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The Final Regulatory Reform Bill - The Fallout on Executive Compensation and Corporate Governance

By:  Casey M. Nault
July 29, 2010

Overview

On July 21, 2010, President Obama signed into law what many view as the most sweeping reform of financial regulation since the Great Depression.  As forecast in our prior a... More »

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Activists Get Their Wish: Financial Regulatory Reform's Executive Compensation and Corporate Governance Provisions

By Casey M. Nault
June 2, 2010

Overview

On May 20, 2010, the U.S. Senate adopted its version of financial regulatory reform: the Restoring American Financial Stability Act... More »

Back To The Future: 2012 - A Banking Odyssey

By Stephen M. Klein
June 2, 2010

A Glimpse Into The Future

Imagine, it is now 2012 and the economy and banking environment have started to settle out. We are down to about 7,5... More »

Rising From The Ashes

By Stephen M. Klein 
April 23, 2010

On the Road Again

Well this time it was Italy for pleasure. But guess what I encountered? – a volcanic eruption with ashes spewing all over... More »

The Domino and Migration Theories

By Stephen M. Klein 
February 25, 2010

Who Woulda Thought Dominoes Applied to Banking?
My partner Kumi Baruffi and I recently... More »

The Banking World As We Know It

By Stephen M. Klein 
January 22, 2010

Introduction

It’s been several months since my last CyberGraham. As I sit on a plane, yet again, I struggle to reduce my thoughts to writ... More »

Important Tax Changes Effective January 1, 2010

By Wendy S. Goffe and Marcia K. Fujimoto
January 20, 2010

The federal estate tax and generation-skipping transfer tax were repealed as of January 1, 2010, and will come back on January 1, 2011, with an exempt amou... More »

U.S. Patent and Trademark Office Announces its New Green Technology Pilot Program

by Kathleen T. Petrich ,
December 11, 2009

On December 7, 2009, the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (“PTO”) announced, in conjunction with the United Nations Framework Con... More »

Don't Play With Fire Boys and Girls

By Stephen M. Klein
November 18, 2009

The Proposed Restructure

Well, Senator Dodd, bless his heart, has come out with yet another proposal to restructure the f... More »

Incentive Compensation: The Federal Reserve Speaks

By Casey M. Nault
November 17, 2009

Overview

On October 22, 2009, the Federal Reserve Board issued proposed guidance designed to ensure that incentive compensati... More »

Going, Going, Gone

By Stephen M. Klein
October 2, 2009

En Route Again

As I head down to San Francisco for yet another meeting with a federal banking regulator on behalf of a client, I ask myself, “Wha... More »

Entering The Asset Management Game - A Guide To Successfully Making The Transition

By Irvin W. Sandman, and Russell C. Savrann
Graham & Dunn HART Force
September 17, 2009

The hotel industry is seeing an increased inte... More »

Life After the Scorched Earth

By Stephen M. Klein
August 24, 2009

The Beat Goes On

It’s been over a year of economic turmoil and while things haven’t really stabilized yet, there seems to be a glim... More »

Union Organizers Turn Up the Heat in Olympia and D.C.

By Clemens H. Barnes
July 22, 2009

Four months ago, the “Employee Free Choice Act”—which would have helped union organizers by eliminating secret ballot elect... More »

Executive Compensation and Corporate Governance - The SEC and Treasury Strike Again

By Casey M. Nault
July 10, 2009

Introduction and Background

On July 1, 2009, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) voted to propose new rules on executive compensation and... More »

Banking On The Brink

By Stephen M. Klein
July 6, 2009

The Cloud Under Which Banks are Operating

Most banks are operating under a bleak cloud. It is composed of two elements: a dismal economy and a str... More »

State Regulation of Franchising; the Washington Experience Revisited

By Douglas C. Berry, David M. Byers, and Daniel J. Oates
July 1, 2009

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What Does The New Facebook Personalized URLs Mean For Trademark Owners

By Robert C. Cumbow 
June 15, 2009

On June 12, 2009, Facebook, the online social networking site, began allowing its millions of users to create personalized URLs for their Facebook p... More »