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Here are the essential reasons why every executive client -- both before as well as after they have retained an executive employment attorney -- should not be speaking or writing or emailing or connecting on social media, even to friends much less... Read More
A lengthy article in the Business section of The New York Times of February 11, 2018 recalled -- explicitly in response to the #MeToo movement -- all the turmoil and controversy when, in the early 1980’s, a young woman executive with a... Read More
Achieving a senior executive position in any organization is a substantial accomplishment. With such a position ordinarily comes expanded responsibilities as well as meaningfully increased compensation. However, such jobs also bring the real possibility of greater personal liability. In what is frequently... Read More
Earlier last year, in anticipation of favorable legislation under a Republican administration, the consulting firm Korn Ferry (in an on-line Commentary dated June 11, 2017), in response to criticism that the gap between the compensation paid to... Read More
Up until several years ago, we consistently argued that including a so-called “non-disparagement” clause in an executive employment agreement or an executive’s separation and severance agreement was not only a potential breeding ground for further controversy between the parties, but was unnecessary... Read More
Contemporary consumers of legal services are highly cost-conscious.
As lawyers who concentrate on executive contracts and compensation, we constantly challenge ourselves to make certain that the benefits of legal representation justify the cost to our clients.
Did we add value? Is the... Read More
We recently were successful in obtaining a tangible and well-deserved reward for the spouse of a university president, a concept also applicable to potential CEO spousal benefits in commercial sectors such as finance and media as well as the academic sphere.
Any... Read More
In past “Perspectives” as well as blogs on our firm’s website, I have written... Read More
In our post of July 27, 2017 entitled, “When An Executive Is Fired,” we argued that when an executive is terminated without Cause in the United States, as opposed to certain European countries, if the terminated executive does... Read More
What is the American executive who just has been terminated without Cause entitled to receive, if anything?
The detailed answer varies according to the executive’s particular situation, but the general answer is: whatever the executive is entitled to receive either Read More