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December 17, 2015 | New York Law Journal

In his Executive Compensation column, Joseph E. Bachelder III of McCarter & English discusses the increasing quantity of executive pay information contained in proxy statements and recommends that much of the information be removed from the proxy statement and, instead, be provided as an exhibit to registrants' annual reports on Form 10-K.

By Joseph E. Bachelder III

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September 18, 2015 | New York Law Journal

In his Executive Compensation column, Joseph E. Bachelder III writes that the SEC's proposed rule, issued in July, reaches much farther than existing clawback practices and, once it is finalized, many senior level executives of major corporations will, for the first time, face the risk of "no-fault" clawback of part of their compensation.

By Joseph E. Bachelder III

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September 17, 2015 | New York Law Journal

In his Executive Compensation column, Joseph E. Bachelder III writes that the SEC's proposed rule, issued in July, reaches much farther than existing clawback practices and, once it is finalized, many senior level executives of major corporations will, for the first time, face the risk of "no-fault" clawback of part of their compensation.

By Joseph E. Bachelder III

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June 26, 2015 | New York Law Journal

In his Executive Compensation column, Joseph E. Bachelder III of McCarter & English discusses a new proposed rule under which registrants would be required to show the relationship over a period of years between the pay of certain senior-level executives and the total shareholder return for the registrant.

By Joseph E. Bachelder III

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June 26, 2015 | New York Law Journal

In his Executive Compensation column, Joseph E. Bachelder III of McCarter & English discusses a new proposed rule under which registrants would be required to show the relationship over a period of years between the pay of certain senior-level executives and the total shareholder return for the registrant.

By Joseph E. Bachelder III

13 minute read

March 20, 2015 | New York Law Journal

In his Executive Compensation column, Joseph E. Bachelder III offers comments supporting and opposing the propositions that Say-on-Pay causes shareholders to become better informed and more involved in the executive pay process, and that it results in better decision-making by boards of directors.

By Joseph E. Bachelder III

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March 19, 2015 | New York Law Journal

In his Executive Compensation column, Joseph E. Bachelder III offers comments supporting and opposing the propositions that Say-on-Pay causes shareholders to become better informed and more involved in the executive pay process, and that it results in better decision-making by boards of directors.

By Joseph E. Bachelder III

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December 19, 2014 | New York Law Journal

In his Executive Compensation column, Joseph E. Bachelder III examines the intrinsic value versus the market price of a publicly traded corporation and the current design of long-term incentives awarded to the management of such corporations.

By Joseph E. Bachelder III

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September 19, 2014 | New York Law Journal

In his Executive Compensation column, Joseph E. Bachelder III examines the 100-year history of stock options, including periods of extraordinary popularity (e.g., the 1990s) and less popularity when the stock markets were in the doldrums, and takes a look at where options are today.

By Joseph E. Bachelder III

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June 30, 2014 | New York Law Journal

In his Executive Compensation column, Joseph E. Bachelder, III of McCarter & English takes a look at the correlation between the long-term incentive compensation of these three categories of performers and long-term value creation in U.S. public corporations that is attributable to them.

By Joseph E. Bachelder III

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