An important corporate governance topic – but a subject that I frankly have not addressed frequently this site – is the topic of executive compensation. In the following guest post, Sarah Abrams, Director, Management Liability Claims at Markel, examines the recent rise in D&O litigation involving executive compensation. I would like to thank Sarah for allowing me to publish her article on this site. I welcome guest post submissions from responsible authors on topics of interest to this blog’s readers. Please contact me directly if you would like to submit a guest post. Here is Sarah’s article.
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