Publications

• IRS Proposes New 162(m) Regulations
  23 January 2025
  Simone S. Hicks
  ,
  Jonathan F. Lewis
  ,
  Frank Mitchell
  ,
  J. Michael Snypes, Jr.
  ,
  Alison E. Buckley-Serfass
  ,
  Sarah A. Burke
  ,
  Kathleen M. Emberger
  ,
  Douglas M. Hirn
  ,
  Alexandra M. Schoellkopf
• Private Equity Report: 2025 Outlook
  January 2025
  Katherine Ashton
  ,
  Megan K. Bannigan
  ,
  Dominic Blaxill
  ,
  Ezra Borut
  ,
  Geoffrey P. Burgess
  ,
  Andrew J. Ceresney
  ,
  Charu A. Chandrasekhar
  ,
  Tim Cornell
  ,
  Luke Dembosky
  ,
  Jane Engelhardt
  ,
  Andrew Ford
  ,
  Andrew J. Gershon
  ,
  Avi Gesser
  ,
  James Grimwood
  ,
  Jyotin Hamid
  ,
  Ted Hassi
  ,
  Morgan J. Hayes
  ,
  Simone S. Hicks
  ,
  Peter J. Irwin
  ,
  Eric T. Juergens
  ,
  Arian M. June
  ,
  Robert B. Kaplan
  ,
  M. Natasha Labovitz
  ,
  Jonathan F. Lewis
  ,
  Sidney P. Levinson
  ,
  Andrew M. Levine
  ,
  Erez Liebermann
  ,
  Timothy McIver
  ,
  Frank Mitchell
  ,
  Gordon Moodie
  ,
  Edwin Northover
  ,
  Brett M. Novick
  ,
  Sheena Paul
  ,
  Benjamin R. Pedersen
  ,
  Marc Ponchione
  ,
  Ryan T. Rafferty
  ,
  William D. Regner
  ,
  Julie M. Riewe
  ,
  Paul D. Rubin
  ,
  Zachary H. Saltzman
  ,
  Michael Schaper
  ,
  Kevin M. Schmidt
  ,
  Shannon Rose Selden
  ,
  Scott B. Selinger
  ,
  Thomas Smith
  ,
  Kristin A. Snyder
  ,
  J. Michael Snypes, Jr.
  ,
  Rick Sofield
  ,
  Abraham Tabaie
  ,
  Katherine Durnan Taylor
  ,
  Ramya S. Tiller
  ,
  Jonathan R. Tuttle
  ,
  Patricia Volhard
  ,
  Erica S. Weisgerber
  ,
  Jennifer Wheater
  ,
  Mary Jo White
  ,
  Alison E. Buckley-Serfass
  ,
  Brett Adam Bush
  ,
  Zhiyan Cao
  ,
  Jennifer R. Cestaro
  ,
  Robert T. Dura
  ,
  Stuart Hammer
  ,
  Lauren P. Heller
  ,
  Jin-Hyuk Jang
  ,
  Jared I. Kagan
  ,
  Wen-Wei Lai
  ,
  Michael P. McGuigan
  ,
  Melissa Runsten
  ,
  Tricia Bozyk Sherno
  ,
  Elie J. Worenklein
  ,
  John Young
  ,
  Ulysses Smith
  ,
  Erik J. Andrén
  ,
  Lauren K. Burns
  ,
  Josephine Chen
  ,
  Perpétua B. Chéry
  ,
  Daniel N. Cohen
  ,
  Paul Eastham
  ,
  Eliza Ezrapour
  ,
  Julia Glazer
  ,
  Isabelle Glimcher
  ,
  Alice Gu
  ,
  Rory Heller
  ,
  Andrew Hong
  ,
  Yiran Ji
  ,
  Emily Kennedy
  ,
  Nicole Miller
  ,
  Amy Pereira
  ,
  John M. Satira
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  Adam C. Saunders
  ,
  Noah L. Schwartz
  ,
  Alfie Scott
  ,
  Sheng Shao
  ,
  John Sullivan Baker
• Delaware Supreme Court Endorses Broad Application of the “Employee Choice” Doctrine
