Women-led startups deliver higher returns than their counterparts.  Almost twice as much revenue per dollar invested.  And...

Biotechs generally need access to a lot of capital in order to bring their therapeutics to market. The traditional IPO route was the...

There have been a record number of SPACs formed in 2020 and the first two months of 2021.  The number of SPACs looking for good...

Its annual performance review season at our firm and as I take intentional steps to counteract my own implicit biases when writing...

In one of the first public statements issued by the SEC during the Biden Administration, Acting Chair Lee announced that the SEC would...

A perverse combination of economic effects and forecasts related to the pandemic and clumsy trade moves in the last Administration have...

No provision of the murky Federal Superfund statute is more murky than Section 113, the applicable statutes of limitations.  For...

The Securities and Exchange Commission has, for a very long time, reminded issuers of the need to disclose negative information along...

The volatile economic and market conditions of the past 12 months have left many seeking promising returns from what they believe are...

The Biden Administration's focus on climate change and its impacts is beginning to be reflected in government policy.  Climate...

A new study tells us what we already knew -- the coastal communities of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts are going to suffer...

The already substantial collaboration between tech and medicine should be encouraged and financed post-pandemic to make conduct of...

With the annual reporting season upon us, it's time for public companies to reassess their risk factor disclosures, particularly in light...

The ability of companies to go pubic via an initial public offering is very cyclical. When the market is on the number of IPOs skyrockets...

Superfund cases can go on for a bit.  In this one, EPA issued a Record of Decision in 2012 selecting a remedy for the Centredale...

Precision Medicine is a continuing new frontier in cancer research. New samples and additional cell lines have been created. 

The...

This article from @Bloomberg focuses on the European market, but the conditions necessary for explosive private equity deal making growth...

The Conservation Law Foundation has now sued the Town of Barnstable, Massachusetts alleging that its discharge of treated effluent to the...

Family offices are a great source for securing an investment in a venture fund or in an early stage company. They generally have more...

The real action in the antitrust world is in the federal enforcement agencies and the courts, with Congress usually playing a minor role...

The current boom in venture funding is creating a lot of winners. Funds are finally getting cash recycled through IPOs, M&A and, in...

The TINA trade (there is no alternative) of low interest rates combined with the dramatic increase in revenue and growth of technology...

"Diverse" has unwittingly become the "Other." By lumping everyone else into that category, we center the straight, white, able, cis man...

Maybe the talk about infrastructure will lead to something in the new Congress.  The Republican members of the House Energy &...

There's a lot to unpack in this very short update, covering the full spectrum of emotions for CRE investors.  On the one hand, hotel...

Public and private companies alike should be looking inward to evaluate the ability of their board to anticipate, and when necessary...

We're approaching the first anniversary of the Supreme Court's Maui decision in which the Court answered a yes or no question - - does...

Not just a short term fad in response to COVID, it is becoming increasingly clear that SPACs, in one form or another, are back to stay...

Kudos to Sen. Lee from Utah and Sen. King from Maine for reintroducing on a bipartisan basis The Reinforcing American Made Products Act...

President Biden has announced his nominee for deputy energy secretary--David Turk, who had, among other things, served as the deputy...

Ryan is a fantastic VC and puts out really helpful advice for startups. In his post, he explains why startups should utilize advisors and...

Despite the pandemic, venture financing in San Diego continues to be strong.  While later stage deals continue to dominate in the...

I appreciate the various arguments suggesting that bit coin is a bubble, but here is my question for the proponents of crypto out there:

Today brings another example of how the Covid-19 Pandemic is accelerating the use and need for modern communications, and that, in turn,...

In a largely-anticipated move, the White House has shelved plans to force Tik Tok's sale to Oracle, signaling a broader review of the new...

Increasing speculation that Tesla's adoption of Bitcoin is just the tip of the iceberg underscores the rapid pace of change in crypto and...

This is an important study on the benefits to the Country of 5G deployment.  There is a lot of information in the study, but it's...

The SEC announced the appointment of Satyam Khanna as "Senior Policy Advisor for Climate and ESG."  This is a new position at the...