Not exact matches
Add another one to the list: for one year, it smashed all records for the
highest executive
compensation in Canada,
awarding its former CEO Michael Pearson $ 179 million in company stock, for a total take - home
of $ 182 million, more than double paid to the previous year's
highest paid CEO, BlackBerry's John Chen.
For each proxy statement position, this
compensation data was ranked from
highest to lowest by the combined total amount
of annual cash plus the annualized value
of long - term incentive
awards.
The HRC has reaffirmed the policy
of deferring a portion
of annual incentive
compensation for the Company's
highest earners in the form
of long - term
awards whose vesting terms take into account longer risk - emergence periods, and has overseen the implementation
of standard performance objectives for the Company's control function staff to further prevent or discourage excessive risk - taking.
As in 2010, the HRC
awarded named executives a combination
of compensation composed
of a
high percentage
of performance - based pay, predominantly in long - term equity
compensation.
In addition, the HRC recently expanded the use
of Performance Share
awards to a broader group
of management, and reaffirmed the Company's directive to provide a portion
of annual incentive
compensation in long - term
awards for the Company's
highest earners and to create standard performance objectives for the Company's control function staff, to further provide safeguards that either prevent or discourage excessive risk - taking.
In the event
of a change
of control (as defined in the plan), the
compensation committee may, in its discretion, provide for any or all
of the following actions: (i)
awards may be continued, assumed, or substituted with new rights, (ii)
awards may be purchased for cash equal to the excess (if any)
of the
highest price per share
of common stock paid in the change in control transaction over the aggregate exercise price
of such
awards, (iii) outstanding and unexercised stock options and stock appreciation rights may be terminated, prior to the change in control (in which case holders
of such unvested
awards would be given notice and the opportunity to exercise such
awards), or (iv) vesting or lapse
of restrictions may be accelerated.
Adding to
high profitability, Lear Corp's executive
compensation plan recognizes the importance
of ROIC, as two - thirds
of long - term incentive
awards are tied to achieving a target ROIC.
Thus, the
highest number
of points — 138
of the 500 - point scale that Duncan and his staff created for the Race — would be
awarded based on a commitment to eliminate what teachers» union leaders consider the most important protections enjoyed by their members: seniority - based
compensation and permanent job security.
One
of the biggest bonuses
of Flying Club is tied to one
of its biggest minuses:
Award flights require significantly fewer miles than competitors, but have
high surcharges in
compensation.
Not until Germany's Federal Network Agency makes its assessment will it be clear whether bids significantly
higher than the current rates
of compensation will be
awarded contracts and if new players will be among the awardees or whether the contracts will be
awarded to the same companies who came out on top in the first round.
They tell us that making sure corporations are held accountable when their actions harm consumers, employees, or communities (70 %) should be a much
higher priority for the civil justice system than limiting the amount
of compensation that juries can
award for pain and suffering.»
Study Links Depo - Provera to Greater Breast Cancer Risk in Young Women, Drug Injury Lawyers Blog, July 16, 2012 Israeli Court
Awards Highest - Ever
Compensation in Class - Action Suit against Drug Company, Drug Injury Lawyers Blog, July 10, 2012 There have reportedly been more than 200 reports
of people sustaining serious health complications from taking Pradaxa.
Unlike many types
of employment claim, in cases
of discrimination, there is no limit on the amount
of compensation that can be
awarded — in some extreme cases
compensation run into millions
of pounds (if, say, you were a
high earner and the discrimination has ruined your career).
Martyn's aim is to secure rehabilitation for clients at the expense
of the defendant (the person or persons responsible for the accident), while fighting for the
highest possible
compensation award.
In that 2015 ruling, the
high court left it to the Workers»
Compensation Commission to determine how much
of a benefit the woman should receive, an
award ultimately set at $ 75 a week.
We have successfully represented clients and defended clients in several
high - stakes claims where the
compensation awarded or sought was in excess
of a million dollars.
Cloisters has always been at the cutting edge
of clinical negligence law, playing a lead role in many
of the major cases such as A v Powys Local Health Board (# 10.7 m), the
highest ever clinical negligence
award at trial and the first to break through the # 10m barrier; Masterman - Lister v Brutton & Co and others, the leading Court
of Appeal case on capacity; Iqbal v Whipps Cross University NHS Trust leading Court
of Appeal case regarding
compensation for the «lost years» and the doctrine
of precedent; Crofton v NHSLA in respect
of the impact
of local authority payments on damages for care; and Lucas v Barking, Havering & Redbridge Hospitals NHS Trust, the leading case on disclosure
of draft witness statements and expert reports.
Israeli Court
Awards Highest - Ever
Compensation in Class - Action Suit against Drug Company, Drug Injury Lawyers Blog, July 10, 2012 At Altman & Altman, LLP, our Depo - Provera lawyers represent clients and their families throughout the US that have been injured or lost a loved one because
of a dangerous drug.
Also, the levels
of compensation awarded to bereaved families are much
higher in Scotland, so we'd advise you to claim under Scottish law where possible.
It is also a decision that we can expect to be appealed given the importance
of the legal issues at stake and the size
of the damages
award made by the jury which, by Canadian standards, marks a
high for
compensation in an historical childhood sexual abuse case.
Successfully representing an individual in a
high profile race discrimination claim in which
compensation for injury to feelings in the top band
of Vento was
awarded along with substantial loss
of earnings.
See our Toronto Abuse Lawyer Elizabeth Grace's article «Trend develops for
higher sexual abuse non-pecuniary
awards» in The Lawyers Weekly, February 2010, for her analysis
of the trend towards
higher compensation awards in sexual abuse cases.
In some respects this latest example
of higher courts» preference for lumping losses
of contracted - for amenities or expectations within the bucket
of general
awards could be said to be disappointing, and sets a course which may take the civil law further away from the consumer - favoured
compensation culture
of professional and trade complaints agencies.
He has received multiple
awards as one
of the top workers
compensation attorneys in Minnesota, including an AV rating from Martindale - Hubbell, the
highest category available for skills and ethics.
We are committed to getting the
highest possible damage
awards on behalf
of our clients, and have already helped countless victims obtain millions
of dollars in
compensation.
If a state or federal court or housing agency finds that discrimination has taken place, a tenant may be
awarded damages, including any
higher rent paid as a result
of being turned down, an order directing the landlord to offer the rental to the tenant, and
compensation for humiliation or emotional distress.