On March 27, 2020, President Trump signed the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act or the “CARES Act”, into law. The CARES Act will provide significant financial relief to individuals and small businesses,...more
Today’s installment of our overview of the Proposed Regulations under Code Section 162(m) highlights the expansion of who is a “covered employee.” As a reminder, Code Section 162(m) generally limits the compensatory...more
On December 16, 2019, the Treasury Department released proposed regulations (the “Proposed Regulations”) to address the amendments made to Code Section 162(m) by the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (the “Amendment”). As background,...more
On August 21, 2018, the IRS issued Notice 2018-68 providing initial guidance on the amendments made to Section 162(m) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 (the “Code”) by the 2017 tax reform bill, which has been renamed “To...more
On December 20, 2017, the House of Representatives and the Senate voted to enact the tax reform bill, which has been renamed “To provide for reconciliation pursuant to titles II and V of the concurrent resolution on the...more
Please join the Locke Lord Employee Benefits and Executive Compensation Group for our 29th Annual Employee Benefits Seminar. Our attorneys will provide an overview of current developments related to employee benefit plans....more
Many public companies have not waited for the Securities Exchange Commission (SEC) to mandate executive compensation recovery policies, as required by the Dodd-Frank Act. Shareholder and peer pressure has resulted in the...more
On March 31, 2015, the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) published final regulations under Section 162(m) of the Internal Revenue Code (the Code). Code Section 162(m) disallows a deduction by any publicly-held corporation for...more