Jan 06, 2023 Cannabis Bankruptcy Solutions in Canada By David DiGiacomo Since Safe Banking has still not found a way through congress, many in the industry are turning to the Canadian courts as a solution. Our...
Jul 08, 2022 A Dive into “Partial Participation”: A Better Alternative to Capped Participation? By Paul Jones Tiara Brown Kam Faines As the VC market cools, entrepreneurs will see more term sheets with participating preferred stock, whether full participation or capped...
Jun 22, 2022 Liquidation Preferences: The Reality Behind the Zone of Indifference By Paul Jones Tiara Brown Kam Faines In this blog post, we explore liquidation preference options that will prove useful to both founders and investors as the markets change....
May 03, 2022 Making ESG Profitable -- an important perspective By David Crass Interesting on-line article from Fortune recently (linked below) makes the case for "Authentic ESG" and is worth the read wherever you...
Mar 10, 2022 EJScreen Ver. 2.0 By David Crass The Biden Administration's focus on Environmental Justice (EJ) issues continues as two recent releases reveal. USEPA released an updated...
Mar 08, 2022 SEC Charges No. 1 Most Active U.S. Venture Investor with Misleading Investors By Erika Tribuzi On March 4, 2022, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) charged venture capital fund adviser Alumni Ventures Group, LLC (AVG)...
Feb 08, 2022 Superfun? Not really! By David Crass The bipartisan infrastructure bill (Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act, Public Law 117-58, 135 Stat. 429 (November 15, 2021),...
Jan 05, 2022 Raising Money? Use this New SEC Tool to Learn About Your Options. By Iqan Fadaei Betsy Voter Kevin Timken If you’re looking to raise capital for your company or fund, this new tool from the SEC can help you figure out which rules may apply and...
Dec 03, 2021 Yes, GME has Changed Equity Markets: the SEC Just Published its Proposed Shorting Rule By Iqan Fadaei Betsy Voter Last month, we issued an alert noting that the Reddit/meme stock short-selling saga of January 2021 may change the U.S. equity markets....
Nov 24, 2021 Will the GameStop Frenzy Change the Equity Markets? SEC Releases Report on the Market Conditions of Early 2021 By Iqan Fadaei Less than a year ago, in January 2021, GameStop Corp. - GME made national headlines when its stock price rose from under $19 on December...
Nov 23, 2021 SEC Issues Risk Alert on Investment Adviser Fees By Iqan Fadaei Betsy Voter Last week, the SEC Division of Examinations published its observations of advisory fees charged by SEC-registered investment advisers...
May 03, 2021 Americans Can't Get Enough of the Stock Market By Michael Best More and more people are increasing their contributions to their retirement funds, upping their money in stocks instead of bonds, and...