EXECUTIVE EMPLOYMENT LAW ARTICLES PUBLISHED BY ROBERT ADELSON
Attorney Robert Adelson is a frequent writer and speaker of legal issues regarding executive employment, startups, consultants and family businesses. Below are the articles he has published during his 20+ year career.
Articles on Executive Employment
- IP Ownership as Leverage for Founder Equity Negotiations – CEOWorld on May 28, 2023. Also on this website IP Ownership as Leverage for Founder Equity Negotiations
- Navigating Past Clawbacks to Take a Competitor’s C-level Job Offer– CEOWorld on April 30, 2023. Also on this website Navigating Past Clawbacks to Take a Competitor’s C-level Job Offer
- Startup C-Level Executive Salary, Equity and Severance Compensation Package – Ivy Exec on March 28, 2023. Also on this website Startup C-Level Executive Salary, Equity and Severance Compensation Package
- Forming a competing company to take 100% ownership of the business you built – CEOWorld on February 19, 2023. Also on this website Forming a competing company to take 100% ownership of the business you built
- CTO and CIO Employment Contract Terms to Negotiate For – Ivy Exec on February 7, 2023. Also on this website CTO and CIO Employment Contract Terms to Negotiate For
- Severance Compensation Package for Director, VP, and C-Level Executives – Ivy Exec on January 4, 2023. Also on this website Severance Compensation Package for Director, VP, and C-Level Executives
- How to Manage Multiple C-Level Executive Job Offers – CEOWorld on November 4, 2022. Also on this website How to Manage Multiple C-Level Executive Job Offers
- Executive Retention Packages – Terms and Negotiations – Ivy Exec on October 7, 2022. Also on this website Executive Retention Packages – Terms and Negotiations
- Stock Rights That Protect the Value of Your Executive Equity Compensation – CEOWorld Magazine, September 1, 2022. Also on this website Stock Rights That Protect the Value of Your Executive Equity Compensation
- Executive Sign on Bonus, Retention Bonus and Other Bonuses – Terms and Negotiations – Ivy Exec, August 4, 2022. Also on this website Executive Sign on Bonus, Retention Bonus and Other Bonuses – Terms and Negotiations
- Executive Termination: If You’ve Been Fired or Face That, Do You Have a Claim for Wrongful Termination? – Ivy Exec, May 27, 2022. Also on this website Executive Termination: If You’ve Been Fired or Face That, Do You Have a Claim for Wrongful Termination?
- Negotiating Favorable Executive Equity Terms in an LLC – Capital vs. Profit Interests – CEO World Magazine, April 20, 2022. Also on this website Negotiating Favorable Executive Equity Terms in an LLC – Capital vs. Profit Interests
- Merits of RSUs vs Stock Options and Other Forms of Executive Equity Compensation – Ivy Exec, March 30, 2022. Also on this website Merits of RSUs vs Stock Options and Other Forms of Executive Equity Compensation
- Executive Relocation Risks, Mitigation Strategies and Terms to Seek in Your Relocation Package – CEO World Magazine, February 20, 2022. Also on this website Executive Relocation Risks, Mitigation Strategies and Terms to Seek in Your Relocation Package
- Are You Getting the C-Suite Executive Salary You Deserve? – Ivy Exec, January 26, 2022. Also on this website Are You Getting the C-Suite Executive Salary You Deserve?
- A Change of Control Agreement Saves the Day When Your Company Is In Play – Ivy Exec, December 16, 2021. Also on this website A Change of Control Agreement Saves the Day When Your Company Is In Play
- CMO Employment Contract Tips to Protect You and Your Job – Ivy Exec, September 30, 2021. Also on this website CMO Employment Contract Tips to Protect You and Your Job
- Duty of “Good Faith and Fair Dealing” Ensures Your Executive Compensation is not Taken Away from You – CEO World Magazine, September 2, 2021. Also on this website Duty of “Good Faith and Fair Dealing” Ensures Your Executive Compensation is not Taken Away from You.
- Phantom Stock as Executive Compensation for Family Businesses – Ivy Exec, September 1, 2021. Also on this website Phantom Stock as Executive Compensation for Family Businesses
- Executive Stock Options, Restricted Shares and Restricted Stock Units – What’s Best for You – Ivy Exec, August 3, 2021. Also on this website Executive Stock Options, Restricted Shares and Restricted Stock Units – What’s Best for You
- Executive Contract Terms to Negotiate with Your Prospective Employer – Ivy Exec, June 22, 2021. Also on this website Executive Contract Terms to Negotiate with Your Prospective Employer.
