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David represents corporations, the compensation committees of their boards of directors, financial investors and management groups and individual senior executives. His practice includes the design, negotiation, and documentation of stock-based compensation arrangements; deferred compensation arrangements; and senior executive employment, change-in-control; and separation agreements. He is a trusted advisor on executive compensation matters.

On May 19, 2026, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) proposed rule amendments that would significantly simplify executive compensation disclosure requirements for many public companies. The proposed rules would split public companies into large accelerated filers and non-accelerated filers. Non-accelerated filers would be subject to scaled executive compensation disclosure rules, similar to those presently applicable to emerging growth companies (EGCs), and they would not be required to conduct Say-on-Pay and related advisory votes. The SEC estimates that approximately 81% of public companies would be non-accelerated filers subject to these scaled disclosure rules. The remaining public companies would be large accelerated filers, representing the majority (about 93.5%) of public float, and they would remain subject to substantially the same executive compensation disclosure rules that currently apply to large accelerated filers.

California recently enacted Section 16608 of the California Business and Professions Code, which bans agreements that require employees to pay a “penalty, fee or cost” upon termination, effective January 1, 2026. 

Bonuses that are subject to repayment will be prohibited by this new law, unless they satisfy the following requirements: