Recently, much has been published (including an article by me appearing in In-House) about the possible loosening of SEC restriction by not requiring finders in M&A situations to be SEC-registered. As I have noted, this possible SEC relief is limited; … Continue reading
Stephen Honig
At the National Association of Corporate Directors-New England breakfast on Tuesday, one guest had the temerity to suggest to the Director of SEC’s Boston Office, and to Secretary of the Commonwealth Bill Galvin (who controls the State’s Securities Division), … Continue reading
Akamai Technologies, Inc. of Cambridge, Massachusetts is one of the true internet success stories, with $1,600,000,000 of annual revenues and EBITDA of about 44%. A disciplined pursuit of M&A opportunities has driven part of this growth, as reported by Vice … Continue reading
All directors, whether of non-profits or for-profits, face the same problem: how to focus on the essence of board function, strategy, while besieged with the pressures of an increasingly complex world? Some interesting perspectives surfaced at the National Association of … Continue reading
How can you drive down the cost of medical services? This is my final post based upon the MassMEDIC Annual Conference held on May 7th at the UMass Boston Campus. The goal, per the conference, is not to bring down … Continue reading
I have previously posted on changes in the medical device clinical trial landscape noted at the MassMEDIC Annual Conference held May 7th at UMass Boston. Another area of discussion focused on financing emerging medical device companies. It is no secret … Continue reading
The medical device marketplace is all about FDA clinical trials, determining whether a device creates good patient outcomes and is reimbursable, and the avoidance of economic risk. These factors, interestingly, bear in a significant way on the manner in which … Continue reading
In the political, religious and cultural battles fought out before the United States Supreme Court these days, sometimes the cases that do not reach the court have the greatest impact. Steve Shapiro, Chief Counsel for the American Civil Liberties Union, … Continue reading
Yesterday I posted about remarks from Keith Higgins, head of CorpFin at the SEC, concerning general solicitation in securities placements for private companies. Higgins also discussed SEC changes being considered in the definiton of Accredited Investor (that class of people … Continue reading
Keith Higgins, recently an SEC lawyer here in Boston, and now Director of the Corporate Finance Division of the SEC (“Corp Fin”), addressed the Angel Capital Association in Washington last week, touching upon several matters affecting angel investors. Interestingly, he … Continue reading