Chris Viehbacher, CEO of Boston biotech giant Biogen, believes that greater Boston has the premier gathering of scientists in medicine in the world. Addressing today’s gathering of the Boston Chamber of Commerce, he claimed that nations contend commercially based on
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The Law and Other Anomalies, published by Duane Morris LLP, addresses contemporary legal issues intersecting with technology, corporate governance, and regulatory developments. The blog explores topics such as intellectual property challenges posed by artificial intelligence, SEC regulatory policies affecting shareholder rights, and evolving board responsibilities in dynamic economic conditions. It also discusses the impact of AI on business operations and workforce transformation, as well as the implications of shifting global trade policies and labor market trends on manufacturing and industry. The content reflects on legal and strategic considerations for businesses adapting to technological innovation and changing regulatory landscapes.
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SEC Action re Accredited Investors
Barely a week ago, in my most recent post, I flagged impending SEC proposals to expand the people eligible to purchase private placement equities (not registered with the SEC). To protect inexperienced or less solvent investors from the risks inherent…
SEC Proposals to Expand Permitted Investors
The SEC statutory scheme includes the concept of an “accredited investor.” This category of investor is allowed to invest in speculative private stock offerings. You are accredited if you are a certain kind of financial professional or, more typically, if…
Does Uncertainty Pervade Board Season?
Today’s program for corporate directors (presented by the New England Chapter of National Association of Corporate Directors at the Mandarin Oriental Hotel) launched with a discussion by CEOs of a large bank, a private company, a public company and BCBS…
AI: Not a Negative on Job Growth?
Last week the New England Chapter of National Association of Corporate Directors zoomed a lengthy panel program discussing the likely future impact on the US job markets of the emergence of pervasive AI at all levels of business operations. (Note:…
SEC Proposes Limitations on Shareholder Rights
Today the SEC has formally proposed two significant changes to the rights afforded by Federal law to stockholders in publicly traded companies.
The SEC seeks to rescind Rule 14a-8 under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, which permits shareholders to…
Prediction Markets– Headed to the Supreme Court?
Betting on an athletic event against a sports book is gambling and, absent general Federal regulation, can be regulated (or banned) on a State-by-State basis. Today, States have the direct regulatory role for gambling.
Prediction markets operate differently. Here, your…
LLM Follow-Up
My immediately prior post today related to whether AI has consciousness. I finished that post and logged off for lunch; I opened my cell phone to the NYTimes site for updated news, and I found a post that is directly…
Your Buddy the LLM
Needless to say, the number of articles in all branches of print that relate to AI is mind-boggling. Recent coverage in the NYTimes and New Yorker has been fascinating; I recommend you do a search if you have missed it.…
Crypto Regulation–Elusive Clarity
CONTEXT: When Crypto first emerged it was unclear how, if at all, it was regulated. The SEC took the position that many token offerings were securities and that the issuances needed to be registered with the SEC; since they were…