Publications

• U.S. Department of Labor Finalizes Tighter Standards for “QPAMs”
  9 April 2024
  Jonathan F. Lewis
  ,
  Franklin L. Mitchell
  ,
  Alison E. Buckley-Serfass
  ,
  Douglas M. Hirn
• Insurance Industry Corporate Governance Newsletter
  5 January 2024
  Eric Dinallo
  ,
  Jonathan F. Lewis
  ,
  Franklin L. Mitchell
  ,
  Nicholas F. Potter
  ,
  Alison E. Buckley-Serfass
  ,
  Douglas M. Hirn
  ,
  Lawrence K. Cagney
• 2024 Executive Compensation To-Do List for Public Companies
  8 December 2023
  Lawrence K. Cagney
  ,
  Jyotin Hamid
  ,
  Simone S. Hicks
  ,
  Eric T. Juergens
  ,
  Meir D. Katz
  ,
  Jonathan F. Lewis
  ,
  Franklin L. Mitchell
  ,
  J. Michael Snypes, Jr.
  ,
  Alison E. Buckley-Serfass
  ,
  Tricia Bozyk Sherno
  ,
  Sandy M. De Sousa
• Private Equity Report Fall 2023, Vol 23, No 3
  November 2023
  Dominic Blaxill
  ,
  Michael Bolotin
  ,
  Geoffrey P. Burgess
  ,
  Charu A. Chandrasekhar
  ,
  Jennifer L. Chu
  ,
  Matthew Dickman
  ,
  Avi Gesser
  ,
  Gregory V. Gooding
  ,
  Morgan J. Hayes
  ,
  Sally Bergmann Hardesty
  ,
  Eric T. Juergens
  ,
  Franklin L. Mitchell
  ,
  Brett M. Novick
  ,
  Benjamin R. Pedersen
  ,
  William D. Regner
  ,
  Edward M. Rishty
  ,
  Michael Schaper
  ,
  Kevin M. Schmidt
  ,
  Kristin A. Snyder
  ,
  Katherine Durnan Taylor
  ,
  Ramya S. Tiller
  ,
  Robert T. Dura
  ,
  Caitlin Gibson
  ,
  Stuart Hammer
  ,
  Matt Kelly
  ,
  Sarah Wolf
  ,
  Victoria G. J. Brown
  ,
  Michelle Huang
  ,
  Matthew Stromecki
  ,
  Adam Silverwood
  ,
  Edoardo Troina
• Ready, Set, Sell: 10 Things to Consider Before Starting a Sale Process
  November 2023
  Dominic Blaxill
  ,
  Michael Bolotin
  ,
  Franklin L. Mitchell
  ,
  Brett M. Novick
  ,
  Michael Schaper
  ,
  Kevin M. Schmidt
  ,
  Katherine Durnan Taylor
  ,
  Robert T. Dura
  ,
  Caitlin Gibson
  ,
  Stuart Hammer
• SEC Issues Third Round of Interpretive Guidance on Pay-versus-Performance Disclosures
