The political currents that have roiled US society often are echoed in the policy choices made by the Securities and Exchange Commission. I do not recall a time when partisanship was not part of the SEC culture, and the combination … Continue reading
Category Archives: I’ve Been Thinking
The significant 2017 Tax Act benefit allowing R&D expenses to be deducted in the year incurred, rather than amortized over many years, terminates for years starting January 1, 2022, unless Congress amends that sunset provision. And for companies which have … Continue reading
President Biden has announced that he will work with Congress to “eliminate all noncompete agreements, except the very few that are absolutely necessary to protect a narrowly defined category of trade secrets.” In late February, Senators and Representatives introduced a … Continue reading
These past few years have been tidal, in the sense that ideas have become broadly perceived forces that sweep everyone standing on the beach up onto strange shores. This is not to say that the phenomenon is bad — but … Continue reading
The role of corporate boards, and hence of corporations they lead, in addressing America’s growing wealth gap was explored at length by an expert panel convened yesterday by the New England Chapter of the National Association of Corporate Directors. The … Continue reading
Last week, several Northeastern chapters of the National Association of Corporate Directors presented a disturbing webinar concerning the future of business travel and conventions. The composition of the panel is important to note as panelists were not mere talking heads … Continue reading
Those of you who have ventured into downtown Boston have described the experience as a trip into emptiness; one of my partners remarked that you could hear crickets on the streets. Many people reading this post are working entirely or … 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
This is my first post in over four months. There is so much “writing” out there, so many alerts and zoom conferences and reports, that it seemed to me that the last thing anyone needed was another talking head. I … Continue reading
Everyone knows Boston traffic is gridlocked and public transportation does not perform. Current ambitious State plans to fund public transportation, by an $18Billion bond offering, presently are pending in the Legislature. According to an expert panel convened by the National … Continue reading