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“Clawback Comeback”: DOJ’s New Focus on Clawbacks to Prevent Corporate Crime

Proskauer's Employee Benefits & Executive Compensa

This new focus on “clawbacks” is intended to give general counsels and chief compliance officers the tools to implement “responsible corporate behavior” and to foster a corporate culture that both deters and punishes risky (and possibly criminal) behavior by top executives.

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Long Time Coming: SEC Adopts Final Dodd-Frank Clawback Rules

Proskauer's Employee Benefits & Executive Compensa

Twelve years after the enactment of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act, and many years after the Securities and Exchange Commission started considering regulations implementing the clawback provisions of Dodd-Frank, the SEC published the Final “Clawback” Rules (the “Final Rules”) on October 26, 2022.

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Restrictive Covenants Evolve from Common Law to Statutory Regulation: The 2022 Watershed

McDermott Will & Emery Employee Benefits

Although case law still governs restrictive covenants, states also are enacting restrictive covenants statutes. Restrictive covenants were once the exclusive province of the courts in each state. That is no longer the case. Today, 30 states (including Washington, DC) have laws affecting restrictive covenants.

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10 People Sustainability Strategies for Your Business

Vantage Circle

ESG , which stands for Environmental, Social, and Governance, refers to the set of factors that companies consider when evaluating their impact on society and the environment. These metrics are indicators used to assess the performance and potential risks of a business's operations concerning environmental, social, and governance issues.