Consistent with the Federal Administration’s “full speed ahead” approach in what seems to be a race with China to dominate AI technology, the SEC last Friday announced that the agency had created a task force to spearhead the use of … Continue reading
Stephen Honig
The SEC is coming to Boston on August 19 (tentative date) to discuss Crypto and get ideas from persons active in the field; they will visit a total of nine other cities, New York twice, as part of this initiative. … Continue reading
The SEC is on a roll, facilitating new regulations to permit full trading of crypto assets and derivatives of crypto assets. An ETP is an “exchange traded product,” a derivative that tracks changes in value of one or more underlying … Continue reading
Although I had promised you an ongoing commentary on the changing landscape of the law concerning business matters in light of actions by the Federal administration, I feel compelled to interrupt on a matter of great importance: baseball. You may … Continue reading
Even putting aside Trump’s own venture into his own coins, however improper that may be, there is no doubt but that crypto is a rising asset class under the current administration. Yesterday the House of Representatives passed three laws relating … Continue reading
Those who introduce investors to companies seeking financing (“finders”) have had an historically uneven regulatory history. Although there were moments in time when a finder, receiving compensation, did not run afoul of the SEC as being an unregistered broker-dealer, for … Continue reading
It has been a couple of months between posts; apologies, this period has been intense on the work and travel fronts. Further, the US government, as I am sure everyone knows, has been active in changing the ground-rules for businesses … Continue reading
Many start-ups are rightly absorbed in technological and product development, protection of innovation, hiring, market research and– oh yes, money to survive. Although CEOs abstractly admit that having an experienced board of directors could indeed be very helpful, as a … Continue reading
No secret that the Administration is cutting funding in many ways, including University research and the FDA. Although we do not know the full extent of these cuts as to substance and time, no doubt start-ups and M&A activity will … Continue reading
My post of March 14 discussed pending legislation in Delaware to stop the migration of companies from that State to jurisdictions less protective of shareholder rights (such as Texas and Nevada). These new laws have just been passed, with Delaware … Continue reading