Publications

• 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
• Private Equity Report: 2023 Outlook
  January 2023
  Catherine Amirfar
  ,
  Christopher Anthony
  ,
  Katherine Ashton
  ,
  Jason Auerbach
  ,
  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
  ,
  Marc Ponchione
  ,
  Nicholas F. Potter
  ,
  Ryan T. Rafferty
  ,
  Julie M. Riewe
  ,
  Samantha J. Rowe
  ,
  Paul D. Rubin
  ,
  Scott B. Selinger
  ,
  Jane Shvets
  ,
  Steven J. Slutzky
  ,
  Patricia Volhard
  ,
  Erica S. Weisgerber
  ,
  Barbara Barath
  ,
  Alison E. Buckley-Serfass
  ,
  Zhiyan Cao
  ,
  Robert T. Dura
  ,
  Robert M. Fettman
  ,
  Samuel Fung
  ,
  Caroline P. Geiger
  ,
  Andrew J. Gershon
  ,
  Jin-Hyuk Jang
  ,
  Stuart Hammer
  ,
  Kim T. Le
  ,
  Michael P. McGuigan
  ,
  Sheena Paul
  ,
  Tricia Bozyk Sherno
  ,
  Jennifer Wheater
  ,
  John Young
  ,
  Jeffrey P. Cunard
  ,
  Ulysses Smith
  ,
  Scott M. Caravello
  ,
  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
  ,
  Ezra Newman
  ,
  Stephen Petraeus
  ,
  Melissa Runsten
  ,
  Sergio Torres
  ,
  George Tan
  ,
  Tiffany Wu
  ,
  Emma Macfarlane
  ,
  Sarah Min
  ,
  Matthew Stromecki
  ,
  Massy Vainshtein
• 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
• CLS Blue Sky Blog: Debevoise Discusses Shareholder Climate Activism and 401(k) Plans
  13 June 2022
  CLS Blue Sky Blog
  Alison E. Buckley-Serfass
  ,
  Jonathan F. Lewis
  ,
  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
  ,
  Simone S. Hicks
  ,
  Eric T. Juergens
  ,
  Matthew E. Kaplan
  ,
  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
  ,
  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
• Human Capital Management Disclosure: A Reminder
  13 January 2022
  Lawrence K. Cagney
  ,
  Eric T. Juergens
  ,
  Matthew E. Kaplan
  ,
  Jonathan F. Lewis
  ,
  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
  ,
  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
• 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
  ,
  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
• 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
• 2021 Private Equity Midyear Review and Outlook
  22 July 2021
  Jonathan Adler
  ,
  Christopher Anthony
  ,
  Katherine Ashton
  ,
  Andrew L. Bab
  ,
  Megan K. Bannigan
  ,
  Sally Bergmann
  ,
  David H. Bernstein
  ,
  Paul S. Bird
  ,
  Ezra Borut
  ,
  Geoffrey P. Burgess
  ,
  Jennifer L. Chu
  ,
  Matthew Dickman
  ,
  Christopher Dortschy
  ,
  E. Drew Dutton
  ,
  Jane Engelhardt
  ,
  Peter A. Furci
  ,
  Avi Gesser
  ,
  Jyotin Hamid
  ,
  Morgan J. Hayes
  ,
  Peter J. Irwin
  ,
  Meir D. Katz
  ,
  Rafael Kariyev
  ,
  M. Natasha Labovitz
  ,
  Maurizio Levi-Minzi
  ,
  Andrew M. Levine
  ,
  Sidney P. Levinson
  ,
  Jonathan F. Lewis
  ,
  Marc Ponchione
  ,
  Ryan T. Rafferty
  ,
  Paul D. Rubin
  ,
  Zachary H. Saltzman
  ,
