FIRST OF THREE POSTS BASED ON NACD PROGRAM ON BOARDS AND COMPANIES IN TODAY’S ECONOMY The world economy is moving from globalization to national focus, with government industrial policy becoming more important. This is true in the US, Europe, and … Continue reading
Stephen Honig
This morning the New England chapter of National Association of Corporate Directors, in conjunction with the National organization, presented it annual “Visionaries” panel discussion, which addressed what boards (and companies) needed to be thinking about in the face of domestic … Continue reading
I am not expert on this subject but am posting to recommend a great article in the Weekly Economic Commentary of Northern Trust (forgive lack of direct link but you can no doubt access it via www.northerntrust.com) Outline of key … Continue reading
SEC Regulation D controls who may invest in private companies which are conducting a general securities offering. Designed to protect people who in the SEC view should not be taking chances by investing in speculative early stage companies where there … Continue reading
It is no surprise to hear that I am confused about the economy and about the state of VC funding. Surely the confluence of certain trends roils the marketplace and the risk profile of investment: cost of money, unemployment, immigration, … Continue reading
Per Law 360, a service which updates attorneys on major trends in the law, the often-discussed issue of whether AI is stealing the intellectual property of others, as that property is appearing in publicly available sources, is the subject of … Continue reading
The AI Futures Project has issued two predictions for the possible future of AI and its impact on business, geopolitics and the future of human-kind. One assumes a rapid escalation of bad utilization of AI, and the second assumes a … Continue reading
This first of two posts on artificial intelligence tracks a fragment of its promise, as reported in the August 1 issue of Boston Business Journal. That article is entitled AI for Life. Starting with Google Deep-Mind’s discovery that a protein’s … Continue reading
Delaware, long the bastion of corporate America as it gave such great deference and protection to management vis-a-vis shareholder claims and rights, recently has been deciding some court cases with greater responsiveness to shareholder concerns. A couple of weeks ago, … Continue reading
Yesterday by executive order the President expanded the assets permitted in your 401k retirement plan. Prior regulation restricted retirement investments to, in effect, traditional securities and related investments, presumably on the assumption that they were safer, more transparent and less … Continue reading