36 pages. Excerpt: Resuming a movement from last proxy season, pension-funds, activist investors, and their advisors (ISS, Glass-Lewis, etc.) continue to use shareholder proposals and voting for equity compensation plans and compensation committee members to push back on excessive practices. In the coming months, prospective legislation introduced by Rep. Barney Frank requiring shareholder approval of executive compensation programs could also take center stage in affecting Compensation Committee decision-making processes.  MORE >>