- Using Career Advancement Covenants to Safeguard Non-Financial Executive Pay – CEO World Magazine, May 26, 2021. Also on this website Using Career Advancement Covenants to Safeguard Non-Financial Executive Pay
- Don’t Let Disparagement or Defamation Blackball Your Executive Career Prospects – CEO World Magazine, April 27, 2021. Also on this website Don’t Let Disparagement or Defamation Blackball Your Executive Career Prospects
- Don’t Let Misalignment in Executive Compensation Create Your Own “Black Sox Scandal” – CEO World Magazine, March 31, 2021. Also on this website Don’t Let Misalignment in Executive Compensation Create Your Own “Black Sox Scandal”
- Negotiating a Custom CEO or C-level Executive Compensation Package – CEO World Magazine, November, 2020. Also on this website Negotiating a Custom CEO or C-level Executive Compensation Package
- Working Remotely as a C-level Executive – Opportunities and Considerations – CEO World Magazine, October, 2020. Also on this website Working Remotely as a C-level Executive – Opportunities and Considerations
- Achieving Zero Taxation on Sale of Your Startup Equity – CEO World Magazine, September, 2020. Also on this website Achieving Zero Taxation on Sale of Your Startup Equity
- Triggering Executive Severance to Protect Your Interests in Case of COVID-19 or other Changed Circumstances – CEO World Magazine, May, 2020. Also on this website Triggering Executive Severance to Protect Your Interests in Case of COVID-19 or other Changed Circumstances
- Has a New Employer Withdrawn Your Executive Job Offer? How “Promissory Estoppel” might give you a legal remedy – CEO World Magazine, April, 2020. Also on this website Has a New Employer Withdrawn Your Executive Job Offer? How “Promissory Estoppel” might give you a legal remedy
- Executive Employment Agreement – An Overview for the Newly-Minted CEO or C-Suite Executive – CEO World Magazine, March, 2020. Also on this website Executive Employment Agreement – An Overview for the Newly-Minted CEO or C-Suite Executive
- Executive Compensation In A Pre-IPO Company – CEO World Magazine, October, 2019. Also on this website Executive Compensation In A Pre-IPO Company
- CFO Employment Contract: Terms And Negotiations – CEO World Magazine, September, 2019. Also on this website CFO Employment Contract: Terms And Negotiations
- Negotiating Your COO Employment Agreement – CEO World Magazine, May, 2019. Also on this website Negotiating Your COO Employment Agreement
- Negotiating Executive Retention Agreement Terms to Protect Your Interests – CEO World Magazine, April, 2019. Also on this website Negotiating Executive Retention Agreement Terms to Protect Your Interests
- From Founder-CEO to CTO or CSO: Key Protections in Succession Planning When You Face the Founder’s Dilemma – CEO World Magazine, March, 2019. Also on this website From Founder-CEO to CTO or CSO: Key Protections in Succession Planning When You Face the Founder’s Dilemma
- Executive Service on Corporate Boards of Directors – Benefits, Liabilities and Compensation – CEO World Magazine, February, 2019. Also on this website Executive Service on Corporate Boards of Directors – Benefits, Liabilities and Compensation
- Negotiating Your New CSO or CTO Employment Agreement – CEO World Magazine, January, 2019. Also on this website Negotiating Your New CSO or CTO Employment Agreement
- Essential Employment Contract Terms for Medical Device and Biotechnology Executives – CEO World Magazine, December, 2018. Also on this website Essential Employment Contract Terms for Medical Device and Biotechnology Executives
- Negotiating the Right Executive Compensation Package for Yourself – CEO World Magazine, October, 2018. Also on this website Negotiating the Right Executive Compensation Package for Yourself
- An Executive Severance Agreement Protects Your Employment, Career and Reputation – CEO World Magazine, September, 2018. Also on this website An Executive Severance Agreement Protects Your Employment, Career and Reputation
- New Massachusetts Law Restricts Non-Compete Agreements – IEEE Reflector, September, 2018. Also on this website New Massachusetts Law Restricts Non-Compete Agreements
- Structuring Bonuses in Your CEO Compensation for Maximum Benefit – CEO World Magazine, May, 2018. Also on this website Structuring Bonuses in Your CEO Compensation for Maximum Benefit.
- Becoming CEO of a Startup – Key Employment Contract, Equity Terms and Other Considerations – CEO World Magazine, April, 2018. Also on this website Becoming CEO of a Startup – Key Employment Contract, Equity Terms and Other Considerations.
