What should a board of directors focus upon in today’s world? Likely not a hard question but you need to think about it. The below thoughts arose in last night’s program presented by the New England Chapter of National Association … Continue reading
Category Archives: The Law
One of President Trump’s first actions in office was to issue executive orders: banning hiring discrimination, which was deemed to include many then-extant DEI programs, and to terminate all DEI and environmental justice programs, for contractors or grantees of federal … Continue reading
Tariffs are in the news for obvious reasons, and below presents a brief overview. On Inauguration Day the President issued his America First general trade policy statement. On February 21 he issued his Memorandum of an American First Investment Policy. … Continue reading
Elon moved Tesla from Delaware to Texas; the fight he had in Delaware courts is still continuing–why? One of my law partners attempted to explain the history of the fight over Musk’s huge compensation package, dating back to 2018. Actually, … Continue reading
[It has been two months since my last post; not that things of interest did not occur, but rather the pace of business, my publication of another book (my eleventh, written with my son Peter, entitled Honig & Son, is … Continue reading
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
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
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