  Kevin M. Schmidt
  ,
  Shannon Rose Selden
  ,
  Scott B. Selinger
  ,
  Steven J. Slutzky
  ,
  Ramya S. Tiller
  ,
  Richard Ward
  ,
  Alisa A. Waxman
  ,
  Patricia Volhard
  ,
  Franci J. Blassberg
  ,
  Jeffrey P. Cunard
  ,
  Andrew J. Gershon
  ,
  Stuart Hammer
  ,
  Jin-Hyuk Jang
  ,
  Kim T. Le
  ,
  Sheena Paul
  ,
  Tricia Bozyk Sherno
  ,
  Jacob W. Stahl
  ,
  Jennifer Wheater
  ,
  John Young
  ,
  Adam Aukland-Peck
  ,
  Dominic Blaxill
  ,
  Charles Cartiglia
  ,
  Robert T. Dura
  ,
  Paul Eastham
  ,
  Jay E. Evans
  ,
  Norma Angelica Freeland
  ,
  David J. Hotelling
  ,
  Samuel D. Krawiecz
  ,
  Merryl Lawry-White
  ,
  Robert Maddox
  ,
  Sergio Torres
  ,
  Malina Welman
• Department of Labor Intensifies Cyber Readiness Inquiries Among Retirement Plan Administrators
  13 July 2021
  Lawrence K. Cagney
  ,
  Avi Gesser
  ,
  Jonathan F. Lewis
  ,
  Jim Pastore
  ,
  Johanna N. Skrzypczyk
• 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
• SEC Chairman Gensler Announces Review of Rules Governing Trading Plans by Insiders
  8 June 2021
  Lawrence K. Cagney
  ,
  Matthew E. Kaplan
  ,
  Jonathan F. Lewis
  ,
  Peter J. Loughran
  ,
  Steven J. Slutzky
  ,
  Nicholas P. Pellicani
• 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
  ,
  Spencer J. Mizerak
• 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
• 2020/2021 Private Equity Year End Review and Outlook
  7 January 2021
  Jonathan Adler
  ,
  William D. Regner
  ,
  John W. Rife III
  ,
  Alisa A. Waxman
  ,
  Jennifer R. Cestaro
  ,
  Katherine Ashton
  ,
  E. Drew Dutton
  ,
  Jane Engelhardt
  ,
  Thomas Smith
  ,
  Ramya S. Tiller
  ,
  Christopher Anthony
  ,
  Kevin M. Schmidt
  ,
  Maurizio Levi-Minzi
  ,
  Geoffrey P. Burgess
  ,
  Dominic Blaxill
  ,
  Jyotin Hamid
  ,
  Morgan J. Hayes
  ,
  Steven J. Slutzky
  ,
  Richard Ward
  ,
  Jennifer Wheater
  ,
  Paul Eastham
  ,
  Peter A. Furci
  ,
  Rafael Kariyev
  ,
  Jay E. Evans
  ,
  Samuel D. Krawiecz
  ,
  Andrew L. Bab
  ,
  Jennifer L. Chu
  ,
  Paul D. Rubin
  ,
  Jacob W. Stahl
  ,
  Kim T. Le
  ,
  Jyotin Hamid
  ,
  Meir D. Katz
  ,
  Jonathan F. Lewis
  ,
  Tricia Bozyk Sherno
  ,
  Ezra Borut
  ,
  Jeffrey P. Cunard
  ,
  Marc Ponchione
  ,
  Kenneth J. Berman
  ,
  Norma Angelica Freeland
  ,
  Patricia Volhard
  ,
  Christopher Dortschy
  ,
  Jin-Hyuk Jang
  ,
  John Young
  ,
  Andrew J. Ceresney
  ,
  Robert B. Kaplan
  ,
  Julie M. Riewe
  ,
  Merryl Lawry-White
  ,
  Sally Bergmann
  ,
  Scott B. Selinger
  ,
  Stuart Hammer
  ,
  Luke Dembosky
  ,
  Avi Gesser
  ,
  Jim Pastore
  ,
  Megan K. Bannigan
  ,
  David H. Bernstein
  ,
  M. Natasha Labovitz
  ,
  Sidney P. Levinson
  ,
  Peter J. Irwin
  ,
  Malina Welman
  ,
  Paul S. Bird
• 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
  ,
  Spencer J. Mizerak
• 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.
