Under the heading of "Executive Compensation," this blog considers all matters relevant to executives, executives' employment, and their employment agreements, including strategies to protect the executives' earned compensation.

The March 2026 pooling of Small Business Investment Company (SBIC) standard debentures was priced at 4.626%. This most recent semiannual pricing of SBIC standard debentures reflected...

On June 6, 2022, the U.S. Small Business Administration (the "SBA") issued a final rule increasing from 12 months to 24 months the calculation period for determining...

On March 20, 2025, the staff of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission's (the SEC) Division of Corporation Finance issued new guidance...

On May 2, 2024, the NYSE sent a notice to its listed companies that the proposed rule will be effective on May 11, 2024.

The committee advises a phased-in approach to monitoring requirements, as EPA validates analytical methods to test for additional PFAS compounds.

This year has brought several important sweeping regulatory changes in the United States, including the most substantive Bank Secrecy Act (BSA)/anti-money laundering (AML)...

Google petitioned the Federal Circuit for a writ of mandamus, requesting that the Federal Circuit direct the United States District Court for the Western District of Texas to vacate its order denying Google's motion to transfer and transfer to the United States District Court for the Northern District of California.

On October 21, 2022, Judge Albright denied Defendant Resideo Technologies, Inc.'s ("Resideo") Motion to Transfer Venue from the Western District of Texas to the District of Minnesota.

On February 1, 2022, Judge Albright denied Dali Wireless's motion for leave to amend its Complaint to add a new willfulness claim against defendant Corning.

In its opposed motion, Google argued the Southern District of California was a proper and more convenient venue for the action.

On March 17, 2023, Judge Fred Biery granted Google LLC's (Google) motion to dismiss Plaintiff ALD Social, LLC's (ALD Social) complaint with prejudice for failure to state a claim pursuant to Rule 12(b)(6).

Lex Machina released its 2020 Trade Secret Litigation Report in April, in which it summarized data from the past decade and compared it against data from the previous year's report.

Justice Breyer wrote for a unanimous Supreme Court on Thursday in AMG Capital Management v. Federal Trade Commission, holding that § 13(b) of the Federal Trade Commission Act (FTCA)...

Lawsuits claiming exposure to harmful levels of heavy metals in dark chocolate have flooded the courts early in 2023.

On April 24, 2025, the Federal Reserve Board (Board) announced that it had withdrawn key supervisory guidance published during the prior Administration that, for more than two years...

The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) extended the temporary relief for digital asset–specific identification rules with the release of Notice 2026‑20, which builds on last year's Notice 2025‑7...

On October 4, 2021, the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service (USFWS) issued a final rule revoking the Trump administration's Migratory Bird Treaty Act (MBTA) rule.

On April 21, 2021, the Department of Justice ("DOJ") and the U.S. Attorney's Office for the Eastern District of California announced a second settlement resolving alleged violations...

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has now published a revised draft of the UK Listing Rules (UKLRs) as expected. This follows our previous thought leadership which provides a broad overview of the FCA's major reforms more generally.