  29 November 2023
  Lawrence K. Cagney
  ,
  Simone S. Hicks
  ,
  Eric T. Juergens
  ,
  Meir D. Katz
  ,
  Jonathan F. Lewis
  ,
  Franklin L. Mitchell
  ,
  J. Michael Snypes, Jr.
  ,
  Alison E. Buckley-Serfass
  ,
  Wendy D. Widman
• SEC Disclosure Requirements for Equity Grants: What You Need to Know for 2024
  27 November 2023
  Lawrence K. Cagney
  ,
  Simone S. Hicks
  ,
  Eric T. Juergens
  ,
  Meir D. Katz
  ,
  Jonathan F. Lewis
  ,
  Franklin L. Mitchell
  ,
  J. Michael Snypes, Jr.
  ,
  Alison E. Buckley-Serfass
• Halloween 2023: DOL Fiduciary Rule Returns from the Dead
  6 November 2023
  Lawrence K. Cagney
  ,
  Jonathan F. Lewis
  ,
  Marilyn A. Lion
  ,
  Gregory J. Lyons
  ,
  Franklin L. Mitchell
  ,
  Jeff Robins
  ,
  Alison E. Buckley-Serfass
  ,
  Douglas M. Hirn
• SEC Issues Additional Interpretive Guidance on Pay-versus-Performance Disclosures
