Delaware's Division of Corporations reports that 83% of the companies involved in initial public offerings (IPOs) in 2013 were Delaware corporations.
According to the state's blog:
Posted on: June 11, 2014
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Tag: Corporations, Equity / Chancery, Legal Industry, Mergers and Acquisitions, Securities
Posted on: June 6, 2014
At Family BusinessCast, Tibor Dani interviews Jeff Savlov on best practices related to hiring and employing one's children in family businesses.
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Tag: Alternative Business Entities, Business Ethics, Contracts, Labor and Employment, Limited Liability Companies, Partnerships, Professional News
Posted on: June 4, 2014
Business Law Basics co-author and Berger Harris partner Brian Gottesman has been named a 2014 Delaware Rising Star by Super Lawyers. Further details are available at bergerharris.com.
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Tag: Professional News
Posted on: May 30, 2014
The Freakonomics Blog has re-posted a podcast discussion between Steve Levitt and Stephen Dubner about sunk costs and when, in economic analysis, it is beneficial to quit one's course of action. Many litigators would benefit from a better understanding of sunk costs and what they represent.
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Tag: Civil Litigation / Civil Procedure, Commercial Litigation, Law & Economics, Legal Industry, Legal Theory
Posted on: May 30, 2014
We have previously covered many different perspectives, both pro and con, on Bitcoin and other electronic currencies. At Wired.com, Felix Martin proposes that Bitcoin is a failure as a currency, but that its technology has profound implications as a "reboot of the way money works which has its origins 500 years in the past."
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Tag: Commerce, Commercial Transactions, Technology & Law
Posted on: May 28, 2014
In the latest issue of NH Bar News, attorney Matthew Snyder discusses Revenue Procedure 2014-12, which the IRS issued in response to the decision of the US Court of Appeals (for the 3rd Circuit) in Historic Boardwalk Hall, LLC v. Commissioner:
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Tag: Administrative Law, Alternative Business Entities, Commercial Transactions, Contracts, Limited Liability Companies, Real Estate / Real Property, Taxation