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2012

Date Title
January 12, 2012

Not Just a Tax Issue: Lawsuits Crop Up Over IRS 162(m)

- CFO.com
Type: Articles
Author(s): Andrew C. Liazos
Practice Areas & Industries: Tax

2011

Date Title
December 19, 2011

ISS Toughens Up View of Executive Comp

- CFO
Type: Articles
Author(s): Andrew C. Liazos
Practice Areas & Industries: Employee Benefits , Executive Compensation , Tax

November 21, 2011

How to Avoid Tax Penalties on Deferred Comp

- CFO
Type: Articles
Author(s): Andrew C. Liazos
Practice Areas & Industries: Employee Benefits , Tax

October 24, 2011

Your Annual Bonus May Not Be Deductible

- CFO.com
Type: Articles
Author(s): Andrew C. Liazos
Practice Areas & Industries: Employee Benefits

September 21, 2011

Why RSUs Are Edging out Restricted Stock

- CFO.com
Type: Articles
Author(s): Andrew C. Liazos
Practice Areas & Industries: Employee Benefits

August 15, 2011

Be Ready for New State Taxes on Equity Comp

- CFO.com
Type: Articles
Author(s): Andrew C. Liazos
Practice Areas & Industries: Employee Benefits

July 25, 2011

Is Your Change-in-Control Protection Safe?

- CFO.com
Type: Articles
Author(s): Andrew C. Liazos
Practice Areas & Industries: Employee Benefits

June 13, 2011

Ghost of Enron Wreaks New Havoc on Exec Pay

- CFO.com
Type: Articles
Author(s): Andrew C. Liazos
Practice Areas & Industries: Employee Benefits

May 12, 2011

Clawbacks Revisited: How Dodd-Frank Might Have an Impact on the Design of Executive-Compensation Plans

- CFO.com
Type: Articles
Author(s): Andrew C. Liazos
Practice Areas & Industries: Employee Benefits , Employment Agreements - Executive Comp , Executive Compensation

2010

Date Title
October 2010

SEC Proposes Rules on Executive Compensation Shareholder Advisory Votes under Dodd-Frank

- Corporate Board Member
Type: Articles
Author(s): Andrew C. Liazos
Practice Areas & Industries: Employee Benefits , Employment Agreements - Executive Comp

June 4, 2010

Financial Reform Bill Has Bad News for Executive Compensation

- Corporate Board Member Magazine
Type: Articles
Author(s): Fredric D. Firestone , Eugene I. Goldman , Andrew C. Liazos , Michael A. Ungar
Practice Areas & Industries: Executive Compensation

February 28, 2010

Risk-taking, Diversity, and Director Qualifications: More on the New SEC Proxy Disclosure Rules

- Corporate Board Member Magazine
Type: Articles
Author(s): David A. Cifrino PC , Andrew C. Liazos
Practice Areas & Industries: Corporate

2010

4.3.6 Effects Of The New Compensation And Corporate Governance Rules On The 2010 Proxy Season

- The Encyclopedia of Private Equity and Venture Capital: Valuation and Private Placement Materials - VC Experts
Type: Other
Author(s): David A. Cifrino PC , Thomas P. Conaghan , Andrew C. Liazos , Thomas J. Murphy , Heidi Steele
Practice Areas & Industries: Corporate , Corporate Responsibility and Governance , Employee Benefits , Labor & Employment , Public Companies , Securities

2009

Date Title
January 2009

IRS Issues Initial Guidance and Limited Transition Relief for Nonqualified Deferred Compensation Plans Subject to New Section 457A

- BNA Tax Management Commentary
Type: Articles
Author(s): Joseph S. Adams , Andrew C. Liazos , David G. Noren , Stephen Pavlick PC , William R. Pomierski , David E. Rogers , Thomas P. Ward
Practice Areas & Industries: Employee Benefits , Executive Compensation , Tax

2008

Date Title
December 18, 2008

New 409A Guidance Issued, 457A Guidance Expected Shortly

- BNA Tax Management Commentary
Type: Articles
Author(s): Joseph S. Adams , Andrew C. Liazos
Practice Areas & Industries: Employee Benefits , Executive Compensation , Tax

