At this morning’s meeting of New England Chapter National Association of Corporate Directors, a panel of experts struggled to define issues that directors should be worrying about today – issues which might not arise until 2015 or thereafter. The list of … Continue reading
Category Archives: The Law
We are moving into yet another “Congressional year” where deadlock must remain the anticipated norm. However, both the President’s budget and the Republican tax proposals contain corporate tax changes designed to drive different parts of the economy. Below (with thanks … Continue reading
Venture capital support for early stage businesses in Massachusetts, at least in the life sciences and in internet software, has not been this robust for many years. Such was the consensus of a panel of three Boston-based early stage venture … Continue reading
It is rare for a group of directors, such as the National Association of Corporate Directors/New England, to invite into its midst a so-called “activist shareholder.” At the February 11th breakfast meeting, however, the group was addressed by Gregory Taxin, … Continue reading
What are the accounting issues most often being encountered by public companies filing annual reports with the SEC? The following trends were noted at the February 11th meeting of the National Association of Corporate Directors/New England: Request for detail as … Continue reading
What are the legal trends affecting board governance of public companies? This question was explored at the February 11th meeting of the National Association of Corporate Directors/New England. The biggest story by far: in M&A transactions exceeding $100,000,000 in value, … Continue reading
This is the first of a series of four blogs reporting on corporate board developments. These posts are based upon remarks at the February 11th breakfast meeting of the National Association of Corporate Directors/New England. This first post relates to … Continue reading
Most of us invest. We read the business news, we read the national and international political news, we rely on research and analysts and our personal observation of trends, products and the like. It seems we are missing important data, … Continue reading
For decades, the SEC (and state securities regulators) have interpreted the broker/dealer registration requirements to cover “finders,” who were deemed to be broker/dealers (in the business of selling the securities of others) and who thus had to be registered as … Continue reading
This past week I joined seven of my partners at the annual JP Morgan Life Science conference in San Francisco. This is a frenzied gathering of life science and health care companies of all sorts, together with Private Equity firms, … Continue reading