Accounting firm M&A deals often involve complex tax issues, and it’s important to understand their implications before undergoing negotiations and diligence so that you aren’t caught off-guard or have ...

The Treasury Department and the IRS have provided favorable transition relief for correcting arrangements that impermissibly condition the payment of nonqualified deferred compensation on a service ...

As the year is quickly coming to an end, it is especially prudent to review compensation arrangements from an Internal Revenue Code section 409A perspective. Generally, Section 409A applies to ...

You finally closed your first round, or you’re about to issue equity to an early hire who took a below-market salary to bet ...

The coronavirus pandemic has caused widespread economic uncertainty and unanticipated liquidity issues for a wide range of individuals, including plan participants of nonqualified deferred ...

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A recent decision of the Second Circuit Court of Appeals protects discretionary decisions by plan administrators and illustrates the application of the definition of an “involuntary separation from ...

As discussed in a previous Morrison & Foerster alert, the Internal Revenue Service issued Notice 2010-6 on January 5, 2010. Notice 2010-6 offers opportunities for companies to correct documentary ...

While the news cycle in the world of sports is ever changing, a few occurrences in the past several years deserve further discussion in the executive compensation community – Shohei Ohtani’s deferral ...