December 17, 2008

United States: New 409A Guidance Issued, 457A Guidance Expected Shortly

- Mondaq
Type: Articles
Author(s): Joseph S. Adams , Nancy S. Gerrie , Andrew C. Liazos , Stephen Pavlick PC , William R. Pomierski , David E. Rogers
Practice Areas & Industries: Employee Benefits , Executive Compensation

November 2008

New World, New Rules

- Lawdragon
Type: Articles
Author(s): Joseph S. Adams , Andrew C. Liazos
Practice Areas & Industries: Employee Benefits , Executive Compensation

March 2008

IRS Issues More §162(m) Guidance

- BNA Tax Management Commentaries
Type: Articles
Author(s): Joseph S. Adams , Robert Feldgarden PC , Andrew C. Liazos , Stephen Pavlick PC
Practice Areas & Industries: Employee Benefits , Executive Compensation

March 2008

IRS Ruling Creates Uncertainty Regarding What Constitutes Performance-Based Compensation Under §162(m

- BNA Tax Management Commentaries
Type: Articles
Author(s): Joseph S. Adams , Robert Feldgarden PC , Andrew C. Liazos , Stephen Pavlick PC , William R. Pomierski
Practice Areas & Industries: Employee Benefits , Executive Compensation

February 27, 2008

United States: IRS Issues More Section 162(M) Guidance

- Mondaq
Type: Articles
Author(s): Joseph S. Adams , Andrew C. Liazos
Practice Areas & Industries: Employee Benefits , Executive Compensation

2007

Date Title
May 2007

Key Changes, Surprises and Opportunities in the Final 409A Regulations

- Banking & Financial Services Policy Report
Type: Articles
Author(s): Joseph S. Adams , Andrew C. Liazos
Practice Areas & Industries: Employee Benefits , Health and Welfare Benefit Plans

2006

Date Title
March 10 - 16, 2006

Mistakes in stock option pricing can mean tax hit

- Boston Business Journal
Type: Articles
Author(s): Andrew C. Liazos
Practice Areas & Industries: Employee Benefits

March 1, 2006

No Way Out? ON THE JOB

- Corporate Counsel
Type: Articles
Author(s): Andrew C. Liazos
Practice Areas & Industries: Employee Benefits , Executive Compensation

2005

Date Title
Winter 2005

Consumer Bankruptcy Act: Employee Benefits and Executive Compensation

- Benefits Law Journal
Type: Articles
Author(s): Andrew C. Liazos
Practice Areas & Industries: Employee Benefits , Executive Compensation

2004

Date Title
October 2004

Nonqualified Deferred Compensation Plans: Congress Approves Significant Changes to Tax Rules for Plans

- Practical US/Domestic Tax Strategies
Type: Articles
Author(s): Joseph S. Adams , Andrew C. Liazos
Practice Areas & Industries: Employee Benefits , Executive Compensation , Non-Qualified Deferred Compensation

August 27 - September 2, 2004

Beware: IRS targeting exec compensation in audits

- Boston Business Journal
Type: Articles
Author(s): Andrew C. Liazos
Practice Areas & Industries: Executive Compensation , Tax

2002

Date Title
December 20, 2002

"The Metaphysics of §402 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act and its Implications for Executive Compensation"

- BNA's Tax Management Memorandum
Type: Articles
Author(s): Andrew C. Liazos , Thomas J. Murphy
Practice Areas & Industries: Executive Compensation

September 9, 2002

"Sarbanes-Oxley Act - Implications for Executive Compensation"

- BuyOuts
Type: Articles
Author(s): David A. Cifrino PC , Andrew C. Liazos
Practice Areas & Industries: Executive Compensation

July 2002

"Tax Rules Proposed for Split-Dollar Life Insurance Arrangements"

- Practical US/Domestic Tax Strategies, Vol. 2, No. 7
Type: Articles
Author(s): Peter L. Faber , David A. Herpe , Andrew C. Liazos
Practice Areas & Industries: Executive Compensation , Tax

May 19, 2002

“Rules would throw light on executive stock deals”

- The Boston Globe
Type: Articles
Author(s): David A. Cifrino PC , Andrew C. Liazos
Practice Areas & Industries: Corporate

May 2002

"Comments on Split-Dollar Life Insurance under Notice 2001-10"

- The Tax Lawyer
Type: Articles
Author(s): Andrew C. Liazos
Practice Areas & Industries: Employee Benefits , Executive Compensation

