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June 24, 2010

Analysis Reveals High CEO Pay for Underperforming Companies Results from Skewed Compensation Peer Groups and Board Indifference

A new study identifies a subset of S&P 500 companies with high pay that is not aligned with high performance. The data reveal that high executive pay companies self-select larger than appropriate peers - in terms of market capitalization and revenue - for compensation benchmarking purposes.

June 7, 2010

IRRC Institute & Harvard Law School Corporate Governance Program to Present Findings of Executive Compensation Research Series

Lucian Bebchuk, professor of law, economics and finance, and director of the program on corporate governance at Harvard Law School, will present the findings contained in the Executive Compensation Research Series sponsored by the IRRC Institute on June 15.