About CompensationStandards.com
Our mission is simple - we are committed to providing practical and responsible guidance in the area of executive compensation, as well as provide comprehensive analysis of executive compensation disclosures. We provide this guidance in numerous forms - through our popular annual week of Conferences and the extensive resources available on this web site, which include both the online version of Lynn, Borges & Romanek's "Executive Compensation Disclosure Treatise & Reporting Guide" and our issues of the Compensation Standards newsletter.
This web site is a "one stop" resource for information about responsible executive compensation practices. Among other features, this "one stop" resource includes:
- Online version of Lynn, Borges & Romanek's "Executive Compensation Disclosure Treatise & Reporting Guide"
- Quarterly issues of Compensation Standards newsletter
- An active "Q&A Discussion" Forum in which active participants answer technical questions and share practice tips
- Three popular blogs
- Guidance on the latest developments and practices
- Analysis of new plans, features and practices, including sample tools to more responsibly set pay practices
- Relevant articles and client memos, including memos and guidance from compensation consultants
- Examples of sound proxy disclosures
- Portal of thoughtful media articles, including articles about good and bad practices
Meredith Ervine is a Senior Editor of TheCorporateCounsel.net, CompensationStandards.com and DealLawyers.com. Most recently, Meredith was a partner at Honigman LLP, serving as co-chair of the Public Company, Securities and Governance practice where she counseled publicly traded companies headquartered across the U.S. Meredith began her career in 2008 in the New York office of Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP. Meredith was named a Best Lawyer in America (2023) in the areas of Corporate Governance Law and Securities/Capital Markets Law.
Meredith can be reached at mervine@ccrcorp.com.
Liz Dunshee is a partner in Fredrikson & Byron's Minneapolis office. Liz is also a Senior Editor for TheCorporateCounsel.net, CompensationStandards.com and DealLawyers.com, as well as The Corporate Counsel, The Corporate Executive and Deal Lawyers print newsletters, and served as Managing Editor for three years until December 2022. Liz counsels public companies on investor communications and engagement, SEC and exchange-based disclosure requirements, listing standards, trading policies and plans, and employee compliance training, and co-chairs Fredrikson's public companies practice group.
Liz is a Chapter Officer for the Twin Cities Chapter of the Society for Corporate Governance and co-chaired the American Bar Association's task force on director misconduct. During law school, she interned for the Honorable Randy Holland of the Delaware Supreme Court. Liz is a frequent author and speaker on securities and corporate law topics, with articles appearing in publications such as Business Law Today, The Corporate Board and The Corporate Governance Advisor.
Liz can be reached at liz@thecorporatecounsel.net. You can also follow Liz on Twitter and LinkedIn.
John Jenkins is Managing Editor of TheCorporateCounsel.net, CompensationStandards.com, DealLawyers.com and The Corporate Counsel and Deal Lawyers print newsletters. For over 35 years, he advised clients on capital markets, mergers and acquisitions, and corporate matters as a partner in the Cleveland office of Calfee, Halter & Griswold LLP. He frequently writes and speaks about corporate and securities law, and previously served as an adjunct faculty member at The Cleveland-Marshall College of Law, Cleveland State University, where he taught a course in mergers and acquisitions law for a decade.
John can be reached at john@thecorporatecounsel.net. You can also follow John on Twitter.
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