  23 December 2024
  Jyotin Hamid
  ,
  Simone S. Hicks
  ,
  Jonathan F. Lewis
  ,
  Frank Mitchell
  ,
  J. Michael Snypes, Jr.
  ,
  Alison E. Buckley-Serfass
  ,
  Tricia Bozyk Sherno
  ,
  Rebeka Danielle Cohan
  ,
  Alexandra M. Schoellkopf
• 2025 Executive Compensation Reminders for Public Companies
  20 December 2024
  Jyotin Hamid
  ,
  Simone S. Hicks
  ,
  Eric T. Juergens
  ,
  Jonathan F. Lewis
  ,
  Frank Mitchell
  ,
  J. Michael Snypes, Jr.
  ,
  Alison E. Buckley-Serfass
  ,
  Tricia Bozyk Sherno
  ,
  Sandy M. De Sousa
• Key Considerations for the 2025 Proxy Season
  18 December 2024
  Simone S. Hicks
  ,
  Eric T. Juergens
  ,
  Benjamin R. Pedersen
  ,
  Paul M. Rodel
  ,
  J. Michael Snypes, Jr.
  ,
  Alison E. Buckley-Serfass
  ,
  Alice Gu
  ,
  Victoria S. Li
  ,
  Amy Pereira
  ,
  Brett L. Edelblum
• Ten Employment and Employee Benefits Areas to Watch in Trump’s Second Term
  10 December 2024
  Jyotin Hamid
  ,
  Simone S. Hicks
  ,
  Jonathan F. Lewis
  ,
  Frank Mitchell
  ,
  J. Michael Snypes, Jr.
  ,
  Alison E. Buckley-Serfass
  ,
  Tricia Bozyk Sherno
  ,
  Ann Manov
  ,
  Rebeka Danielle Cohan
• Rethinking Clawback Policies for the 2025 Compensation Season
  20 November 2024
  Simone S. Hicks
  ,
  Jonathan F. Lewis
  ,
  Frank Mitchell
  ,
  J. Michael Snypes, Jr.
  ,
  Alison E. Buckley-Serfass
  ,
  Sarah A. Burke
  ,
  Kathleen M. Emberger
  ,
  Douglas M. Hirn
• Federal Court Sets Aside FTC Final Noncompete Rule Nationwide
  22 August 2024
  Tim Cornell
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  Jyotin Hamid
  ,
  Ted Hassi
  ,
  Simone S. Hicks
  ,
  Jonathan F. Lewis
  ,
  Frank Mitchell
  ,
  Michael Schaper
  ,
  J. Michael Snypes, Jr.
  ,
  Abraham Tabaie
  ,
  Alison E. Buckley-Serfass
  ,
  Tricia Bozyk Sherno
• Preliminary Ruling Casts Doubt on FTC Final Noncompete Rule
  8 July 2024
  Tim Cornell
  ,
  Jyotin Hamid
  ,
  Ted Hassi
  ,
  Simone S. Hicks
  ,
  Jonathan F. Lewis
  ,
  Frank Mitchell
  ,
  John (Jay) Neukom
  ,
  Michael Schaper
  ,
  J. Michael Snypes, Jr.
  ,
  Alison E. Buckley-Serfass
  ,
  Tricia Bozyk Sherno
• Insurance Industry Corporate Governance Newsletter
  3 June 2024
  Eric Dinallo
  ,
  Jyotin Hamid
  ,
  Ted Hassi
  ,
  Simone S. Hicks
  ,
  Jonathan F. Lewis
  ,
  Frank Mitchell
  ,
  John (Jay) Neukom
  ,
  Nicholas F. Potter
  ,
  Michael Schaper
  ,
  J. Michael Snypes, Jr.
  ,
  Alison E. Buckley-Serfass
  ,
  Tricia Bozyk Sherno
• FTC Issues Final Noncompete Rule
  24 April 2024
  Jyotin Hamid
  ,
  Ted Hassi
  ,
  Simone S. Hicks
  ,
  Jonathan F. Lewis
  ,
  Frank Mitchell
  ,
  John (Jay) Neukom
  ,
  Michael Schaper
  ,
  J. Michael Snypes, Jr.
  ,
  Alison E. Buckley-Serfass
  ,
  Tricia Bozyk Sherno
• Important Upcoming Deadline under New California Noncompete Legislation
  2 January 2024
  Jyotin Hamid
  ,
  Simone S. Hicks
  ,
  Jonathan F. Lewis
  ,
  J. Michael Snypes, Jr.
  ,
  Tricia Bozyk Sherno
• 2024 Executive Compensation To-Do List for Public Companies
  8 December 2023
  Lawrence K. Cagney
  ,
  Jyotin Hamid
  ,
  Simone S. Hicks
  ,
  Eric T. Juergens
  ,
  Jonathan F. Lewis
  ,
  Frank Mitchell
  ,
  J. Michael Snypes, Jr.
  ,
  Alison E. Buckley-Serfass
  ,
  Tricia Bozyk Sherno
  ,
  Sandy M. De Sousa
• SEC Issues Third Round of Interpretive Guidance on Pay-versus-Performance Disclosures
