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
Category Archives: The Law
Those reading newspapers know that Mary Jo White, Chair of the Securities and Exchange Commission, resigned effective in January. What does this foretell for financial reporting of publicly-held companies? This subject was discussed at the Tuesday morning meeting of the … Continue reading
ISS, proxy advisor to institutions invested in publicly-held companies, has issued changes in its methodology for evaluating executive compensation in connection with recommending shareholder voting under the SECs “Say-On-Pay” advisory procedure. The big take-away is this: ISS is retreating from … Continue reading
Each year for the past seven years, the MassChallenge program has accepted approximately 128 emerging companies in many industries, which become resident in the MassChallenge incubator (now in South Boston). For each of the last seven years, our firm has … Continue reading
Not quite yet, no matter how hard you may be in favor of that result, says Harvard Professor David Wilkins in remarks to the Boston Bar Association Annual Meeting at the Westin Copley on October 20th. Law school applications are … Continue reading
Big problems just keep getting bigger. In 2003, hackers succeeded in reaching their targets 74% of the time with a 20% detection rate by those being hacked. In 2015, detection increased to 25%, but hackers were now successful 95% … Continue reading
By now, everyone is generally aware that the model for healthcare delivery in the United States is moving away from “pay-for-service” and will focus in the long run on so-called “value-based care.” Dr. David Feygin of Becton Dickinson (a … Continue reading
Everyone know that office and RD space in greater Boston is facing a “tight” market. There are well over 2,000,000 square feet of office and RD space within the 495 band, according to Tom Hynes (CEO of Colliers International, presenting … Continue reading
My prior post reflected a discussion of economic trends among CEOs at the September 13th program conducted by the National Association of Corporate Directors/New England Chapter. One major theme, demanding its own separate treatment, had to do with the … Continue reading
“The world is in a pretty bad place,” intoned State Street CEO Joseph L. Hooley at a September 13th panel held in Boston under the auspices of the National Association of Corporate Directors/New England Chapter. He, Marcy Reed (President … Continue reading