It is common knowledge that in the delivery of healthcare most professionals believe that the trend will be away from “fee for service” and towards “fee for performance,” which means that providers will be paid to treat an entire population … Continue reading
Category Archives: The Law
Each year, the SEC issues a Press Release signaling its enforcement agenda for the coming year. Although this year’s Release, issued today, likely does not reflect an agenda specifically approved by the incoming administration, it no doubt reflects the intention of … Continue reading
What should corporate directors be worried about as they prepare for the New Year and the upcoming proxy season? First, a post-election revisiting to prior strategic planning based upon a reassessment of economic and political assumptions, including impact of trade and tariff … Continue reading
The SEC Rule requiring disclosure of the ratio of the compensation of the CEO to the median salary paid the company’s other employees was slow in coming; the law demanding such a Rule was a Congressional response to public pressure … Continue reading
On December 5, the Delaware Supreme Court decided that certain directors of successful on-line gaming company Zynga were not “independent” as a matter of Delaware law, and thus were not eligible to approve a transaction which benefited the majority stockholder … Continue reading
It is always interesting to see the Pitchbook report on the M&A market. Highlights from Q3 deals (which of course are pre-election): Median deal value increased to 8.4 times EBITDA; been rising all year. Median deal value as a multiple … Continue reading
The devil is always in the details when it comes to taxes, and the assumption that companies will just look at the cash that is sitting overseas, and may choose to repatriate it onshore and pay 10% (under the Trump plan) and pocket … Continue reading
You will read that the United States Supreme Court unanimously re-established the “old rule” for liability for insider trading: if person A tips person B with material inside information, both parties will be liable for insider trading under the securities … Continue reading
At the Boston breakfast meeting this week of the Association for Corporate Growth, venture capital fund managers discussed how they do business, and the impact of the presidential election. The answer: there will be changes in the business environment, but … Continue reading
The NACD panel on executive compensation set forth its perceptions of tasks for the public compensation committee for 2017. Set forth below are some significant take-aways: The first job of the compensation committee is to figure out how to motivate … Continue reading