28 May, 2021 Dutch Court Orders Shell to Reduce Emissions to Combat Climate Change By Jacob H. Hupart Yesterday, a Dutch court ruled that Shell, a company based in the Netherlands, must reduce its carbon emissions to combat climate change....
26 May, 2021 Exxon Shareholders Reject Management Candidates to Elect Board Directors Focused on Climate Change By Jacob H. Hupart Today, shareholders in ExxonMobil rejected the candidates for the board of directors supported by management, and instead elected...
25 May, 2021 Who wants to be a completion guarantor... Bueller? Bueller? By Daniel B. Guggenheim The concerns about rising costs for construction materials are not new, but the recent volatility in pricing seems to be wreaking havoc...
21 May, 2021 President Biden Signs Executive Order on Climate Change, Focusing on Financial Risk By Jacob H. Hupart Today, President Biden issued an executive order on climate change, announcing that it is "the policy of my Administration to advance...
21 May, 2021 More Than One Million Households Enroll for the FCC's Emergency Broadband Benefit By Angela Y. Kung The FCC announced that more than one million households have enrolled in the Emergency Broadband Benefit Program in only one week since...
19 May, 2021 House Passes The Insider Trading Prohibition Act By Jack Sylvia On Tuesday, the House passed the Insider Trading Prohibition Act, an effort to codify and clarify inconsistencies in the case law...
18 May, 2021 Supreme Court Issues Limited Ruling in Climate Change Litigation By Jacob H. Hupart The Supreme Court just issued a 7-1 ruling (authored by Justice Gorsuch) in favor of oil and gas companies in climate change...
17 May, 2021 IPO Market Faces a Critical Juncture By Joel I. Papernik In view of the present volatile stock market, among other things, concern is being expressed about the possible closing of the IPO...
14 May, 2021 SEC Chairman Re-Affirms Focus on Climate Change Disclosures By Jacob H. Hupart Yesterday, SEC Chairman Gensler re-affirmed the focus of the SEC on regulations concerning climate change risk disclosures. ...
13 May, 2021 Unconscious Uncoupling: How can we Glue our Organizations Back Together after the Pandemic By Stephen M. Osborn From my 20+ years as a business executive and corporate lawyer, I have observed that all successful businesses have key people in 4...
12 May, 2021 Private Companies Looking More to Private Markets and Less to SPACS for Funding By Jeremy D. Glaser What a difference a few weeks can make. When the SEC pointed out that projections may not be as protected as people thought for SPACs...
11 May, 2021 German Government Announces That It Will Establish Reporting Requirements for Sustainability By Jacob H. Hupart The government of Germany has just announced that they will implement "new sustainability reporting obligations for companies." This is...
10 May, 2021 VC Funds Returns Surpass S&P 500 Returns By Jeremy D. Glaser It has been general knowledge that you want to invest in the top quartile of VC funds in order to get market beating results. A working...
10 May, 2021 SPACs have taken off during the pandemic, and they’re looking for directors. By Joel I. Papernik Many industry experts and others are being asked to serve on boards of Directors of SPACs. Such an invitation usually is accompanied by...
07 May, 2021 Swing and a Miss -- the American Antitrust Institute's Sound and Fury, Signifying Nothing By Joseph M. Miller The American Antitrust Institute, the pro-enforcement think tank, has expressed "concerns" about United/Optum's acquisition of Change...
03 May, 2021 How to Grow a $1 Billion Company With Zero Outside Help By Joel I. Papernik Although the Cloudinary CEO says the consistent way to get to be a billion dollar company is to go the VC route, he provides an example...