Business News Digest - April 2013

Finders May Pose Risk in Private Capital Raising

Entrepreneurs, company executives, and private equity fund sponsors often find themselves needing help when it comes to raising capital to fund the new enterprise. As a result, they often turn to friends, colleagues and others with experience raising capital. Often times, the person agreeing to help raise capital will agree to provide access to his or her contacts in exchange for a commission payment based upon the amount of capital raised.

Authors: Eric Smith, Parker Morrill

NIST Holds First Workshop on Executive Order Cybersecurity Framework

On April 3, 2013, the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) held a workshop at the Department of Commerce in which it offered a sneak preview of the Cybersecurity Framework required under the recently issued Executive Order on critical infrastructure cybersecurity. The Workshop, held five days prior to the comment deadline for NIST's recently-issued