• COVID-19 and Private Equity: U.S. Employment and Compensation Considerations
  20 April 2020
  Jyotin Hamid
  ,
  Jonathan F. Lewis
  ,
  Tricia Bozyk Sherno
• Debevoise Coronavirus Checklists— Top 10 Return to Work Considerations for U.S. Employers
  20 April 2020
  Jyotin Hamid
  ,
  Jonathan F. Lewis
  ,
  Tricia Bozyk Sherno
• Thinking About a New or Updated Non-GAAP Financial Measure for COVID-19? Look Before You Leap.
  17 April 2020
  Kara Brockmeyer
  ,
  Matthew E. Kaplan
  ,
  Jonathan F. Lewis
  ,
  Paul M. Rodel
  ,
  Jeffrey E. Ross
  ,
  Sunil William Savkar
  ,
  Jonathan R. Tuttle
• 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.
• 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
  ,
  Justin C. Ferrone
  ,
  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
  ,
  Jyotin Hamid
  ,
  Meir D. Katz
  ,
  Jonathan F. Lewis
  ,
  Elizabeth Pagel Serebransky
  ,
  Tricia Bozyk Sherno
• 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
  ,
  Meir D. Katz
  ,
  Jonathan F. Lewis
  ,
  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
• 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
• 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
• 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
• A Week of Hot News in Cybersecurity and Data Privacy
  8 March 2016
  Lawrence K. Cagney
  ,
  Luke Dembosky
  ,
  Jonathan F. Lewis
  ,
  Jim Pastore
  ,
  Dr. Friedrich Popp
• 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
• Executive Compensation & Employee Benefits
  17 July 2015
  Jonathan F. Lewis
• 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
• DOL Catches Many in Expanded Fiduciary Net; Is Proposed Exemption an Escape Hatch or a Trap Door?
  21 April 2015
  Lawrence K. Cagney
  ,
  Jonathan F. Lewis
• IRS Confirms Restricted Use of 162(m) IPO Transition Rule
  7 April 2015
  Elizabeth Pagel Serebransky
  ,
  Jonathan F. Lewis
  ,
  Meir D. Katz
• Reminder - Periodic Filing, Notice and Reporting Requirements for Private Equity Funds
  29 December 2014
  Jonathan Adler
  ,
  Andrew M. Ahern
  ,
  Kenneth J. Berman
  ,
  Jennifer J. Burleigh
  ,
  Michael P. Harrell
  ,
  Satish M. Kini
  ,
  Geoffrey Kittredge
  ,
  Jonathan F. Lewis
  ,
  Andrew M. Ostrognai
  ,
  David J. Schwartz
  ,
  Rebecca F. Silberstein
  ,
  Steven J. Slutzky
  ,
  Gavin Anderson
  ,
  Gary E. Murphy
  ,
  Sally Gibson
• 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
• Reminder – Periodic Filing, Notice and Reporting Requirements for Private Equity Funds
  26 December 2013
  Marwan Al-Turki
  ,
  Kenneth J. Berman
  ,
  Jennifer J. Burleigh
  ,
  Michael P. Harrell
  ,
  Satish M. Kini
  ,
  Geoffrey Kittredge
  ,
  Jonathan F. Lewis
  ,
  Byungkwon Lim
  ,
  Andrew M. Ostrognai
  ,
  David J. Schwartz
  ,
  Rebecca F. Silberstein
  ,
  Steven J. Slutzky
  ,
  Sally Gibson
  ,
  Gary E. Murphy
• Impact of Health Care Reform on Employers: Two Years In
  Summer/Fall 2012, Vol. 13, Number 1
  Jonathan F. Lewis
  ,
  Meir D. Katz
• Time for Private Equity to Relax About ERISA-Controlled Group Liability?
