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California Courts of Appeal

Sep. 20, 2013

California appellate court turns back 'say on pay' lawsuit

A California appellate court has rejected shareholders' bid to penalize a public company for the executive compensation package it adopted.


By Emily Green


Daily Journal Staff Writer


A California appellate court has rejected shareholders' bid to penalize a public company for the executive compensation package it adopted, in what is believed to be the first appellate ruling in the country to address "say on pay" lawsuits.


A wave of say-on-pay lawsuits were filed in the wake of the 2010 Dodd-Frank Act, which requires companies to submit executive compensation plans to ...

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