- Consulting Between CEO Positions – CEO World Magazine, March, 2018. Also on this website Consulting Between CEO Positions
- How to Renegotiate Your CEO Employment Contract When You Have Achieved Success – CEO World Magazine, February, 2018. Also on this website How to Renegotiate Your CEO Employment Contract When You Have Achieved Success
- Interim CEO and Turnaround CEO Employment Agreements: Terms and Compensation – CEO World Magazine, October, 2017. Also on this website Interim CEO and Turnaround CEO Employment Agreements: Terms and Compensation
- Getting the Benefits of Equity Compensation from Family Business through Phantom Stock – CEO World Magazine, September, 2017. Also on this website Getting the Benefits of Equity Compensation from Family Business through Phantom Stock
- Pitfalls of and Techniques to Surmount Non-Compete Agreements for Executives – CEO World Magazine, August, 2017. Also on this website Pitfalls of and Techniques to Surmount Non-Compete Agreements for Executives
- Restricted Stock And Other Equity Options For Your Executive Compensation Package – CEO World Magazine, July, 2017. Also on this website Restricted Stock And Other Equity Options For Your Executive Compensation Package
- Getting Executive Severance Compensation When You Choose to Quit – CEO World Magazine, May, 2017. Also on this website Getting Executive Severance Compensation When You Choose to Quit
- Executive Employment Contracts for Women CEOs – Terms and Negotiations – CEO World Magazine, April, 2017. Also on this website Executive Employment Contracts for Women CEOs
- Negotiating Key Terms on Your Next Executive Job Offer – CEO World Magazine, March, 2017. Also on this website Negotiating Key Terms on Your Next Executive Job Offer.
- The Advantage of RSUs in Your CEO Compensation Package – CEO World Magazine, February, 2017. Also on this website The Advantage of RSUs in Your CEO Compensation Package
- Executive Employment Termination: What Constitutes Wrongful Termination – CEO World Magazine, January, 2017. Also on this website Executive Employment Termination: What Constitutes Wrongful Termination
- Change of control agreements – a quick guide for CEOs, CFOs, and other senior executives – CEO World Magazine, March 2016. Also on this website Change of control agreements – a quick guide for CEOs, CFOs, and other senior executives.
- Benefits and Pitfalls to Executive Service on Corporate Boards of Directors – CEOMagazine.com, April, 2015.
- Recent Massachusetts Cases Reveal Breadth of Non-compete Law (Non-Compete Enforcement) – executiveemploymentattorney.com, July 2012.
- Let’s Make a Deal (Renegotiation of employment agreements) – AlwaysOn, April, 2008.
- Using terms of employment as executive recruiting tools – Boston Business Journal, May, 1998.
- Now’s the time to review severance codes – Boston Business Journal, June, 2001.
- Negotiate, Have a Lawyer Check Out Job Contract – quoted in Boston Globe, December 26, 1999.
- Negotiating the Terms of Executive Employment – Getting What You Deserve (Negotiating Job Offers) – The Culpepper Letter, September, 1997.
- Deal or No Deal (Executive Employment Negotiations) – AlwaysOn, April, 2008.
- Negotiating Raises and Better Employment Terms – executiveemploymentattorney.com, 2013.
- Using the Terms of Employment to Recruit Top Talent to Your Company – Boston Business Journal, 1997.
- Negotiating Terms of Biotechnology Executive Employment – 1998 GEN Guide to Biotechnology Companies.
- How to Pay More for Biotech Talent and Still Save Your Company Money (Restricted Stock and RSUs) – Genetic Engineering News, April, 1999.
- Sometimes cash not best payment – quoted in Boston Herald, January, 1997.
- Employment Termination and Severance Negotiations – Blitztime, September, 2009.
Articles on Startups, Consultants and Family Businesses
- Building & Keeping Your Executive Team: How to Recruit and Retain Senior Executives for Your Startup or Early Stage Company – on this website July 9, 2022.
- Pivoting for Startups: Why, When and How – CEO Refresher, February, 2021. And on this website Pivoting for Startups: Why, When and How
- Knowing your competition and Establishing your Market Niche to set your Startup Apart – The Reflector, October, 2021. And on this website Knowing your competition and Establishing your Market Niche to set your Startup Apart
- Structuring and Allocating Equity For Startup Success – CEO Refresher, August, 2018.
- How to Fund Your Company – CEO Refresher, June, 2018.
- Legal Issues in Consulting Contracting – CEO Refresher, June, 2011.
- Licensing Technology to launch your startup company – Mass High Tech, September 2010.
- Phantom stock gives family firms leg up – Family Business Magazine, Autumn 2004.
- Small Bus – Money-Preneuring – Small Business Opportunities, September, 2005.
- Board Building – Assessing the value advisors bring – Boston Business Journal, June, 2006.
- Federal grants overlooked option – Mass High Tech, June, 2003.
- Structuring and allocating equity for startup success – Boston Business Journal, May, 2007.
- Determining which tool offers best protection – Boston Business Journal, June, 2009.
- Handling Succession of First-time founder CEOs – Mass High Tech, August, 2007.
- Why Founders Get Fired – quoted in Inc.com, September, 2011.
- Examining legal issues critical for new businesses – Indus Entrepreneurs’ Resource Guide, October, 2001.
- If assets need protecting your best course may be a trademark – Boston Business Journal, May, 2008.
- Forming a Corporation or LLC equals many choices to consider – Boston Business Journal Blog, March, 2012.