  29 November 2023
  Lawrence K. Cagney
  ,
  Simone S. Hicks
  ,
  Eric T. Juergens
  ,
  Jonathan F. Lewis
  ,
  Frank 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
  ,
  Jonathan F. Lewis
  ,
  Frank Mitchell
  ,
  J. Michael Snypes, Jr.
  ,
  Alison E. Buckley-Serfass
• SEC Issues Additional Interpretive Guidance on Pay-versus-Performance Disclosures
  29 September 2023
  Lawrence K. Cagney
  ,
  Simone S. Hicks
  ,
  Jonathan F. Lewis
  ,
  Frank 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
  ,
  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
  ,
  M. Natasha Labovitz
  ,
  Maurizio Levi-Minzi
  ,
  Andrew M. Levine
  ,
  Sidney P. Levinson
  ,
  Jonathan F. Lewis
  ,
  Timothy McIver
  ,
  Frank 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 Rielly
  ,
  Samuel D. Krawiecz
  ,
  Harshil Mehta
  ,
  Stanley G. Seckler
  ,
  Sheng Shao
  ,
  Massy Vainshtein
• New Bill Banning Noncompetes Could Soon Become Law in New York
  23 June 2023
  Jyotin Hamid
  ,
  Ted Hassi
  ,
  Jonathan F. Lewis
  ,
  Frank 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
  ,
  Jonathan F. Lewis
  ,
  Frank 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
  ,
  Jonathan F. Lewis
  ,
  Frank 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
  ,
  Jonathan F. Lewis
  ,
  Frank Mitchell
  ,
  J. Michael Snypes, Jr.
  ,
  Alison E. Buckley-Serfass
  ,
  Douglas M. Hirn
• Public Company Planning: 2023 Executive Compensation To-Do List
  16 December 2022
  Lawrence K. Cagney
  ,
  Simone S. Hicks
  ,
  Jonathan F. Lewis
  ,
  Frank Mitchell
  ,
  J. Michael Snypes, Jr.
  ,
  Alison E. Buckley-Serfass
• SEC Adopts Significant Amendments Regarding 10b5-1 Trading Plans and Augmented Trading-Related Disclosure Requirements
  16 December 2022
  Morgan J. Hayes
  ,
  Benjamin R. Pedersen
  ,
  Steven J. Slutzky
  ,
  J. Michael Snypes, Jr.
  ,
  Alison E. Buckley-Serfass
  ,
  Amy Pereira
  ,
  Chris Gallucci
• SEC Adopts Final Clawback Rules
  28 October 2022
  Lawrence K. Cagney
  ,
  Simone S. Hicks
  ,
  Jonathan F. Lewis
  ,
  Frank 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
  ,
  Jonathan F. Lewis
  ,
  Frank Mitchell
  ,
  J. Michael Snypes, Jr.
  ,
  Alison E. Buckley-Serfass
  ,
  Kathleen M. Emberger
• SEC Reminds Public Company Executives That Clawbacks Are a Priority
  17 June 2022
  Lawrence K. Cagney
  ,
  Simone S. Hicks
  ,
  Jonathan F. Lewis
  ,
  Frank 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
  ,
  Frank Mitchell
  ,
  J. Michael Snypes, Jr.
  ,
  Alison E. Buckley-Serfass
• Return of the Clawback Rule
  20 October 2021
  Lawrence K. Cagney
  ,
  Simone S. Hicks
  ,
  Jonathan F. Lewis
  ,
  Frank Mitchell
  ,
  J. Michael Snypes, Jr.
  ,
  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
  ,
  Jonathan F. Lewis
  ,
  Frank 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
  ,
  Jonathan F. Lewis
  ,
  Frank Mitchell
  ,
  J. Michael Snypes, Jr.
  ,
  Tricia Bozyk Sherno
• We’ll Know an Investment Advice Fiduciary When We See One
  11 January 2021
  Lawrence K. Cagney
  ,
  Jonathan F. Lewis
  ,
  Frank 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
  ,
  Jonathan F. Lewis
  ,
  Frank 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
  ,
  Jonathan F. Lewis
  ,
  Frank 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
  ,
  Jonathan F. Lewis
  ,
  Frank 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
  ,
  Frank 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
  ,
  Jonathan F. Lewis
  ,
  Frank 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
  ,
  Jonathan F. Lewis
  ,
  Frank 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
  ,
  Jonathan F. Lewis
  ,
  Frank 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
  ,
  Jonathan F. Lewis
  ,
  Frank Mitchell
  ,
  Alison E. Buckley-Serfass
  ,
  J. Michael Snypes, Jr.
  ,
  Tricia Bozyk Sherno
• IRS Guidance on Navigating the $1 Million Executive Compensation Deduction Limitation under Section 162(m)
  5 September 2018
  Lawrence K. Cagney
  ,
  Jonathan F. Lewis
  ,
  Elizabeth Pagel Serebransky
  ,
  J. Michael Snypes, Jr.
• Tax Reform: The Impact on Management Incentive Programs for PE Sponsors
  13 November 2017
  Lawrence K. Cagney
  ,
  Jonathan F. Lewis
  ,
  Elizabeth Pagel Serebransky
  ,
  J. Michael Snypes, Jr.