News and Events

• Debunking the Top 5 Myths of Compliance
• Top Ten Things Your Board Needs to
  Know about Effective Compliance and Ethics Programs

Executive Compensation Rules

• New Executive Compensation Disclosure Rules, by Covington & Burling LLP
• SEC Adopts New Executive Compensation and Related-Party Transaction Disclosures, by Jenner & Block
• Executive Compensation and Related Person Disclosure SEC Final Rule: Release No. 33-8732A

Document Assembly

• Fall in Line with Document Assembly: Applications to Change the Way You Practice

FAS 123

• Summary of Interpretation No. 44
  Accounting for Certain Transactions involving Stock Compensation—an interpretation of APB Opinion No. 25
• Summary of Statement No. 123 Accounting for Stock-Based
  Compensation (Issued 10/95)

FAS 123R

• Accounting for Employee Stock Options
• Effect of a Stock Split on Compensation
• FAS 123R - What it Really Means to
  Stock Administrators
• Summary of Statement No. 123 (revised 2004) Share-based Payment

Options Backdating

• Beyond Backdating: Stock Option Grant Self-Assessment Guide
• SEC Staff Addresses Backdating of Stock Options
• Options Granting Practice Tips
• Steps Corporate Counsel Should Take Regarding Backdating and Other Issues

PCAOB Statements

• Auditing the Fair Value of Share Options Granted to Employees
• Matters Related to Timing and Accounting for Option Grants

Section 409A

• Final 409a Regulations
• Top 10 Things to Know About the Final Section 409A Regulations

SOX

• Conformance, Performance, and Rapport: A Framework for Corporate and IT Governance
• SAS 70 In - Focus
• Sarbanes-Oxley: Does It Really Apply to and Private Corporations?
• The Impact of Sarbanes-Oxley on Private Business

Stock Option Management

• Certified Equity Professional Institute: Practice Guidelines 1
• Certified Equity Professional Institute: Practice Guidelines 2