“Since severance packages generally are contractual, the issue is not the size of the severance package. The issue is why was the original employment contract structured to allow such a severance package? And that responsibility rests in the board.”
Charles Elson
“There is no lack of stockholder proposals objecting to the size of severance packages and calling for them to be reduced,”
Paul Hodgson
“I think it's great if a guy has a good sized package.”
Janet Jackson
“Severance packages are all over the map.”
John Challenger
“When you look across the board at every measurement you have, he's the complete package. He's got size [6-foot-3, 230 pounds], intelligence, great arm strength, great character, but he's just scratching the surface of where he can go.”
Brian Billick
“I believe that it is too early to introduce regulation on key issues such as a al carte packaging [for cable TV] and on 'Net neutrality,' as the market is still in its early stages.”
Aryeh Bourkoff
“I can't tell you exactly what a package would look like coming from this committee in the next several months. But I can tell you the chairman prefers a comprehensive national framework that will be flexible and survive into the future, as opposed to a more piecemeal approach that applies to only one or two areas.”
Brian Kennedy
