Should NASDAQ require disclosure of diversity on boards, or require such diversity? Board diversity is mandated under California law in many instances, and same is true in several European countries. Last December, NASDAQ asked the SEC to approve a rule … Continue reading
Category Archives: Anomalies of Life
Our law firm keeps an index of litigation involving COVID. Today it is 306 pages long. I calculate that each business day since the start of the pandemic there are filed in the United States about 128 separate lawsuits. The … Continue reading
As I sit at my computer writing this post, I have at my side a single-spaced 187 page document listing in very brief summary all identified US court cases relating to COVID 19 — 1,522 of them. This data grows … Continue reading
Why does the Mass Transit Authority, that runs public transit, have a fleet of new vehicles with ID numbers that run into the 900s? Don’t these people believe in mass transit? Why are twenty or so of these cars parked … Continue reading
I again apologize for drifting away from law and business; I promise I will return to my core mission. BUT I really wanted to share the view outside my office window right now. The Patriots victory parade is wending its … Continue reading
95 Points James Suckling: A wine with beautiful strawberry and chocolate with hints of pie crust. It’s full-bodied with super integrated tannins and a long, long finish. Needs at least four to five years to really come together but so … Continue reading
Some facts: Per the National Institute of Standards and Technology of the Department of Commerce, the biggest risk in maintaining cyber security is that people suffer from “security fatigue.” We are tired of all those passwords and security questions and … Continue reading
Different versions of Groucho Marx’ famous remark that he would not be a member of any club that would accept people such as himself, reprised by Woody Allen, came to mind when I read today the SEC’s quasi-absurd news release … Continue reading
While women have achieved board membership equality in non-profit corporations (48% nationwide), racial and ethnic minorities have not moved the needle over the last twenty years, according to a presentation by Board Source (advisers to non-profits) held in Boston last … Continue reading
Professor David S. Wyman was a local guy, born in Weymouth and raised in Newton. He was educated around here, also, at BU and Harvard. He worked around here, at UMass. Dr. Wyman is remembered today not only through the … Continue reading