The second panel on wealth and aging discussed financing retirement through the lens of the asset management firm, with participants from the highest executive levels of Putnam, MFS, BOA, Columbia Threadneedle and BlackRock. Major take-aways: Placing retirement costs … Continue reading
Category Archives: The Law
This is the first of four posts based on panels convened in Boston on May 3 by Big Brothers/Big Sisters of Massachusetts Bay. In conjunction with a fund-raising event, BBBS presented four discussion forums on how society, and individuals, … 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
The formal title of this blog site is Law and Other Anomalies. An anomaly is something that is incongruous and inconsistent. Welcome to Delaware business law. Let us say your are a fund investing in a Delaware corporation; you have … Continue reading
This last cold, gray drizzling day of April here in Boston might as well be the day on which we discuss bankruptcy, itself a gray subject. I am sure all readers are fascinated by waivers in bankruptcy proceedings, so do read … Continue reading
The SEC yesterday proposed significant new regulations affecting the relationship between investment advisors and retail customers. In substance, proposed Regulation Best Interest would establish a duty for registered advisors and retail brokers to act in the best interest of the … Continue reading
It depends whom you ask. The cultural values of a company are transmitted downstream by the CEO, but the Board of Directors names and monitors the CEO and is responsible for the culture evidenced at the Board level. Since the … Continue reading
Recent cases both in the law reports and in my practice have emphasized the risks run by sub-licensees when the prime licensee lose the prime license. Let’s assume University licenses technology to A and A sub-licenses (properly under the prime … Continue reading
The SEC requires reporting companies to report material risks and impacts of climate change on their businesses. How are they doing? Not so well, according the the Government Accountability Office report late last month. The SEC does not get this … Continue reading
Digital data, its analysis and its use, is revolutionizing businesses of all types. According to an expert panel convened today by the New England Chapter of National Association of Corporate Directors, either you digitize or die. What is it? It … Continue reading