  Winter 2013
  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
• Counting To 80
  August 2013
  Private Equity Manager
  Jonathan F. Lewis
• New Case Increases ERISA Controlled Group Liability Concerns of Private Equity Funds
  29 July 2013
  Lawrence K. Cagney
  ,
  M. Natasha Labovitz
  ,
  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
• The Private Equity Report
  Winter 2013
  Jonathan F. Lewis
  ,
  E. Drew Dutton
  ,
  David Innes
  ,
  Andrew M. Ostrognai
  ,
  Eric Dinallo
  ,
  Kenneth J. Berman
  ,
  Robert B. Kaplan
  ,
  Michael P. Harrell
  ,
  Jonathan R. Tuttle
  ,
  Kevin M. Schmidt
  ,
  Michael Schaper
  ,
  Peter F.G. Schuur
  ,
  Adele M. Karig
  ,
  Matthew D. Saronson
• Corporate Governance Feature: Employee Equity Repurchases Draw SEC Scrutiny
  March 2013
  The M&A Lawyer
  Jonathan F. Lewis
• 2 Years in, the Impact of Health Care Reform on Employers
  March 2012
  Westlaw Journal - Health Law
• DOL Clarifies Role of Clearing Members in Cleared Swaps
  14 February 2013
  Jonathan F. Lewis
  ,
  Byungkwon Lim
• Court Rejects ERISA Challenge to Pension De-Risking Transaction
  18 December 2012
  Jonathan F. Lewis
  ,
  Nicholas F. Potter
• 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
• The Private Equity Report
  Summer/Fall 2012
  Franci J. Blassberg
  ,
  Erin Cleary
  ,
  Guy Lewin-Smith
  ,
  Michael P. Harrell
  ,
  Sally Gibson
  ,
  Burt Rosen
  ,
  Robert J. Staffaroni
  ,
  Kevin Rinker
  ,
  Uri Herzberg
  ,
  Jonathan F. Lewis
  ,
  Meir D. Katz
  ,
  Michael Diz
  ,
  Andrew M. Ostrognai
  ,
  David P. Iozzi
• Employee Equity Repurchases Draw SEC Scrutiny
  Summer/Fall 2012
  Jonathan F. Lewis
• Impact of Health Care Reform on Employers: Two Years In
  Summer/Fall 2012
  Jonathan F. Lewis
  ,
  Meir D. Katz
• 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
• Buyer Beware (Employee Edition): Employee Benefit Covenants Could Have Unintended Consequences On ERISA Plans
  March 2012
  The M&A Lawyer
  Jonathan F. Lewis
• New ERISA Disclosure Requirements Applicable to Plan Assets Funds and Investment Management Arrangements
  16 February 2012
  Lawrence K. Cagney
  ,
  Jonathan F. Lewis
• Reminder: ISO and ESPP Information Statements Due January 31, 2012
  25 January 2012
  Lawrence K. Cagney
  ,
  Elizabeth Pagel Serebransky
  ,
  Jonathan F. Lewis
• The Private Equity Report
  Fall 2011
  Franci J. Blassberg
  ,
  Jonathan F. Lewis
  ,
  Jeffrey E. Ross
  ,
  Jonathan E. Levitsky
  ,
  Scott B. Selinger
  ,
  Michael P. Harrell
  ,
  Satish M. Kini
  ,
  Rebecca F. Silberstein
  ,
  Gregory J. Lyons
  ,
  Paul D. Brusiloff
  ,
  Gary M. Friedman
  ,
  M. Natasha Labovitz
  ,
  Maurizio Levi-Minzi
  ,
  Paul M. Rodel
• 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
• Signs of Life
  October 2011
  International Financial Law Review
  Matthew E. Kaplan
  ,
  Jonathan F. Lewis
• Corporate Governance Feature: 500 and Counting - Proposed Law Would Make It Easier to Stay Private
  October 2011
  The M&A Lawyer
  Matthew E. Kaplan
  ,
  Jonathan F. Lewis
• 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
  ,
  Sue Meng
  ,
  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
• The Private Equity Report
  Winter 2011
  Franci J. Blassberg
  ,
  Jonathan F. Lewis
  ,
  Margaret Andrews Davenport
  ,
  Michael Diz
  ,
  Katherine Ashton
  ,
  Alan J. Davies
  ,
  David Innes
  ,
  Paul R. Berger
  ,
  Michael P. Harrell
  ,
  Gavin Anderson
  ,
  Eric Dinallo
  ,
  Matthew E. Kaplan
  ,
  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
• Shareholders Get Their Say: A Divided SEC Adopts Final “Say-On-Pay” Rules
  31 January 2011
  Lawrence K. Cagney
  ,
  Matthew E. Kaplan
  ,
  Jonathan F. Lewis
  ,
  Peter J. Loughran
  ,
  Elizabeth Pagel Serebransky
  ,
  Steven J. Slutzky
• 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
• 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
• 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
• To Change or Not to Change: Should Sponsors Modify Management Equity Due to the Market Downturn?
