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How to Not Understand the SEC about Finders

Posted on February 25, 2016 by Stephen Honig

This morning, Mary Jo White (Chair of the SEC) addressed a meeting of the SEC Advisory Committee on Small and Emerging Companies and checklisted certain areas of SEC activity.  In reference to the issue of whether “finders and other intermediaries” … Continue reading →

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Patent, Trademark Protection in China? Maybe so…..

Posted on February 24, 2016 by Stephen Honig

Mainland China’s historic reputation of riding rough-shod over intellectual property rights seems, at least as to matters of form, something of the past. In a presentation to the Boston Bar Association on February 18th, a team of intellectual property attorneys … Continue reading →

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Directors in Private Companies: Best Practices

Posted on February 9, 2016 by Stephen Honig

How do boards of directors function in larger, privately-held companies? The answer is: pretty much like boards of directors in publicly-held companies, according to a panel of directors convened February 9th in Boston by the National Association of Corporate Directors-New … Continue reading →

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Growth by Failed Acquisition

Posted on January 14, 2016 by Stephen Honig

Citrix has grown to a $3 billion company driven by approximately fifty acquisitions over the past decade since it went public, enjoying a comfortable 14% CAGR. Why did their senior vice president tell the January 14th Boston breakfast meeting of … Continue reading →

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Trending Board Governance Topics

Posted on January 13, 2016 by Stephen Honig

Moving into the proxy season, what are the hottest board topics this year? Disclosure of corporate political contributions, the impact of enhanced SEC disclosure requirements on executive compensation, heightened audit committee responsibility, and board responsiveness to socially motivated activist shareholders, … Continue reading →

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Accredited Investor: New SEC standard coming?

Posted on December 21, 2015 by Stephen Honig

Last week the SEC issued a staff report seeking reaction to proposed amendments to the definition of an “accredited investor.” Regulation D is the most relied-upon exemption from SEC (and typically State) registration requirements for the sale of securities, and … Continue reading →

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Corporate Political Spending and the SEC

Posted on December 17, 2015 by Stephen Honig

The SEC has been entertaining, for several years, a rule requiring reporting companies to disclose political contributions.  Yesterday, a compromise budget bill was announced by Speaker Ryan which includes a rider barring the SEC from finalizing, issuing or implementing any … Continue reading →

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FDA and Med Devices Today

Posted on December 11, 2015 by Stephen Honig

Dealing with the FDA today is getting slightly easier, but it is nothing to write home about. Agency plans will attempt to improve the regulatory experience; success remains to be demonstrated. Presentations by a research firm and by the Regional … Continue reading →

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Whither US Healthcare?

Posted on December 11, 2015 by Stephen Honig

Where is health care going in the United States? Well, no big surprises: it is costing more, is on an upwards cost trend given demographics (e.g. we are getting older as a population), and it is harder to get reimbursement. … Continue reading →

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Possible Beneficial FDA Legislation?

Posted on December 10, 2015 by Stephen Honig

At the December 9 symposium on FDA issues for medical device companies sponsored in Waltham by MassMEDIC (the association of device manufacturers), legislation passed by the House of Representatives that would greatly assist the industry was outlined, for the benefit … Continue reading →

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