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Jul 10, 2024 | 
mondaq.com | Gillian Emmett Moldowan |Matthew Behrens |Jessica Delbaum |Ben Gris
On July 3, 2024, the United States District Court for
the Northern District of Texas (the "Court") in Ryan LLC
v. Federal Trade Commission ("Ryan") preliminarily
enjoined the U.S. Federal Trade Commission ("FTC") from
enforcing its recently promulgated, but not yet effective,
non-compete rule (the "Non-Compete Rule") against
plaintiff Ryan LLC and certain trade groups serving as
plaintiff-intervenors.
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Apr 22, 2024 | 
concurrences.com | Doreen Lilienfeld |Gillian Emmett Moldowan |John Cannon |Matthew Behrens
Doreen E. Lilienfeld is Shearman & Sterling LLP’s Global Managing Partner. She also previously served as the Practice Group Leader for the Global Governance & Advisory Practice Group; Compensation, Governance and ERISA / Private Clients. She focuses on a wide variety of compensation-related matters, including the design and implementation of retention and compensation plans, disclosure and regulatory compliance, and employment negotiations with senior executives.
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Apr 22, 2024 | 
concurrences.com | Gillian Emmett Moldowan |Doreen Lilienfeld |John Cannon |Matthew Behrens
Gillian Emmett Moldowan is the Global Governance & Advisory Practice Group Leader and a partner in the Compensation, Governance & ERISA practice of Shearman & Sterling. Gillian is Co-Chair of the ShearmanWomen Council and a member of the firm’s Women Partners Committee. She advises companies, boards of directors, executives and investors on compensation and benefit matters, including equity-based incentives, deferred compensation programs and employment, retention and severance arrangements.
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Apr 22, 2024 | 
concurrences.com | John Cannon |Doreen Lilienfeld |Gillian Emmett Moldowan |Matthew Behrens
John Cannon is a partner in the Compensation, Governance & ERISA practice of Shearman & Sterling LLP. He focuses on all aspects of compensation and benefits, including corporate, securities, bankruptcy, employment and tax laws and ERISA. He has extensive experience in executive compensation and corporate governance matters, Dodd-Frank and Sarbanes-Oxley, and the employee issues implicated in the mergers and acquisitions context.
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Apr 18, 2024 | 
mondaq.com | John Cannon |Doreen Lilienfeld |Gillian Emmett Moldowan |Matthew Behrens
On April 3, 2024, the Department of Labor (DOL) released its final rule amending Prohibited Transaction
Exemption 84-14 (PTE 84-14).
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Apr 15, 2024 | 
lexology.com | Doreen Lilienfeld |Gillian Emmett Moldowan |Matthew Behrens
On April 3, 2024, the Department of Labor (DOL) released its final rule amending Prohibited Transaction Exemption 84-14 (PTE 84-14).
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Feb 14, 2024 | 
mondaq.com | John Cannon |Doreen Lilienfeld |Gillian Emmett Moldowan |Matthew Behrens
For many companies, the use of "form" employee
documents is an efficient practice that ensures consistent
treatment. That said, reliance on forms can often breed
complacency.
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Jan 19, 2024 | 
mondaq.com | John Cannon |John Finley |Doreen Lilienfeld |Gillian Emmett Moldowan
More than five years after the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals
decision to vacate the Department of Labor's (DOL) 2016
fiduciary rule, the DOL has proposed a new rule that, once again,
attempts to re-define when financial organizations are so-called
"investment advice fiduciaries" subject to ERISA. The
proposed rule will be of particular interest to broker-dealers,
banks, investment advisers and insurance firms and their agents
that interact with retail retirement clients.
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Jan 16, 2024 | 
mondaq.com | John Cannon |Doreen Lilienfeld |Gillian Emmett Moldowan |Matthew Weston
The U.S. Senate recently passed the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year
2024 (the "NDAA"), which, if enacted, would subject
insiders (i.e., directors, executive officers and greater than 10%
shareholders) of foreign private issuers ("FPIs") to the
requirements of Section 16 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934,
as amended, with respect to their ownership and transactions in the
securities of the relevant FPI.
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Jan 16, 2024 | 
mondaq.com | John Cannon |Doreen Lilienfeld |Gillian Emmett Moldowan |Matthew Behrens
On June 9, 2023, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC)
approved the New York Stock Exchange's (NYSE) and Nasdaq Stock
Market's (Nasdaq) proposed clawback listing standards,
including the amendments that delayed the effective date of
the rules to October 2, 2023. Listed companies now have
until December 1, 2023 to adopt
Dodd-Frank-compliant clawback policies.
