Daily Compliance News: August 5, 2025, The Staying Focused Edition
10 For 10: Top Compliance Stories For the Week Ending July 19, 2025
Taking the Pulse, A Health Care and Life Sciences Video Podcast | Episode 242: Business Planning in Healthcare & Life Sciences with Jennifer McEwen of Maynard Nexsen
PODCAST: Williams Mullen's Benefits Companion - Employee Stock Ownership Plans (ESOPs) Explained
Everything Compliance: Episode 156, To Document or Not Edition
Everything Compliance: Shout Outs and Rants: Episode 156
Sunday Book Review: June 15, 2025. The Books on Corporate Governance Edition
Corporate Divorce – Preventing and Managing the Break-Up of a Business Partnership
Compliance into the Weeds: Of Wal-Mart, Tariffs and Stakeholder Capitalism
Sunday Book Review: April 27, 2025, The Books on Business for May Edition
Daily Compliance News: April 24, 2025, The Made in Malaysia Edition
10 For 10: Top Compliance Stories For the Week Ending March 15, 2025
Wolf Greenfield’s New Shareholders
Navigating Disputes Within Your Health Care Practice
When a co-shareholder purchases the debt obligations of the company without partners' knowledge
What happens when a majority owner makes a bad-faith capital call?
JONES DAY TALKS®: Five Pillars of Series A Shareholder Rights: A Discussion for VC Investors
“Monsters, Inc.” y el buen gobierno corporativo
Marketing Minute Video with NP Strategy: Mastering Stakeholder Engagement
Conflictos de interés en Colombia, nueva regulación
Joint venture structures continue to be an important tool for public real estate investment trusts (REITs), particularly in market environments where traditional capital-raising strategies may be challenging from a funds from...more
This week, Lynnsey and Lauren are joined by Maynard Nexsen attorney Jennifer McEwen, who helps clients with business planning, estate and trust planning, and tax planning. Jennifer shares essential business strategies for...more
Some entrepreneurs wait until what they believe may be the “perfect time” to monetize their business investment through the public markets. Advisors also often recommend that business owners wait for a stable economic...more
As noted in this Reuters article, a recent PwC and The Conference Board survey found that...more
Matthew Massengill is a director and former chairman and CEO of Western Digital, which announced plans in October 2023 to spin off its flash memory businesses from the division that makes hard drives. He spoke with The...more
In the Sunday Book Review, Tom Fox considers books that would interest the compliance professional, the business executive, or anyone who might be curious. These could be books about business, compliance, history, leadership,...more
Business development companies (“BDCs”) were created by Congress in 1980 to serve as closed-end, venture capital funds for retail investors by financing small to mid-sized U.S. private companies. Since about 2004, BDC...more
In today’s rapidly evolving business landscape, many companies are seeking ways to operate not just for profit, but also for a purpose. Arizona has embraced this movement through its recognition of Benefit Corporations, a...more
I began writing about Nevada corporate law more than three decades ago with an article for the California Business Law Reporter entitled "The Nevada Corporation: Is it a Good Bet?" Over the years, I have written several...more
The Wall Street Journal recently reported that xAI, the artificial intelligence startup founded by Elon Musk, completed a funding round of $5 billion at a pre-money valuation of $45 billion ($50 billion post-money). Rumored...more
It's human nature to take the "if it ain't broke, don't fix it" attitude, which extends to allowing areas of your business to evolve and develop without scrutiny. This is why tuning up your business is an essential part of...more
As an entrepreneur, planning your exit strategy is as crucial as growing your business, and recent observations by Forbes estimate that only about 30% of business owners successfully sell their businesses. A carefully crafted...more
This is the second of a four-part series focusing on estate planning fundamentals for founders. This article will address an important topic for owners of Qualified Small Business Stock (QSBS) as defined in Section 1202 of...more
Octavia Butler, a pioneering American writer, once wrote: “There is nothing new under the sun, but there are new suns.” Can this analogy also be applied to the concept of environmental, social, and governance (ESG)? While...more
In the United Kingdom's corporate governance, a development recently emerged with the introduction of the UK Corporate Governance Code and its accompanying Guidance. This change aims to provide more transparent, accessible...more
On 20 March 2024, K2 Integrity hosted a webinar on the implications of the recent updates to the Global Internal Audit Standards (“Standards”). The discussion included David Hyman, senior vice president and senior audit...more
In the dynamic landscape of today's business world, the role of the Chief Financial Officer (CFO) has evolved far beyond traditional financial stewardship. As we enter 2024, the CFO is uniquely positioned to take center stage...more
A Washington federal judge dismissed challenges to Starbucks's Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion ("DEI") policies in a strongly worded opinion, making clear that politics don't belong in his courtroom....more
I can’t think of a better example of the convergence of environmental, social, and governance (ESG) factors, compliance, and ethics than in marketing and public relations. This area is filled with opportunities and risks...more
May 1, 2023 Shareholder Associate As Alaska Native Corporations start preparing for annual meetings held in summer and fall, ANCs may note that Alaska law gives them the opportunity to reduce costs by mailing a single set of...more
Environmental, social and governance (ESG) concerns and how companies respond to them continue to generate scrutiny from a large number of stakeholders. Last year, in our ESG in Silicon Valley: A Look at the ESG Disclosure...more
The Private Investment Fund Rules ("PIF") regime was updated by the Guernsey Financial Services Commission ("GFSC") in 2021 to expand the available PIF product options. PIFs are governed by the Private Investment Fund Rules...more
1. INTRODUCTORY - 1.1 Forms of Corporate/Business Organisations The principal forms of corporate and business organisations in Bermuda are: • exempted companies, owned by non-Bermudians and carrying on business outside...more
Organizations take legal risks all the time but often fail to integrate these risks effectively in an environment that is continuously changing and requires agility. Too often legal is seen as a siloed exercise and not...more
In last year’s Survey, we noted that concern for environmental and social issues (the “E” and the “S” of “ESG”) had reached an inflection point, having taken center stage from the more traditional governance issues (the “G”...more