagel Serebransky
  ,
  Lawrence K. Cagney
  ,
  Jonathan F. Lewis
• Understanding the FDIC’s Pay Proposals
  5 March 2010
  Investment Dealers' Digest.com
  Gregory J. Lyons
  ,
  Elizabeth Pagel Serebransky
• The Financial Institutions Report
  Volume 4, Number 2, February 2010
  Wolcott B. Dunham, Jr.
  ,
  Elizabeth Pagel Serebransky
  ,
  Gregory J. Lyons
  ,
  Satish M. Kini
• New ISO and ESPP Rules Effective for 2010
  20 January 2010
  Lawrence K. Cagney
  ,
  Elizabeth Pagel Serebransky
  ,
  Jonathan F. Lewis
• Dot Your "i"s and Cross Your "t"s: It's Once Again Time to Review and Fix Deferred Compensation Plans
  15 January 2010
  Lawrence K. Cagney
  ,
  Elizabeth Pagel Serebransky
  ,
  Jonathan F. Lewis
• Have You Been Naughty or Nice? Confessing to Risky Compensation Structures (and Other New SEC Disclosure Rules)
  January 2010
  The M&A Lawyer
  Lawrence K. Cagney
  ,
  Jonathan F. Lewis
  ,
  Elizabeth Pagel Serebransky
  ,
  Alan H. Paley
• What's All This I'm Hearing About 'Compensation Risk?'
  First Quarter 2010
  Directors & Boards' Boardroom Briefing
  Lawrence K. Cagney
  ,
  Jonathan F. Lewis
  ,
  Elizabeth Pagel Serebransky
• Have You Been Naughty or Nice? Confessing to Risky Compensation Structures (and Other New SEC Disclosure Rules)
  23 December 2009
  Lawrence K. Cagney
  ,
  Elizabeth Pagel Serebransky
  ,
  Jonathan F. Lewis
  ,
  Alan H. Paley
• The Financial Institutions Report
  Volume 3, Number 5, December 2009
  Wolcott B. Dunham, Jr.
  ,
  Elizabeth Pagel Serebransky
  ,
  Paul L. Lee
  ,
  Gregory J. Lyons
  ,
  Satish M. Kini
• Don’t Bank on the Status Quo: Federal Reserve to Regulate Incentive Compensation
  26 October 2009
  Lawrence K. Cagney
  ,
  Elizabeth Pagel Serebransky
  ,
  Jonathan F. Lewis
  ,
  Gregory J. Lyons
  ,
  Satish M. Kini
  ,
  Paul L. Lee
• Tell Me More! More! More! SEC Proposes Additional Compensation and Governance Disclosure Rules
  15 July 2009
  Lawrence K. Cagney
  ,
  Elizabeth Pagel Serebransky
  ,
  Jonathan F. Lewis
• Oops, You Discovered a § 409A Violation: Now What?
  June 2009
  Employee Benefit Plan Review
  Lawrence K. Cagney
  ,
  Jonathan F. Lewis
  ,
  Elizabeth Pagel Serebransky
• DOL Issues New Cobra Forms: Deadline of April 18, 2009 for Employers to Provide the Required Notices
  24 March 2009
  Lawrence K. Cagney
  ,
  Jonathan F. Lewis
  ,
  Elizabeth Pagel Serebransky
• Brave New World: New Executive Compensation Restrictions for Companies Participating in the Troubled Asset Relief Program (TARP)
  17 February 2009
  Jonathan F. Lewis
  ,
  Elizabeth Pagel Serebransky
  ,
  Lawrence K. Cagney
• IRS Revises §409A Corrections Program (But It’s No Panacea)
  22 January 2009
  Lawrence K. Cagney
  ,
  Elizabeth Pagel Serebransky
  ,
  Jonathan F. Lewis
• Oops, You Discovered a §409A Violation: Now What?
  22 January 2009
  Lawrence K. Cagney
  ,
  Elizabeth Pagel Serebransky
  ,
  Jonathan F. Lewis
• New Guidance on §457A Rules for Compensation Payable by Partnerships and Non-U.S. Corporations: IRS Confirms it Wasn’t a Bad Dream
  14 January 2009
  Elizabeth Pagel Serebransky
  ,
  Lawrence K. Cagney
  ,
  Rafael Kariyev
  ,
  Peter F.G. Schuur
• The Private Equity Report
  Summer 2008
  Franci J. Blassberg
  ,
  E. Drew Dutton
  ,
  Robert F. Quaintance, Jr.
  ,
  Daniel M. Abuhoff
  ,
  Maurizio Levi-Minzi
  ,
  Kenneth J. Berman
  ,
  Katherine Ashton
  ,
  Jonathan F. Lewis
  ,
  Elizabeth Pagel Serebransky
• The Private Equity Report
  Spring 2008
  Franci J. Blassberg
  ,
  Kevin M. Schmidt
  ,
  Stuart Hammer
  ,
  Maurizio Levi-Minzi
  ,
  Richard Ward
  ,
  Jonathan F. Lewis
  ,
  Elizabeth Pagel Serebransky
  ,
  Lawrence K. Cagney
  ,
  Robert F. Quaintance, Jr.
  ,
  Jeffrey P. Cunard
  ,
  Michael J. Gillespie
  ,
  Peter J. Loughran
  ,
  Paul M. Rodel
• The Private Equity Report
  Fall 2007
  Lord Goldsmith KC
  ,
  Franci J. Blassberg
  ,
  Paul S. Bird
  ,
  Jonathan E. Levitsky
  ,
  Kevin M. Schmidt
  ,
  John M. Vasily
  ,
  Gary M. Friedman
  ,
  Elizabeth Pagel Serebransky
  ,
  Michael Diz
  ,
  E. Drew Dutton
  ,
  Peter Hockless
• The Private Equity Report
  Fall 2006
  Franci J. Blassberg
  ,
  Dr. Thomas Schürrle
  ,
  Elizabeth Pagel Serebransky
  ,
  Kenneth J. Berman
  ,
  Marcia L. MacHarg
  ,
  Marwan Al-Turki
  ,
  Adele M. Karig
• The Private Equity Report
  Fall 2005
  Franci J. Blassberg
  ,
  Geoffrey P. Burgess
  ,
  William D. Regner
  ,
  Jeffrey J. Rosen
  ,
  Woodrow W. Campbell, Jr.
  ,
  Andrew N. Berg
  ,
  Elizabeth Pagel Serebransky
  ,
  Marcia L. MacHarg
• The Private Equity Report
  Winter 2002
  Franci J. Blassberg
  ,
  Robert F. Quaintance, Jr.
  ,
  Woodrow W. Campbell, Jr.
  ,
  Stuart Hammer
  ,
  Elizabeth Pagel Serebransky
  ,
  Kenneth J. Berman
  ,
  Richard F. Hahn
  ,
  David F. Hickok
  ,
  Dr. Thomas Schürrle
  ,
  Marcia L. MacHarg
• The Private Equity Report
  Spring 2001
  Franci J. Blassberg
  ,
  William B. Beekman
  ,
  Elizabeth Pagel Serebransky
  ,
  Andrew L. Bab
  ,
  Gary M. Friedman
  ,
  Woodrow W. Campbell, Jr.