  29 September 2023
  Lawrence K. Cagney
  ,
  Simone S. Hicks
  ,
  Meir D. Katz
  ,
  Jonathan F. Lewis
  ,
  Franklin L. Mitchell
  ,
  J. Michael Snypes, Jr.
  ,
  Alison E. Buckley-Serfass
  ,
  Wendy D. Widman
• 2023 Private Equity Midyear Outlook
  27 July 2023
  Christopher Anthony
  ,
  Katherine Ashton
  ,
  Dominic Blaxill
  ,
  Joe Binder
  ,
  Ezra Borut
  ,
  Geoffrey P. Burgess
  ,
  Andrew J. Ceresney
  ,
  Jeffrey P. Cunard
  ,
  E. Drew Dutton
  ,
  Jane Engelhardt
  ,
  Andrew Ford
  ,
  Andrew J. Gershon
  ,
  Mark P. Goodman
  ,
  Jyotin Hamid
  ,
  Ted Hassi
  ,
  Morgan J. Hayes
  ,
  Emily F. Huang
  ,
  Peter J. Irwin
  ,
  Eric T. Juergens
  ,
  Robert B. Kaplan
  ,
  Rafael Kariyev
  ,
  Meir D. Katz
  ,
  M. Natasha Labovitz
  ,
  Maurizio Levi-Minzi
  ,
  Andrew M. Levine
  ,
  Sidney P. Levinson
  ,
  Jonathan F. Lewis
  ,
  Timothy McIver
  ,
  Franklin L. Mitchell
  ,
  Maura Kathleen Monaghan
  ,
  Edwin Northover
  ,
  Brett M. Novick
  ,
  Marc Ponchione
  ,
  Julie M. Riewe
  ,
  Shannon Rose Selden
  ,
  Steven J. Slutzky
  ,
  Thomas Smith
  ,
  Kristin A. Snyder
  ,
  J. Michael Snypes, Jr.
  ,
  Patrick Taylor
  ,
  Ramya S. Tiller
  ,
  Patricia Volhard
  ,
  Richard Ward
  ,
  Erica S. Weisgerber
  ,
  Alison E. Buckley-Serfass
  ,
  Brett Adam Bush
  ,
  Zhiyan Cao
  ,
  Robert T. Dura
  ,
  Stuart Hammer
  ,
  Megan McGuiggan
  ,
  Sheena Paul
  ,
  Tricia Bozyk Sherno
  ,
  Ulysses Smith
  ,
  Jacob W. Stahl
  ,
  Sergio Torres
  ,
  Jennifer Wheater
  ,
  Elie J. Worenklein
  ,
  Adam Aukland-Peck
  ,
  Colleen B. Bernaiche
  ,
  Charles Cartiglia
  ,
  Paul Eastham
  ,
  Jay E. Evans
  ,
  Sara Ewad
  ,
  Christopher Gossage
  ,
  Camila Isern
  ,
  Yiran Ji
  ,
  Maryam Kanna
  ,
  Rekha Korlipara
  ,
  Adriana Kranjac
  ,
  Samuel D. Krawiecz
  ,
  Harshil Mehta
  ,
  Gianni Pizzitola
  ,
  Stanley G. Seckler
  ,
  Sheng Shao
  ,
  Massy Vainshtein
  ,
  Kimberly Anker
• New Bill Banning Noncompetes Could Soon Become Law in New York
  23 June 2023
  Jyotin Hamid
  ,
  Ted Hassi
  ,
  Meir D. Katz
  ,
  Jonathan F. Lewis
  ,
  Franklin L. Mitchell
  ,
  J. Michael Snypes, Jr.
  ,
  Alison E. Buckley-Serfass
  ,
  Tricia Bozyk Sherno
  ,
  Linda Lin
• Dodd-Frank Clawbacks: NYSE and Nasdaq Extend Effective Date to October 2
  12 June 2023
  Lawrence K. Cagney
  ,
  Simone S. Hicks
  ,
  Meir D. Katz
  ,
  Jonathan F. Lewis
  ,
  Franklin L. Mitchell
  ,
  J. Michael Snypes, Jr.
  ,
  Alison E. Buckley-Serfass
  ,
  Kathleen M. Emberger
  ,
  Douglas M. Hirn
• Dodd-Frank Clawbacks: A Model Policy to Prepare for a Summer Effective Date
  2 May 2023
  Lawrence K. Cagney
  ,
  Simone S. Hicks
  ,
  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
• FTC Proposes Federal Rule to Ban Noncompetes with Employees
  9 January 2023
  Lawrence K. Cagney
  ,
  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
  ,
  Simone S. Hicks
  ,
  Meir D. Katz
  ,
  Jonathan F. Lewis
  ,
  Franklin L. Mitchell
  ,
  J. Michael Snypes, Jr.
  ,
  Alison E. Buckley-Serfass
• The DOL Issues its Final Word on ESG and Proxy Voting (For Now)
  29 November 2022
  Lawrence K. Cagney
  ,
  Jonathan F. Lewis
  ,
  Franklin L. Mitchell
  ,
  Alison E. Buckley-Serfass
  ,
  Douglas M. Hirn
• SEC Adopts Final Clawback Rules
  28 October 2022
  Lawrence K. Cagney
  ,
  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
  ,
  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
  ,
  Jonathan F. Lewis
  ,
  Franklin L. Mitchell
  ,
  Alison E. Buckley-Serfass
  ,
  Douglas M. Hirn
• SEC Reminds Public Company Executives That Clawbacks Are a Priority
  17 June 2022
  Lawrence K. Cagney
  ,
  Simone S. Hicks
  ,
  Meir D. Katz
  ,
  Jonathan F. Lewis
  ,
  Franklin L. Mitchell
  ,
  J. Michael Snypes, Jr.
  ,
  Alison E. Buckley-Serfass
  ,
  Kathleen M. Emberger
• Reopening of the Comment Period for Pay Versus Performance: Additional Disclosures May be on the Way
  9 February 2022
  Lawrence K. Cagney
  ,
  Simone S. Hicks
  ,
  Jonathan F. Lewis
  ,
  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
  ,
  Jonathan F. Lewis
  ,
  Franklin L. Mitchell
  ,
  Alison E. Buckley-Serfass
  ,
  Douglas M. Hirn
• 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
  ,
  Jonathan F. Lewis
  ,
  Franklin L. Mitchell
  ,
  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
  ,
  Jonathan F. Lewis
  ,
  Franklin L. Mitchell
  ,
  Alison E. Buckley-Serfass
  ,
  Douglas M. Hirn
• 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
• House Ways & Means Committee Releases Tax Reform Legislation
  20 September 2021
  Michael Bolotin
  ,
  Lawrence K. Cagney
  ,
  Erin Cleary
  ,
  Gary M. Friedman
  ,
  Peter A. Furci
  ,
  Rafael Kariyev
  ,
  Meir D. Katz
  ,
  Jonathan F. Lewis
  ,
  Franklin L. Mitchell
  ,
  Daniel Priest
  ,
  Peter F.G. Schuur
  ,
  J. Michael Snypes, Jr.
  ,
  Cécile Beurrier
  ,
  Matthew D. Saronson
  ,
  Simone S. Hicks
• Biden Targets Non-Compete Agreements
  13 July 2021
  Lawrence K. Cagney
  ,
  Jyotin Hamid
  ,
  Simone S. Hicks
  ,
  Meir D. Katz
  ,
  Jonathan F. Lewis
  ,
  Franklin L. Mitchell
  ,
  J. Michael Snypes, Jr.
  ,
  Tricia Bozyk Sherno
• DFS Issues Climate Change Guidance: Framework for Future Regulations, Nationwide Standards and Management Accountability?
