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On June 21, 2007, the United States Supreme Court issued a ruling that will likely make it more difficult for plaintiffs to proceed with lawsuits alleging securities fraud.

On September 29, 2008 the U.S. Treasury Department opened its temporary emergency program to insure investor losses of amounts held in participating publicly eligible money market mutual funds as of the close of business on September 19, 2008.

In 2005, the SEC adopted Rule 202(a)(11)-1 to provide an exception from the definition of "investment adviser" under the Investment Advisers Act of 1940 (Advisers Act) for certain broker-dealers that provide non-discretionary advice solely incidental to their brokerage activities.

An informal practice by which a Senator informs his or her floor leader that he or she does not wish a particular bill or other measure to reach the floor for consideration.

In the Matter of CERTAIN CARBURETORS AND PRODUCTS CONTAINING SUCH CARBURETORS, Inv. No. 337-TA-1123, Initial Determination Granting Summary Determination

Boosting profits does not always mean plant layoffs.

On December 21, 2011, the Securities and Exchange Commission ("SEC") amended its rules to implement Section 413(a) of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act (the "Dodd-Frank Act").

The Office of the Investor Advocate released its "Report on Activities for the Fiscal Year 2018" (the "Report").2 During the 2018 fiscal year, the Investor Advocate focused significant attention

Contrary to popular opinion that funding for medical device startups is dormant along with much of the current economy, many entrepreneurs are finding that sources such as friend and family and angel investor groups are rife with opportunity during this time.

On September 22, 2008, the Internal Revenue Service (the “Service”) issued Notice 2008-81 (the “Notice”) regarding the temporary Treasury program to support money market funds that was announced by the United States Department of the Treasury on September 19, 2008 (the “Program”).

Real-world transactions reveal that clean financials and normalized EBITDA are critical to building trust with buyers.

All investment advisers registered with the Securities and Exchange Commission ("SEC") are required to review their compliance policies and procedures at least annually. Many advisers traditionally conduct this review in March of each year.

The number of different open source licenses is growing and the variation in their terms and complexity is increasing.

According to new research from TMF Group in association with Forbes Insights, over half (51.6%) of US-based multinationals still see the established markets of Western Europe as central to their corporate...

On September 20, 2023, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) issued a final rule amending the so-called "Names Rule" (found here) that is "designed to modernize and enhance"...

On 11 December 2010, the final text of the Directive amending the Prospectus Directive and the Transparency Directive (the "Amending Directive") was published in the Official Journal of the European Union ("EU").

Forget what you thought you knew about startup funding. According to Crunchbase, billion-dollar rounds have moved from anomaly to expectation. In the first half of 2026, 60% of global startup funding flowed to rounds of $1 billion or more — and in the U.S., that figure jumped to a staggering 73%.

A decision by the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court ("SJC") on September 22, 2011, lays to rest the Secretary of the Commonwealth’s finding that a hedge fund manager, Bulldog Investors General Partnership ("Bulldog"), and its principals, violated the Massachusetts Securities Act through its operation of an interactive website that provided investment information to all visitors.