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
Category Archives: The Law
[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
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
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
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