  February 2010
  Jonathan F. Lewis
• Mind the (Funding) Gap: Trouble Ahead for Multiemployer Plans
  26 January 2010
  Private Equity Manager
  Jonathan F. Lewis
• 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
• 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)
  January 2010
  The M&A Lawyer
  Lawrence K. Cagney
  ,
  Jonathan F. Lewis
  ,
  Elizabeth Pagel Serebransky
  ,
  Alan H. Paley
• 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 Private Equity Report
  Fall 2009
  Franci J. Blassberg
  ,
  Satish M. Kini
  ,
  Gregory J. Lyons
  ,
  Jonathan F. Lewis
  ,
  William D. Regner
  ,
  Geoffrey P. Burgess
  ,
  Peter J. Loughran
  ,
  Paul M. Rodel
  ,
  Dr. Thomas Schürrle
  ,
  Jasmine Ball
  ,
  Kenneth J. Berman
• 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
• The Private Equity Report
  Summer 2009
  Franci J. Blassberg
  ,
  Katherine Ashton
  ,
  Geoffrey P. Burgess
  ,
  Michael Diz
  ,
  Mark P. Goodman
  ,
  Richard F. Hahn
  ,
  Michael P. Harrell
  ,
  Satish M. Kini
  ,
  Paul L. Lee
  ,
  Jonathan F. Lewis
  ,
  Gregory J. Lyons
  ,
  Pierre Maugüé
  ,
  Jeffrey J. Rosen
• 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
• Recent Second Circuit Decision Affects Pension Plan Claims in Bankruptcy
  24 June 2009
  Jonathan F. Lewis
  ,
  Jasmine Ball
• Oops, You Discovered a § 409A Violation: Now What?
  June 2009
  Employee Benefit Plan Review
  Lawrence K. Cagney
  ,
  Jonathan F. Lewis
  ,
  Elizabeth Pagel Serebransky
• New Deferred Compensation Statutes: Will It Ever End?
  Second Quarter 2009
  Directors & Boards
  Peter A. Furci
  ,
  Jonathan F. Lewis
• 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
• Oops, You Discovered a §409A Violation: Now What?
  22 January 2009
  Lawrence K. Cagney
  ,
  Elizabeth Pagel Serebransky
  ,
  Jonathan F. Lewis
• IRS Revises §409A Corrections Program (But It’s No Panacea)
  22 January 2009
  Lawrence K. Cagney
  ,
  Elizabeth Pagel Serebransky
  ,
  Jonathan F. Lewis
• The Private Equity Report
  Fall 2008
  Franci J. Blassberg
  ,
  Gregory V. Gooding
  ,
  Paul L. Lee
  ,
  Peter F.G. Schuur
  ,
  Michael Bolotin
  ,
  Peter A. Furci
  ,
  Jonathan F. Lewis
  ,
  E. Drew Dutton
  ,
  Andrew L. Bab
  ,
  Dr. Thomas Schürrle
  ,
  Paul R. Berger
  ,
  Paul S. Bird
  ,
  William D. Regner
  ,
  Richard F. Hahn
  ,
  Jasmine Ball
• 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
• Employee Equity Repurchases Draw SEC Scrutiny
  Summer/Fall 2012, Vol. 13, Number 1
  Jonathan F. Lewis