The 2024 Election already portends transformative consequences for federal agencies, some of which may extend to executive compensation. Among the possible impacts, agency staffing levels are in...
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The Wagner Law Group’s Washington, D.C. Office: Experience, Savvy, And Leadership
The Wagner Law Group’s Washington, D.C. Office has continued to grow, adding Michael Schloss, EBSA’s former Director of Enforcement and before that a career ERISA litigator with the Office of the...
Change-in-Control Severance and Elon Musk: Why You Need a Springing Rabbi … Trust
On August 10th, Elon Musk made national headlines due to a lawsuit that Business Today heralded as “Former Twitter executive sues Elon Musk's X for $20 million in unpaid shares.” The article reports...
Ban on Non-Competition Agreements – What Employers Need to Know and Do Now
Introduction: On April 23, 2024 the U.S. Federal Trade Commission (FTC) approved a proposed final rule which bans new non-competition clauses in employment contracts for most workers across the...
New Fire for Enforcing Forfeiture-for-Competition Provisions
By Mark Poerio and Jordan Mamorsky The enforceability of non-compete provisions continues to be in the national spotlight. In a very recent Delaware Supreme Court decision, Cantor Fitzgerald, L.P....
Pay for Performance 2022: From Disclosure to Execution … to Retention
By Mark Poerio Tight labor markets tend to sharpen loyalty issues, as employers compete for an edge by which to retain — and motivate — their key employees. It does not take rocket science to defuse...
409A Checklist for Employment Agreements
It has been over 15 years since Congress enacted Internal Revenue Code §409A, and compliance has become generally routine for traditional deferred compensation and other non-qualified plans. Most...
Rabbi Trusts – When to ask. What to get.
By Mark Poerio A recent Law360 headline brought rabbi trusts immediately to mind. It reads "Ex-Manufacturing Co. CEO Says He's Owed $4.4M in Benefits" (4/10/2019).* Litigation sprung because the...