Ira G. Bogner

Labor & Employment

Ira G. Bogner, Robert M. Projansky, Adam W. Scoll | Proskauer

On March 12, 2014, the U.S. Department of Labor (the DOL) issued a proposed amendment (the Proposed Amendment) to its final regulations (the Final Regulations) under Section 408(b)(2) of ERISA (commonly referred to as the “necessary services exemption”), which would require covered...

Michael S. Sirkin, Andrea S. Rattner, Ira G. Bogner, Lisa A. Berkowitz Herrnson | Proskauer

On October 22, 2007, the IRS and the Treasury Department issued Notice 2007-86 (the "Notice") extending to December 31, 2008 certain transition relief regarding the application ofSection 409A of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended ("Section 409A"), to nonqualified deferred compensation...

Ira G. Bogner, Jacob Friedman, Andrea S. Rattner, Michael S. Sirkin, Michael A. Katz | Proskauer

In response to the perceived abuse of nonqualified deferred compensation arrangements for the benefit of executives, Congress recently passed the American Jobs Creation Act of 2004 (the "Jobs Act"), which will have a substantial impact on these arrangements. The Jobs Act adds new Section 409A...

Ira G. Bogner, Michael Krasnovsky | Proskauer

The SEC recently approved corporate governance rules submitted by the New York Stock Exchange ("NYSE") and Nasdaq Stock Market, Inc. ("Nasdaq").Both provide that "independent directors" must comprise a majority of the board of every listed company (with some limited exceptions). The NYSE rules...