May 2002

“Understanding the Nuances of New Golden Parachute Rules”

- Venture Capital Journal
Type: Articles
Author(s): Andrew C. Liazos
Practice Areas & Industries: Employee Benefits

2002

"After Enron: A Panel Discussion" (panel member)

- Journal of Global Financial Markets, Special Edition
Type: Articles
Author(s): Andrew C. Liazos
Practice Areas & Industries: Executive Compensation

March 2002

Executive Compensation Split Decisions

- CFO Magazine
Type: Articles
Author(s): Andrew C. Liazos
Practice Areas & Industries: Employee Benefits , Executive Compensation

February 21, 2002

“IRS Proposes New Golden Parachute Regs”

- Private Equity Week
Type: Articles
Author(s): Andrew C. Liazos
Practice Areas & Industries: Employee Benefits , Tax

January 28, 2002

“The IRS Gives Executives a Break”

- Business Week
Type: Articles
Author(s): Andrew C. Liazos
Practice Areas & Industries: Employee Benefits , Executive Compensation

2001

Date Title
November 18, 2001

“Bonds Draw Crowd, but is Party Over? (Regarding EGRRRA - State Law Conformity)”

- The Boston Globe
Type: Articles
Author(s): Andrew C. Liazos
Practice Areas & Industries: Employee Benefits

July 2001

“Notice 2001-10 and Split Dollar Life Insurance”

- Thompson Publishing Company
Type: Articles
Author(s): Andrew C. Liazos
Practice Areas & Industries: Employee Benefits , Insurance

June 5, 2001

“The Drowning Pool”

- Daily Deal
Type: Articles
Author(s): Andrew C. Liazos
Practice Areas & Industries:

June 5, 2001

“Options still rule”

- The Daily Deal
Type: Articles
Author(s): Andrew C. Liazos
Practice Areas & Industries:

May 7, 2001

“Compensation trends in today’s recruitment market”

- Mass High Tech
Type: Articles
Author(s): Andrew C. Liazos
Practice Areas & Industries: Employee Benefits , Executive Compensation

April 2001

“Take it Back”

- CFO Magazine
Type: Articles
Author(s): Andrew C. Liazos
Practice Areas & Industries: Employee Benefits

March 5, 2001

“IRS gives a late Christmas gift to employees with stock options”

- Mass High Tech
Type: Articles
Author(s): Andrew C. Liazos
Practice Areas & Industries: Employee Benefits , ESOPs

March 2001

IRS Issues Guidance on Split-Dollar Life Insurance Arrangements

- Complying with IRS Employee Benefits Rules
Type: Articles
Author(s): Andrew C. Liazos , Susan M. Nash
Practice Areas & Industries: Tax

February 19, 2001

“Crackdown on a Pension Perk”

- Business Week
Type: Articles
Author(s): Andrew C. Liazos
Practice Areas & Industries: Employee Benefits , Executive Compensation

January 21, 2001

“IRS Changes Audit Policy on Stock Options”

- The Boston Globe
Type: Articles
Author(s): Andrew C. Liazos
Practice Areas & Industries: Employee Benefits , ESOPs

January/February 2001

“IRS Stock Option Article”

- Financial Planning
Type: Articles
Author(s): Andrew C. Liazos
Practice Areas & Industries: Employee Benefits , Tax

January 2001

“IRS Review of Split-Dollar Life Insurance”

- Forbes Magazine
Type: Articles
Author(s): Andrew C. Liazos
Practice Areas & Industries: Employee Benefits , Insurance , Tax

January 2001

“IRS Ruling on Stock Option and Tax Withholding”

- Financial Planning Magazine
Type: Articles
Author(s): Andrew C. Liazos
Practice Areas & Industries: Employee Benefits , Insurance

2000

Date Title
October 30, 2000

“Five Smart Moves to Make Right Now - To Avoid the Pain Next April”

- Fortune Magazine
Type: Articles
Author(s): Andrew C. Liazos
Practice Areas & Industries: Employee Benefits , Tax

October 2000

“Ultimate Tax Guide”

- Fortune Magazine
Type: Articles
Author(s): Andrew C. Liazos
Practice Areas & Industries: Employee Benefits , Tax

McDermott Will & Emery

McDermott Will and Emery