What’s in Your Operating Agreement? Legal Tips for Healthcare Providers
Nonprofit Quick Tips: State Filings in Alabama and Arkansas
Compliance Tip of the Day: Code of Conduct as an Internal Control
Nonprofit Quick Tip: State Filings in Maryland and Pennsylvania
Corporate Divorce – Preventing and Managing the Break-Up of a Business Partnership
Managing Sanctions Compliance
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Strategies for Startups at Foundation
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FCPA Compliance Report: From Compliance to Commercial Value: Removing Friction with AI
Sunday Book Review: April 27, 2025, The Books on Business for May Edition
Sunday Book Review: March 23, 2025, The Hard-Boiled Edition
RoboCop: Overview of Corporate Basics and Compliance Filings
The Corporate Transparency Act
How Tax Works - Entity Selection
The Best of Founder Shares: Highlights Wisdom of Season's Guests
AGG Talks: Cross-Border Business - Economic Incentives for Foreign Companies Entering the U.S.
AGG Talks: Cross-Border Business - U.S. Tax Considerations for Scaling Across Borders
Nonprofit Quick Tip: State Filings in Alaska and Hawaii
Navigating Russia Sanctions
It is time to assess “foreign private issuer” status. Foreign public and private issuers enjoy the benefits of significant exemptions and exclusions from registration under U.S. federal securities laws based on whether they...more
A Q&A with Adrienne Braumiller, and Olivia Van Pelt. Question 1: How are you advising businesses in your jurisdiction when protecting themselves from the impact of trade wars and sanctions, and what strategies can...more
As we await word as to who the next Corp Fin Director is, I thought it might be useful to investigate where these folks typically hail from. Below is an analysis of this list of Corp Fin Directors that I created long ago on...more
With the uncertainty plaguing the ultimate status of the SEC’s climate disclosure rules on the federal level (we reported on the most recent developments in The SEC Votes to “End its Defense” of Climate Change Rules and SEC...more
The annual DGCL amendments this year carry a little more urgency than before. SB21 was rushed through to the Delaware Senate in mid-February, bypassing the normal process that involves recommendation by the Council of the...more
Racing partnerships are of great value to the horse industry as they increase participation and bring new fans to the sport while lowering both costs and risk exposure....more
Yesterday, another Delaware corporation, Aerovate Therapeutics, Inc., filed a Form S-4 registration statement that includes a proposal to reincorporate from Delaware to Nevada. The proposal is unfortunately titled "The...more
Suddenly, DExit has moved from the theoretical to the real. Over the last several months, several publicly traded companies have filed proxy materials with the Securities and Exchange Commission that include proposals to...more
While it remains to be seen, 2025 may go down in history as the year of Dexit. A few weeks ago, I wrote that several companies that had filed proxy materials proposing to reincorporate from Delaware to Nevada. Last Friday,...more
In addition to basic blocking and tackling, compliance officers often have the thankless job of performing the annual review of their compliance program required by Advisers Act Rule 206(4)-7....more
Morris, Manning & Martin, LLP’s Securities & Corporate Governance Quarterly Newsletter is designed to update public and private company clients on recent developments in federal securities laws and corporate governance...more
On January 1, 2025, business entities in existence prior to January 1, 2024 must file initial beneficial ownership reports with the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (“FinCEN”) under the federal Corporate Transparency Act....more
Our Securities Group weighs in on the settlement by the Securities and Exchange Commission with 23 separate entities and individuals for alleged violations involving the failure to timely report ownership information....more
What is the purpose of the Corporate Transparency Act (“CTA”)? Effective as of January 1, 2024, the Corporate Transparency Act (“CTA”) imposed new federal reporting obligations on certain companies, including potentially...more
Are you an investor who has or is interested in funding an early-stage life sciences company in Massachusetts? If so, we have good news. Massachusetts offers an Angel Investor Tax Credit program that could provide certain...more
Companies have important decisions to make as they prepare for the 2024 annual meeting and reporting season. We have compiled this overview of the latest key issues — including SEC disclosure requirements, SEC guidance,...more
In 2024 the Corporate Transparency Act (CTA) and related CTA Rule will require more than 30 million “Reporting Companies” to register with FinCEN, a bureau of U.S. Treasury. Registration occurs through online filings of...more
There have been a few important law and tax changes over the course of 2023 and we in the Private Clients Group here at Verrill wanted to make you aware of the recent changes, such as 1) new strict corporate reporting...more
One of the most significant areas of the law for businesses is administrative law. From questions about a new industry-specific regulation to marshaling a defense against enforcement proceedings, any entity that is subject to...more
I. Types of business entities - As a general rule, foreign equity is allowed to conduct and participate in business in the Philippines, through any of the following modes: 1. By investing in a domestic stock...more
The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) protects investors by enforcing the nation’s securities laws. It can investigate all forms of securities fraud, including fraud committed by securities issuers,...more
Three months after a leak and investigation into over $2 trillion in suspect transactions at the world’s largest banks and financial institutions, known as the “FinCEN Files,” Congress passed legislation that would require...more
From time to time the question arises about whether a limited liability company, corporation or some other form of entity. This is, in fact, a question that I tackled four years ago in this post. The short answer is that...more