Regular readers know that I have been tracking SPAC-related securities class action lawsuits and other SPAC-related litigation. As I discuss in the second item below, the SPAC-related class actions have continued to be filed as the year has progressed. There have also been SPAC-related shareholder derivative lawsuits filed as well, but none quite like the derivative lawsuit filed this week on behalf of Wall Street investor William Ackerman’s SPAC vehicle, Pershing Square Tontine Holdings Ltd. against the SPAC’s directors and other defendants. The suit claims that the defendants structured massive compensation arrangements for the SPAC sponsor and the SPAC directors in violation of the Investment Company Act of 1940 and the Investment Advisers Act of 1940. A copy of the complaint can be found here.
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Guest Post: As Equity Markets Surge, Carriers Need to Examine D&O Governance Exposure
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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Guest Post: COVID-19 Considerations for Employee and Director Compensation Reductions
In the following guest post, Partners Gregory T. Grogan and Jeannine McSweeney, and Associate Jake Phillips of the Simpson Thacher law firm take a look at key issues employers should consider when contemplating compensation reductions for employees and non-employee directors during the COVID-19 pandemic. A version of this article was previously published as a Simpson Thacher client memorandum. I would like to thank the authors for their willingness to allow me to publish their article as a guest post on my 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 the authors’ article.
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