It has been a while since my last post but end of year is pretty busy for attorneys. I have been collecting items about which I want to share my views, however, and this is the first of a brief … Continue reading
Stephen Honig
In dealing with Millennial employees, it seems that some of the old rules of compensation are not effective. In a recent breakfast meeting of the New England Chapter of the National Association of Corporate Directors, directors serving on corporate compensation … Continue reading
Regulation D, as I fully expect most readers know, is the typical (though not exclusive) way to raise business capital without SEC registration; it permits issuers to sell securities to wealthy investors with minimal formal disclosure requirements. But lurking in … Continue reading
What do boards have to know about blockchain to discharge their fiduciary obligation to oversee their companies? On October 16, the National Association of Corporate Directors (New England) presented a program both explaining blockchain technology and addressing the function … Continue reading
In a best-of-five series, the Sox and NY Yankees are tied one game apiece with two of the next three games played in Yankee Stadium, a park uniquely constructed to allow Yankee players to hit an inordinate number of home … Continue reading
Recent news items: the SEC bars Elon Musk from board chairmanship for three years and fines each of Musk and Tesla $20M; California passes a law requiring public companies headquartered there to have at least one woman director, and in … Continue reading
When you are acquiring a company, what sort of steps should you take to limit cyber risk within your target? What do the big boys do? Lawyers always will insert warranties, representations and indemnities in acquisition agreements but, on the … Continue reading
Everyone knows that greater Boston is “what’s happening” in the science and business of life science and biotech. On September 20, 2018, the Boston Bar Association brought together lawyers and scientists in an effort to educate lawyers as to trends … Continue reading
Tariffs. Business Cycles. Immigration Policy. Infrastructure. Cost of Health Care. These are the issues that were on the minds of senior CEOs convened for a Boston breakfast meeting on September 20, 2018 by the National Association of Corporate Directors-New England … Continue reading
Herewith, the sad ending to the demise of a once-great lawfirm that cratered about five years ago, sticking creditors with large unpaid debt. Dewey & Lebouef, the result of a merger of two large firms with one tracing its roots … Continue reading