Yesterday the SEC issued guidance to public companies as to the use of social media (Facebook, Twitter etc.) to make announcement of corporate news. The same ground-rules as apply to announcing news on a company website will be applied. Regulation … Continue reading
Category Archives: The Law
Three leading Boston-based venture capitalists told an audience at the monthly Association for Corporate Growth Breakfast yesterday that even though the number of venture capital funds are shrinking, there’s still too much money out in the market-place. Additionally, significant alternate … Continue reading
In prior posts, we have established the that there is substantial current dialogue about the role of certain intelligent machines; that these machines generally are viewed as falling into the categories of “drone” or “robot”; that, as society perceives the … Continue reading
If you are sitting on a board of directors, does your board know the difference between a “emergency plan” and a “crisis plan?” An emergency plan is the information about immediate response; the phone numbers to call if there is … Continue reading
By and large, drones look like drones. They are small airplanes, helicopters, missiles. Where there is an exception (see the photographs of bird-like and insect-like drones in the March, 2013 National Geographic), they nonetheless do not look like human beings … Continue reading
This post is the first of four which in the aggregate address the “drone/robot” issue. What issue, you ask? The popular press is saturated with discussion of drones. The discussion is ubiquitous. It is framed in terms of rights of … Continue reading
In the politically sensitive comic strip Prickly City a few days ago, a small drone is seen chasing a coyote across a vaguely desert-like terrain. The coyote complains in effect “I know I don’t have identification papers but I’m a … Continue reading
Many of us are vaguely aware of the so-called Sunshine Act, part of the ObamaCare legislation. Briefly put, this Federal statute requires manufacturers of medical devices and pharmaceuticals to make public disclosure of many payments to licensed physicians and to … Continue reading
CEO and Harpoon Brewery founder Rich Doyle shared his marketing plans at the February 14th breakfast at the Association for Corporate Growth/Boston. Plans include: Aggressively promoting his new Boston beer garden and restaurant both for the general public and for private … Continue reading
“Never measure the tallest of the pygmies.” This advice comes from George Davis, Boston Managing Partner for the national search firm Egon Zehnder, commenting on the appropriate way to search for a CEO following a corporate merger. Since CEOs should … Continue reading