This month the SEC and the Department of Justice published a remarkable work, although its title is uninspiring: “A Resource Guide to the U.S. Foreign Corrupt Practices Act.” The FCPA makes it illegal to bribe government officials overseas in order … Continue reading
Category Archives: The Law
Many companies seeking to raise capital use finders as intermediaries to find investors. Many business owners seeking to sell the stock of their company use business brokers. These finders and business brokers of course want to be paid and they … Continue reading
Last week AOL Chair and CEO Tim Armstrong, a young and fast-talking executive of the new media, addressed the season’s first meeting of the Boston Association for Corporate Growth. He spread witty anecdotes and hints of his view of the … Continue reading
Three major players on the New England corporate scene agreed today that American business is over-regulated, and that Boards of Directors are being diverted from their primary task of strategic leadership and are being forced to deal with regulatory compliance. … Continue reading
There may be a death-knell coming for Twinkies and I know this is true because this week’s Fortune magazine tells me that the corporate parent may not emerge from bankruptcy. The article explores the allegedly intransigent positions of the private … Continue reading
Midst this summer’s preoccupation with vacations, London and (around here) the collapse/revival/recollapse of the Red Sox, a fascinating corporate-social experiment is bubbling just below the lead headlines: Chick-fil-A. We do not, here in Massachusetts, know much about this company, a … Continue reading
Regrettably, the reading of Supreme Court opinions often falls only to lawyers. There is much that is technical in them, but most (in cases such as the Affordable Care Act) relates to policy, to the nature of our social contract … Continue reading
Today the SEC announced final rules concerning compensation committees of public company boards of directors. This action is a mere two years after being mandated by the Dodd Frank Act and demonstrates the struggles of the SEC in keeping up … Continue reading
At the May meeting of the New England Chapter of the National Association for Corporate Directors, the subject was that time-honored question: “what keeps the directors up at night?” As it turns out, an awful lot. A spirited panel included … Continue reading
On a recent visit to Boston, Attorney Steve Shapiro (General Counsel to the American Civil Liberties Union) outlined matters before the Supreme Court today, or likely to arise in the coming 2012-2013 session. I. Obama – Care The gorilla in the … Continue reading