  1 April 2021
  Alexander R. Cochran
  ,
  Eric Dinallo
  ,
  Franklin L. Mitchell
  ,
  AJ Salomon
  ,
  Brita M. Siepker
• Pause and Refresh? DOL Delays Enforcement of Regulations on ESG Investments for ERISA Plans
  17 March 2021
  Lawrence K. Cagney
  ,
  Jonathan F. Lewis
  ,
  Franklin L. Mitchell
  ,
  Simone S. Hicks
  ,
  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
  ,
  Meir D. Katz
  ,
  Jonathan F. Lewis
  ,
  Franklin L. Mitchell
  ,
  Alison E. Buckley-Serfass
  ,
  J. Michael Snypes, Jr.
  ,
  Simone S. Hicks
• Thanksgiving 701 and S-8 Revisions: Tasty Treats and a Turducken
  1 December 2020
  Lawrence K. Cagney
  ,
  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
  ,
  Jyotin Hamid
  ,
  Meir D. Katz
  ,
  Jonathan F. Lewis
  ,
  Franklin L. Mitchell
  ,
  Tricia Bozyk Sherno
  ,
  Alison E. Buckley-Serfass
  ,
  J. Michael Snypes, Jr.
• CARES Act — Fiscal Response to COVID-19
  26 March 2020
  Lawrence K. Cagney
  ,
  Gary M. Friedman
  ,
  Peter A. Furci
  ,
  Rafael Kariyev
  ,
  Franklin L. Mitchell
  ,
  Peter F.G. Schuur
• 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
• States Increase Scrutiny of Independent Contractor Usage
  26 November 2019
  Lawrence K. Cagney
  ,
  Jyotin Hamid
  ,
  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
• DOL Fiduciary Rule Delayed: So What Should You Be Doing Now?
  26 April 2017
  Compliance Reporter
  Lawrence K. Cagney
  ,
  Jonathan F. Lewis
  ,
  Franklin L. Mitchell
• DOL Grants 60-Day Delay on Applicability of Fiduciary Rule, But Hope of Rescission Fades
  12 April 2017
  Lawrence K. Cagney
  ,
  Jonathan F. Lewis
  ,
  Franklin L. Mitchell
• DOL Grants 60-Day Delay on Applicability of Fiduciary Rule, But Hope of Rescission Fades
  6 April 2017
  Lawrence K. Cagney
  ,
  Jonathan F. Lewis
  ,
  Franklin L. Mitchell
• Trump Orders Review of DOL Fiduciary Rule; DOL to Consider Delay
  6 February 2017
  Lawrence K. Cagney
  ,
  Jonathan F. Lewis
  ,
  Franklin L. Mitchell
• Executive Order and DOL Memo Signal Shift in Federal Financial Regulatory Agenda
  5 February 2017
  Lawrence K. Cagney
  ,
  Satish M. Kini
  ,
  Jonathan F. Lewis
  ,
  Gregory J. Lyons
  ,
  Franklin L. Mitchell
• Final DOL Fiduciary Rules Simplify Some Mechanics, but Retain Core Principles . . . and Flaws
  13 April 2016
  Lawrence K. Cagney
  ,
  Jonathan F. Lewis
  ,
  Franklin L. Mitchell
• Latest Sun Capital Decision Clouds Controlled Group Analysis for Private Equity Funds
  8 April 2016
  Lawrence K. Cagney
  ,
  Jonathan F. Lewis
  ,
  Franklin L. Mitchell