Compensation Incentives and Clawback Provisions

SEC adopts executive incentive compensation clawback rules

New SEC rule requires listed issuers to "claw back" incentive compensation received by executive officers in the event of certain restatements.

Considerations for Incentive Pay & Clawback Provisions

This article offers practical guidance for companies looking to stay ahead of the curve on the use of compensation mechanisms to incentivize compliance and ...

How Updated DOJ Guidance on Compensation Clawbacks ...

Having a compensation clawback policy where employees engage in or are responsible for misconduct carries benefits, including setting an example ...

1 The Criminal Division's Pilot Program Regarding Compensation ...

Accordingly, the Division is conducting a Compensation Incentives and Clawbacks Pilot. Program (Program). As set forth below, the Program ...

Compensation clawback policies - what the board needs to know

Following accounting restatements, companies must recover erroneously awarded incentive-based compensation. In June 2023, the New York Stock Exchange and Nasdaq ...

Understanding Clawback Provisions: Essential Compensation ...

These provisions are triggered by specific events that warrant the recovery of some or all of the incentive compensation delivered to covered employees within a ...

Clawback: Definition, Meaning, How It Works, and Example

A clawback is a contractual provision requiring that money that's already paid to an employee must be returned to an employer or benefactor, sometimes with a ...

Navigating Clawback Provisions in Compensation Plans - Decusoft

Clawback clauses are often used in financial employment agreements to regulate bonus payments. Many bonuses in complicated financial instruments are ...

Considerations for Incentive Pay & Clawback Provisions

Considerations for Incentive Pay & Clawback Provisions ... In March 2023, Deputy Attorney General Lisa Monaco and Assistant Attorney General ...

Clawback of executive compensation Final Rule adopted

Accounting considerations for clawback provisions. The Final Rule defines “incentive-based compensation” as “any compensation that is granted, ...

SEC Clawback Rules: Practical Considerations and FAQs

Rule 10D-1 requires the clawback of erroneously awarded incentive-based compensation received by executive officers after an accounting ...

The SEC Incentive-Based Compensation Clawback Rule is now ...

On January 27, 2023, the SEC's new Executive Compensation Clawback Rules became effective. The rules require listed companies to: (1) ...

US DOJ implements first-ever incentive program to clawback ...

If the company successfully recoups compensation, it can retain those funds. However, if the company is unsuccessful at recouping the full amount, it must pay ...

The SEC's New Compensation “Clawback” Rules - Woodruff Sawyer

The SEC has adopted compensation recovery ("clawback") provisions to prevent executive officers from keeping compensation they received ...

SEC Adopts Final Executive Compensation Clawback Rules

Clawbacks under a clawback policy should recover compensation that is (1) incentive-based, (2) erroneously awarded, and (3) received by an ...

Clawback Provisions that Go Beyond SEC Requirements are ...

... clawback policy to recover excess incentive compensation from current and former executive officers in the event of a financial restatement.

DOJ Clawback Policy Spurs Compensation and Employment ...

This policy is aimed at incentivizing both public and private companies to incorporate clawback clauses into contracts and compensation policies ...

Reacting to DOJ Emphasis on Compensation Clawbacks

When crafting clawback policies and contracts, careful attention will need to be paid to what kinds of compensation would be considered “wages” and what kinds ...

The National Law Review - The SEC's New Clawback Rules

Compliant policies will require companies to clawback incentive-based compensation erroneously received by current or former executive officers ...

10 Questions to Ask About Incentives & Clawbacks

Both Congress and the DOJ have signaled an intent to use incentive compensation, along with the threat of clawback, as a way to encourage ...